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Phil's original name was Br'er Groundhog. Photo: qmnonic/Flickr Groundhog Day is Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Groundhog Day is one of the oddest events on the annual calendar. Starring one Punxsutawney Phil, the Groundhog Day tradition involves ...

Here's to you and your New Year's resolutions. Photo: stuartpilbrow/Flickr Have you thought about your New Year's resolutions yet? If so, you are in good company. Millions of us set lofty goals for ourselves at the beginning of each new year. ...

Boxing Day is December 26. Photo: avlxyz/Flickr Boxing Day is observed on the day after Christmas. This year, because Boxing Day falls on Saturday, December 26, banks and other businesses that close for the holiday will do so on Monday, December ...

A unique Kwanzaa candle holder. Photo: burningkarma/Flickr Kwanzaa and Christmas are both holidays celebrated in the month of December. Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth and is observed on December 25. December 25 is not ...

There's more to Hanukkah than just latkes.

The word dreidel in Yiddish means "to turn." Photo: lissalou66/Flickr Regardless of your faith, chances are you have heard of "The Dreidel Song." Written by Samuel S. Grossman and composed by Mikhl Gelbart and Samuel Goldfarb, "The Dreidel Song," ...

Photo: Paul J. Richards, AFP/Getty Images You might be surprised to know that not everyone celebrates Halloween. I was one of them -- it was a religious choice. My parents thought that Halloween was the Devil's version of Christmas. They ...

If there was ever an international custom to add to your holiday schedule, this would be it. Wigilia (pronounced vee-GHEE-lee-uh) not only gives you something to do on Christmas Eve -- it also gives you an excuse to indulge in twelve courses of ...

Were Thankful For... Before we stumble from the dinner table to the couch, groggily checking the football game through a tryptophan-induced haze, our staff took a few moments to get in the spirit, and compile our list of things to ...