christmas

Of the many ways we celebrate the holidays with friends and family, food traditions are what unite us around the dinner table. In far West Texas, one…

Lonn Taylor loves Christmas cards -- for many reasons. But he suspects they're waning in popularity and is sometimes tempted to quit mailing them. On…

"Most of us are familiar with the story of George Washington’s Continental Army freezing and starving at Valley Forge during Christmas of 1777. In this episode of Rambling Boy, historian Lonn Taylor contemplates some other historic American Christmases. Rum rations, fire cake and Christmas fines!"

Christmas is not the same without a Christmas tree. In this edition of Rambling Boy, historian Lonn Taylor talks about his Christmas tree tradiion, as well as the internet feud between two Massachusetts cities, Gloucester and Rockport, and who has the bigger and better tree.

Christmas is a time of traditions. Tinsel and family ornaments are being put on trees. Bright decorative lights, nativities, and Santa's reindeer are…