Do you prefer yours with sultanas and spices, or Vegemite and cheese? However you eat them, hot cross buns reflect centuries ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival of summer.

When the inevitable oral history of Coachella is written at some point in the future, the first day of the 2025 edition of ...

It's one of the holiest and most somber days in the Christian calendar as followers remember the execution of Jesus.

The origins of April Fools’ Day are uncertain, but potentially linked to France's transition to the Gregorian calendar, the medieval Feast of Fools or the ancient ... s the history of April ...

A HILL OF BEANS: Today is National Jelly Bean Day, a day to celebrate the colorful candy that has been around since biblical times. For more information, visit www.CandyUSA.org. Special thanks to ...

Two millenniums ago, such alcoves were common along the routes of Pisidia, a remote and wild region of Anatolia, the Asian part of modern-day ... history. Around A.D. 48—a date approximated by ...

A few chain restaurants have some April Fools' Day-only deals this year. Do you dare to trust them? Here’s the history of April ... have gotten its start in ancient Rome, with Hilaria, which ...

Here's a brief history of how April Fools' Day came to be. While it is widely believed that April Fools' Day may have roots back in ancient Rome or Britain, clear references to the April tradition ...

From its origins — whether in Ancient Rome ... of April Fools' Day, using academic research and historical documents. Read on to learn about the prank-filled history behind one of the ...