There are a few basic facts of life we're all taught at a young age. "Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words may never hurt me." Also, we should always look both ways before crossing the ...

Along with those daily observations, this list of December holidays includes week and month-long commemorations, including ...

MINNEAPOLIS — There are many ways to measure time: the seasons and occasions, but perhaps the most helpful way is a calendar. "If you think about what a calendar is really for, it's to give you the ...

For something that’s meant to lend order to our lives, the modern Western calendar has a messy history. The mess, in part, comes about because of the difficulty of coordinating the orbits of celestial ...

What’s in a name? Have you ever wondered about the origins of month names? Some months, like October and December, are fairly easy to figure out. The precise origins of other month names, like April, ...

In the dark days of winter, a new year begins. But January wasn't always the start of the new year. At the dawn of modern calendar-keeping, the winter months went unnamed in the calendars that gave ...