More than 50 people died in the Christmas blizzard of 1909, a two-day storm with disastrous effects from Pennsylvania to Canada. The...
The Marlborough Pie once graced many a New England table during the winter holidays. It ranked up there with the pumpkin, the...
Three Portsmouth fires, all at Christmas, destroyed 500 buildings within a decade in the early 19th century. Miraculously, no one died in...
Toward the end of the 18th century, the Boston Anticks used to burst into mansions at Christmastime and stage silly plays before...
Clement Moore took far more pride in the Hebrew dictionary he wrote than in A Visit from St. Nicholas, which he also wrote....
The world’s first known department store Santa Claus owned his own store and paid his employees good wages. He gave them shares...