Holidays

What exactly do eggs and bunnies have to do with Easter? Here’s the history of the Christian holiday.

Americans are expected to spend a near-record $23.6 billion on Easter in 2025. That’s shy of the all-time high of $24 billion recorded in 2023.

The Jewish holiday, which begins at sunset on Saturday, April 12 this year, lasts for seven or eight days each year.

Spring is here, even if it doesn’t feel like it, which means Passover is just around the corner. It’s one of the most important Jewish holidays of the year. Passover, or “Pesach” in Hebrew, is eight-days long (or seven in Israel) and is celebrated by Jews around the world to mark freedom from slavery in ancient Egypt. During the...

Krispy Kreme has revealed its Easter-themed donut collection. Here’s what to know, with one fan favorite returning.

Citymeals on Wheels is ready to deliver kosher care packages for the Jewish holiday of Passover to those who might otherwise miss out. The deliveries can mean a lot to those receiving them. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

Hippity-hop. Easter’s on its way! This year, Easter falls on April 20, so don’t delay in getting your Easter basket stuffers.

Eid al-Fitr means the feast, or festival, of breaking the fast. The Muslim holiday marks the end of Ramadan.

Here’s everything you should know about April Fools’ Day, including how it started and some of the most infamous pranks.

A city in Arkansas has drawn thousands of spectators and celebrities to its St. Patrick’s Day parade for more than two decades for an unusual reason. The resort town of Hot Springs will hold its annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, with 40 floats on a 98-foot route downtown. The parade will feature actress Valerie Bertinelli and rap icon...

Ever wonder why people eat corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day? Learn all about the Irish holiday.

Mary O’Halloran turned her family’s Irish soda bread recipe into a viral sensation.

Not matter how you slice it, March 14 has something for everyone. The national holiday has been celebrated for decades now, since the late 1980s, thanks to a San Francisco physicist. Larry Shaw, also known as the “Prince of Pi,” is said to have originated the March 14 celebration when staff at the San Francisco Exploratorium marched in circles around…

Chicago’s famous green river for St. Patrick’s Day started with a simple idea in the 1960s, formulated by the head of the Plumbers’ Union Local 130.  “Stephen M. Bailey had the idea when one of his plumbers came in to see him and on his overalls there was a green stain,” explained Jim Coyne, the business manager for the union...

After providing memories over the holiday season, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will leave a lasting legacy for one family for years to come.

Does Rhode Island really have the shortest Saint Patrick’s Day parade in the world? Organizers in Little Compton say so, but another community in Arkansas says they are the rightful owners of the title. WJAR’s Mike Cerullo broke out the measuring wheel to find out.

One of the top questions searched for online on any holiday is whether or not there is mail delivery. If you’re looking for mail delivery or to use a post office on Monday for Presidents Day, you’ll have to wait one more. The U.S. Postal Service operates a holiday schedule for Presidents Day since it’s a federal holiday. There...

Ready for a long weekend? Presidents Day is right around the corner, the day the nation pauses to celebrate the legacy of two historic presidents, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. It is a federal holiday, meaning a number of services are closed for the day. What’s open on Presidents Day? Essential services like mass transportation and airports remain open....

Here’s a look at how Presidents Day has evolved from reverence for George Washington to retail shopping sales and time off across the country.

Valentine’s Day is a holiday for people worldwide to share their love and affection. But did you ever wonder how the holiday that celebrates love, affection and friendship came to be? Although the origins of the holiday are slightly unclear, it may date back to the Roman festival known as Lupercalia, according to Britannica.com, which was a festival celebrating...