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The Week In... Holiday Feats!

A nativity break-out, heirloom string lights, giant Christmas trees, and more.
Eric Grundhauser December 15, 2017
You can eat inside the gingerbread, but you can't eat the gingerbread.
food

Building a Life-Sized Gingerbread House Takes Over 10,000 Cookie Bricks

To be ready by Christmas, you better start baking in August.
Anne Ewbank December 14, 2017
At the Mummers Parade, no one knows who you are.
rites and rituals

Once a Forbidden Tradition, Mummering in Newfoundland Is Alive and Well

See the creative costumes that mummers in St. John's wore this year.
Sarah Laskow December 13, 2017
Santa plotting his route, from a holiday card in the New York Public Library collection.
libraries

The Most Festive Treasures of the New York Public Library's Maps Division

We wish you a mappy Christmas.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 11, 2017
holidays

Atlas Obscura's DIY Holiday Gift Guide

Why blow hundreds of dollars on gifts this season when you can create wonder right at home?
Eric Grundhauser December 8, 2017
fires

Will 2017 Be the Gävle Goat's Lucky Year?

Everyone's favorite arson-prone ungulate is hoping to survive the season, for once.
Cara Giaimo December 5, 2017
A slice of black cake baked by Mrs. Annemarie Charles, from San Fernando, Trinidad.
Gastro Obscura

Black Cake

Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.
Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanoag, smokes a pipe with Plymouth Colony governor John Carver.
holidays

The Struggle to Revive the Lost Native Language of Thanksgiving

Sometimes it is not easy to fulfill a prophecy.
Natasha Frost November 22, 2017
Roosevelt dismantles a turkey while Eleanor watches.
politics

For Years, Republican and Democratic States Held Separate Thanksgivings

Before Friendsgiving, there was Franksgiving.
Anne Ewbank November 22, 2017
One whole election cake weighed more than 70 pounds.
Gastro Obscura

Hartford Election Cake

These massive, booze-filled cakes once made voting sweet.
A perfect pie, complete with stars and fish heads.
Gastro Obscura

Stargazy Pie

A traditional Cornish pie that—ARE THOSE FISH HEADS COMING OUT OF THE TOP?!
Maror in three forms: a mixture of grated horseradish, beets, and sugar; endive lettuce; and horseradish root.
Gastro Obscura

Maror

The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.
Sumalak, also known as samanu, is one of the seven traditional dishes of Nowruz.
Gastro Obscura

Sumalak

A sweet and simple pudding traditionally made in a joyous, spring ritual.
Ul boov's layers symbolize age and status.
Gastro Obscura

Ul Boov

Mongolia's "shoe sole cake" has the ritual significance of a Christmas tree or family shrine.
The rolled interior of a yule log cake resembles wood grain.
Gastro Obscura

Yule Log Cake

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Wilmington, New York

Santa's Workshop

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.
Gastro Obscura

Moose Milk

Eggnog gone wild, brought to you by the Canadian Military.
Canned, processed cheddar cheese is sold mostly in Jamaica.
Gastro Obscura

Tastee Cheese

It's not Jamaican Easter without canned, processed cheddar cheese.