"It's a beautiful holiday, we're at the height of spring, this is a very happy holiday where one ... halfway between the fall equinox and the winter solstice. "It's an old custom," Berger said.

Many of the ancient Church fathers found an additional reason to celebrate Passover. They believed that Jesus was born on ...

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

In the Southern Hemisphere, the opposite is true, with the June solstice marking the beginning of winter. The sunrise in Asheville on June 20 will be at 6:14 a.m., with sunset occurring at 8:48 p ...

Here’s your one-stop guide for Happy Baisakhi 2025 wishes, messages, quotes, images, and statuses to brighten your celebrations. Baisakhi is both a religious and cultural festival. For Sikhs ...

Like Hulu’s “Good American Family,” which also premieres this week, “Happy Face” is based on an unbelievable true story. The new drama explores the collateral damage of human evil ...

In 1790, the local parson tried to stop the custom due to its pagan associations ... The idea that the witches of winter should be banished at Easter is a common European folk motif, appearing ...