Robert Frost and Elinor White married in December of 1895 in Lawrence, Mass., after one of them finally stopped foot-dragging. The two were...
When the much-loved television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas first aired on Dec. 18, 1966, optimists thought it might run for...
Mark Twain bombed in a very big way when he poked fun at America’s most august literary lights during a 70th birthday...
The much-loved Christmas song Sleigh Ride was written during an August heat wave for the Boston Pops Orchestra. It didn’t even have...
Currier & Ives described their prints as ‘cheap and popular,’ and while they’re still popular, they are hardly cheap. Prints that once sold...
To celebrate Christmas, we bring you some Christmas sayings and superstitions about the holiday from What They Say in New England, by...