The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory ...

Children celebrating Easter, with their Easter Bunnies and Easter eggs. Sanja Radin/Collection E+ via Getty Images ...

For centuries, pagan rituals have blended seamlessly with Christian practices ... In the territories of present Poland, winter has long symbolized death and observance. Thus, during the transition ...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, falls on Friday, June 20, 2025, while the winter solstice, the shortest day, occurs on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Ready for winter to be over?

Teh winter solstice is Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

There’s nothing to look up and see at the moment of the solstice, but if you look up, you may see some shooting stars as the Geminid meteor shower winds down and the Ursid meteo ...

Christmas is America's No. 1 favorite holiday—85% of us celebrate it. Here's how Christmas started and why we have the ...

The winter solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year, marking the start of the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital ...

The origin was perhaps connected to a set of pagan ... winter. The ancient Romans inherited these rites, associating them with the Roman calendar and celebrating the temporal interregnum between the ...