Holidays

Does Rhode Island really have the shortest Saint Patrick’s Day parade in the world? Organizers in Little Compton say so, but another community in Arkansas says they are the rightful owners of the title. WJAR’s Mike Cerullo broke out the measuring wheel to find out.

Here’s a look at how Presidents Day has evolved from reverence for George Washington to retail shopping sales and time off across the country.

Presidents Day is around the corner, and that means many stores and businesses may be closed or have different hours to celebrate the federal holiday.

Presidents’ Day, recognized federally as Washington’s Birthday, began as a day to celebrate George Washington, according to the National Archives.

Punxsutawney Phil’s team of top-hatted associates will issue the woodchuck’s weather verdict as the sun rises. They will tell the world on Sunday morning whether Phil is predicting wintry conditions for the next six weeks or the relief of an early spring.

The romantic holiday has been celebrated for centuries, but the history behind it is much darker than red roses.

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

This year, the East Asian holiday begins January 29.

Valentine’s Day likely began as a feast day for a Christian martyr executed by the Roman emperor, according to History.com.

Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day may be February’s marquee holidays, but that doesn’t mean they’re the only ones this month. In fact, February is chock full of holidays and observances worth celebrating.

The service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta was among the most prominent commemorations of Martin Luther King Jr. planned across the country Monday.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we remember the impact the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had on our country and people in our state, including one man who wanted a better future for the Black men and women in Hartford.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we remember the impact the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had on our country and people in our state, including one man who wanted a better future for the Black men and women in Hartford. At the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is a pair of brown leather shoes – a piece of…

Martin Luther King, Jr. is a federal holiday marked every year on the third Monday in January. The holiday will fall on Jan. 20 in 2025 and the United States Postal Service will be closed.

The holiday is celebrated each year on the third Monday of January, falling on Jan. 20 this year, which coincides with the presidential inauguration.

The lights are dimming on this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The 11-ton Norway Spruce received a light dusting of snow on its final day before crews bring it down to be milled and repurposed. Anyone looking to catch one final peak at the holiday spectacle has until 10 p.m. on Saturday. After that, the tree goes dark — officially...

Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes), or the Feast of Epiphany, is a holiday that commemorates the day the three wise men — Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar — arrived with gifts for baby Jesus.

From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

Watch Night is a tradition in multiracial and Black churches that dates back to the Civil War.

On New Year’s Eve, when most of us will be out celebrating the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 with parties, champagne and the ball drop, the night will also be significant to another historical reason.