Holiday Traditions

travel-and-events

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is an enduring symbol of the holiday season in New York City and a globally recognized tradition. Since the 1930s, this towering evergreen...

holidays-traditions

An advent calendar is a countdown structure used in the weeks before Christmas to mark the days from late November until December 24 or 25. Traditionally rooted in Christian sea...

family-tradition

Elf on the Shelf is a holiday tradition built around a scout elf who reports to Santa each night. The core idea is simple: the elf observes good behavior by day and returns to i...

holidays-and-traditions

The Kellogg's Elf on the Shelf is a branded holiday product that combines a cereal or snack item with a small elf figure and tracking features intended to support family traditi...

tradition-explainer

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree first appeared in 1931, erected by workers during the Great Depression. According to the Rockefeller Center archives, the tree was a modest...

culture-and-society

Juneteenth marks the arrival of Union forces in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, and the announcement that enslaved people there were free, two and a half years after the Ema...

culture-traditions

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting is an enduring holiday tradition in New York City that draws national and international attention each season. This evergreen prof...

Holidays

Elf on the Shelf and pizza intersect in playful ways during the holiday season, from scout missions that end at the kitchen table to themed dinners that keep spirits high withou...

Celebrity Profiles

Elf the movie drinking game is an evergreen party activity that pairs rewatch traditions with simple, repeatable rules designed to enhance communal viewing of the 2003 holiday c...

culture-tradition

The Holderness Family Christmas Jammies refer to a set of humorous, family-themed holiday pajamas and the song that immortalized them. What began as a funny home video has becom...