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12 votes
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Tell me your Christmas ghost stories!
Telling “scary ghost stories” at the holidays isn’t just a seemingly out-of-place line in the song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” or the plot of A Christmas Carol - it’s actually a...
Telling “scary ghost stories” at the holidays isn’t just a seemingly out-of-place line in the song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” or the plot of A Christmas Carol - it’s actually a very old tradition stretching back to pagan Yule festivals and Winter Solstice celebrations. So please share yours with us: true or false, but preferably true.
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London's traditional Christmas tree has been felled in Norway ahead of its trip to Trafalgar Square
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How did your new traditions get made?
I was chatting with a friend about Thanksgiving. Neither of us find the holiday relevant to us, so this year we're going for something health-oriented (somewhat off-theme, but we liked it). I'd...
I was chatting with a friend about Thanksgiving. Neither of us find the holiday relevant to us, so this year we're going for something health-oriented (somewhat off-theme, but we liked it). I'd love to have lots of traditions, but I didn't grow up with them. If you found a tradition later in life, how did it come about?
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Asin tibuok, nicknamed the dinosaur egg, is one of the rarest salts in the world. Only a few families on a small island in the Philippines still make it. | Still Standing
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In Alabama, white tide rushes on
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The highest-ranking penguin in the world, Sir Nils Olav III, has been promoted to Major General by the Norwegian King's Guard
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World's Strongest Man vs. wood chopping champion (Basque rural sports)
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Major League Baseball is making a handful of radical rule changes designed to make games faster and more action-packed
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The shape of Vodou in diaspora
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In accordance with annual tradition, a Norwegian Christmas tree has arrived in Trafalgar Square, London – this year marks the 75th anniversary
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Are we at war with Norway? – Brits mock sad gifted Trafalgar Square Christmas tree
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How "Taco Friday" became a Swedish tradition: Toppings include pineapples, peanuts, and cucumbers
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Major League Baseball may restructure its playoffs to add teams and primetime drama. The changes would pit purists against progressives.
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'A present from Norway and it's dead' – Christmas tree unites London in dismay
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From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square
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A thread on the devil in Islamic tradition and folklore
@aaolomi: Islam, like Christianity and Judaism, has a devil. But Iblis, as he's known to Muslims, differs from the red-skinned and horned devil popular in "Western" imagination. A thread on the devil in Islamic tradition and folklore
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Why IVF has divided France: The country is forever caught between tradition and innovation, universalism and individual rights
7 votes -
The battle for the Boqueria
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The Roman triumph
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The Roman pomerium
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How old is too old for trick-or-treating?
18 votes -
The oldest true stories in the world
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Oaxaca’s potent secret, mezcal is born of time, tradition and a slow-growing plant
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The eel trader reviving an old Amsterdam tradition
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The Mud Mosque Of Mali: As militant attacks get closer, the Malian town of Djenné defiantly continues its annual tradition of replastering its ancient mud mosque
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Belgium sheds a chocolate tear as another manufacturer sold off
4 votes