Melanie is currently the managing editor for global features at TPG, where she oversees daily travel and lifestyle news, destination coverage, travel features and reports. Prior to TPG, Melanie was an ...

Both holidays begin Dec. 25 for the first time in decades — the last time the start of Hanukkah coincided with Christmas Day appears to be 2005 — and that reality can invite questions both ...

Christmas time has always been special for John and Joan Reichart. In December 1970, John, back home in Indianola, Iowa, after serving in the Vietnam War as a Marine, proposed to his girlfriend ...

Its famed Christmas market gleams with lights and fires. Here, on Christmas Eve in 1818, Father Joseph Mohr first strummed “Silent Night” on his guitar, accompanied by a melody composed by ...

Its famed Christmas market gleams with lights and fires. Here, on Christmas Eve in 1818, Father Joseph Mohr first strummed Silent Night on his guitar, accompanied by a melody composed by teacher ...

But on this night, the British heard the Germans singing, “Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,” – "Silent Night." When they finished, the British answered with "The First Noel." The Germans applauded, then ...

The first year without her. In the first year, host as much as you possibly can. It helps pass the days. Invite friends for brunch, then more friends for dinner – even on a Monday.

We never thought we’d say this, but Christmas bars are turning us into Scrooges. When D.C. got its first holiday-themed pop-up bar, all the way back in 2015, the experience was so novel that ...