Santa Claus: Real Origins & Legend - HISTORY
Feb 16, 2010 · Find out more about the history of Santa Claus from his earliest origins to the shopping mall Santas of today, and discover how two New Yorkers—Clement Clark Moore and Thomas Nast—were major ...
Ancient Rome ‑ Facts, Location, & Timeline | HISTORY
Oct 14, 2009 · The long and triumphant reign of its first emperor, Augustus, began a golden age of peace and prosperity; by contrast, the Roman Empire’s decline and fall by the fifth century A.D. was one of ...
Greek Mythology: Gods, Goddesses & Legends | HISTORY
Dec 2, 2009 · Greek mythology, and its ancient stories of gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters, is one of the oldest and most influential groups of legends in human civilization.
Friday the 13th ‑ Origins, History & Superstition
Oct 10, 2017 · The horror movie Friday the 13th, released in 1980, introduced the world to a hockey mask-wearing killer named Jason, and is perhaps the best-known example of the famous superstition in pop ...
Halloween: Origins, Meaning & Traditions | HISTORY
Nov 18, 2009 · History of Trick-or-Treating Borrowing from European traditions, Americans began to dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money, a practice that eventually became today’s ...
Cereal: The Accidental Invention That Changed American Breakfast …
Aug 2, 2019 · According to company history, it was one night in 1898 when a batch of wheat-based cereal dough was accidentally left out for an extended period of time, causing it to ferment.
Meet Krampus, the Christmas Devil Who Punishes Naughty …
Dec 5, 2018 · HISTORY Vault: the Christmas Truce World War I was a brutal slog. But on Christmas Eve 1914, something remarkable happened: British and German troops stopped fighting, and came together to share ...
Holi: Origins, Mythology & Traditions - HISTORY
Mar 15, 2024 · Also connected to Holi festivities is the love story of Radha and Krishna. According to Hindu mythology, the deity Krishna, whose skin was turned blue by a demon, was enamored by Radha, the ...
Where did the dollar sign come from? - HISTORY
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Who Was St. Nicholas? - HISTORY
Dec 22, 2014 · In his satirical 1809 “History of New-York,” Washington Irving portrayed St. Nicholas as a portly Dutchman who flew the skies in a wagon, dropping gifts down chimneys. In 1823 another New ...