by Valerie Conners | Dec 1, 2014 | Entertainment, Holidays, TV, videos
Photo Courtesy of The Lake Placid Holiday Village Stroll It’s beginning to look a lot like, well, Christmas for one, but also that time of year when visions of Downton Abbey‘s new season premiere dance through eager viewers’ heads. Now, fans of the...
by Kathleen Rellihan | Nov 25, 2014 | airports, Holidays, Travel Tips, videos
Barbara Helgason/Hemera/Thinkstock The biggest travel day of the year just got a bit more stressful, thanks to the winter nor’easter in the forecast. It’s inevitable that the day before Thanksgiving will include record-long lines at the airport and headache-inducing...
by Sara Gilliam | Nov 19, 2014 | Family Travel, Holidays, Trends, videos, Winter
Photography by Allan Baxter/ Stone/ Getty Images Whether you’re going home for the holidays to be surrounded by extended family (and, potentially, tiny childhood furniture), looking forward to a “friendsgiving” or using the valuable vacation days to escape from it...
by Rani Craft Robinson-Kiganda | Nov 13, 2014 | Family Travel, Holidays, videos
Photo courtesy Gaylord National Resort It’s beginning to look, and feel, a lot like Christmas. Bundle up this weekend and visit the annual “ICE!” exhibit at the Gaylord Resort and Convention Centers in Maryland, Texas, Florida and Tennessee, which all...
by Kwin Mosby | Nov 10, 2014 | Celebrities, Entertainment, Holidays, videos
Bruce Springsteen (Photo Courtesy of Andrew H. Walker/ Getty Images) Thousands of people are expected to converge on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for the Concert for Valor to honor veterans, active-duty service members and their families. The event — scheduled...
by Valerie Bonk | Oct 31, 2014 | Culture, Entertainment, Fall, Festivals and Celebrations, Holidays, videos
Photography by Claudio Cruz/ LatinContent/ Getty Images The “Day of the Dead,” or Dia de los Muertos in Spanish, is a national holiday celebrated in Mexico on Nov. 1 and 2. Families and friends gather together to remember and pray for those who have died. Dia de los...