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Christmas Eve Carp

Some families keep their holiday meal fresh by letting it live in their bathtub.

Puto Bumbong

During Christmastime in the Philippines, purple reigns with this colorful sticky rice snack.

15 of the World's Best Comfort Foods

Our readers share the favorite foods they eat to soothe their souls.

Eric Grundhauser December 18, 2018

What does your most beloved holiday decoration look like?

17 Wonderful Reader Stories About Unique Holiday Heirlooms

'Tis the season for emotionally significant decorations.

Eric Grundhauser December 17, 2018

What do you eat or drink to kill a hangover?

Tell Us About the Best Hangover 'Cures' You've Discovered on Your Travels

What do you eat or drink when the good times turn ugly?

Eric Grundhauser December 14, 2018

Rompope

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

Khasi Ko Bhutan

Nepal's autumn festival season means crispy, stir-fried intestines for dinner.

What do you do at the end of each year to usher in the next?

Tell Us About the Best New Year's Traditions in Your Part of the World

How will you ring in 2019?

Eric Grundhauser December 11, 2018

Springerle

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

Pepernoten

Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.

Bhatsa Marku

In Tibet, sweet mac and yak cheese makes a hearty dessert.

Mari Lwyd

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

Cranachan

A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.

Julmust

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

Thanksgiving pies, 1940.

For Decades, Southern States Considered Thanksgiving an Act of Northern Aggression

In the 19th century, pumpkin pie ignited a culture war.

Ariel Knoebel November 22, 2018

What does your most cherished holiday decoration look like?

objects of intrigue

Show Us Your Most Precious Holiday Heirloom

'Tis the season to bring out those beloved family artifacts.

Eric Grundhauser November 21, 2018

A traditional Norfolk Island coconut pie.

Why One Australian Island Celebrates Thanksgiving

There's pumpkin pie, but also multiple banana dishes.

Anne Ewbank November 21, 2018

The Barra Airport is one of the only airports in the world where planes use the beach as a runway.

9 Airports More Interesting Than the One You're Stuck In

These unusual runways put the wonder back in flying.

Kerry Wolfe November 21, 2018