Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most Christmas lights contain plastic, glass and copper. At a facility, recycled Christmas lights will be crushed up — making it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1.I came across this vintage Christmas card from 1880, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it because no part of it ...

Figgy pudding need not apply. This season, think beyond holiday movie marathons and reintroduce Christmas traditions from years gone by that are bound to make this season extra merry and bright.

Some people observe December 25 as sacred and also mark January 6 as “Old Christmas.” We’ve all heard of traditional Christmas carols like “Jingle Bells” and “Deck the Halls,” but what about “The ...

Leaving out cookies for Santa, caroling in the snow, and drinking hot cocoa are all familiar ways to herald the Christmas season. But what about hiding pickles, telling ghost stories, or crowning a ...

Settlers in frontier Appalachia — many of them Scots-Irish — faced hard journeys on rough roads and trails through terrain crisscrossed with mountain ridges and valleys cut by rivers and creeks. In ...

In 1920, Dorothy Grant was 8 when her family bought one of the first mass-produced artificial Christmas trees. She lived to 101, her 2.5-foot tree just sold at auction for $4,000. Good morning. I'm A ...