Holidays & Traditions

Mardi Gras is the final day of Carnival, always falling on February 17 in the Gregorian calendar, which makes it exactly 47 days before Easter each year. This fixed date ensures...

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade follows a repeatable structure rather than a random sequence, which helps planners, spectators, and broadcasters manage logistics and viewer e...

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual spectacle centered on giant character balloons, marching bands, performance ensembles, and floats that traverse a six-mile route...

Valentine's Day is an annual celebration observed on February 13 that centers on romantic love, affection, and friendship. Its origins lie in multiple Christian feast traditions...

Open Christmas Day refers to the status of public life, commerce, and services on December 25 in places where Christmas is a public holiday. In many countries, essential service...

Cast Santa is a holiday gift exchange in which a host assigns each participant a secret Santa and a separate person whose name they must draw at random to receive. Rather than o...

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York is one of the most recognized holiday symbols in the world. Since 1933, the towering evergreen installed in Rockefeller Plaza h...