Why do we decorate with these lovely Christmas symbols—besides the fact that their bright red color ... in your Christmas stocking. According to legend, the real-life St. Nicholas heard about ...

The annual illumination of the St Nicholas square in Siġġiewi returns on Thursday. The square will once again be transformed by fjakkoli (flaming torches). Over 1,500 lanterns will be ...

Eventually, because St. Nicholas' Day and Christmas Day are so close together, their traditions generally were combined. St. Nicholas took on different personas in different countries. For example ...

The red squirrel is about 30 cm (12 in) long, the tail accounting for nearly a third of the total length. Large adults weigh 240 g (8.4 oz). The range of the red squirrel is from the tree line of ...

A gray-haired woman in a T-shirt stood stoically beside a large banner bearing a Bible quote ... Last summer I embarked on a red-state library tour: visiting, free of charge, any library that ...

The millions of microbes in the large intestine constantly exchange chemical signals ... a gastroenterology researcher working at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, began studying ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

Comparing those scores to a large sample of test takers—as some online tests do—offers a picture of how open, conscientious, extroverted (or introverted), agreeable, and neurotic one is ...

Neanderthals were consummate hunters of medium and large-sized mammals ... points from several sites in western Europe (La Cotte de St. Brelade, Bouheben, Oscurusciuto, and Abric del Pastor ...

The yellow card communicates a caution and the red card communicates a sending-off. Only a player, substitute or substituted player or team official may be shown the red or yellow card. If the referee ...