While you’re overindulging in the festive cheer and the rampant commercial takeover of these holidays, keep these strange ...

The free software movement has come a long way in forty years. We want to take a moment to thank the people and projects who ...

The Yule Cat has to be one of the most interesting Christmas beasts. Coming from Icelandic folklore, it's surrounded by ...

WHILE most of the world waits for a single jolly man in a red suit to slide down their chimneys on Christmas Eve, Icelandic ...

Alexandre Dumas, the famed French author of swashbuckling adventures, such as The Three Musketeers (1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1846) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1848–50), was an admirer of ...

The Yule Lads are 13 mischievous boys, each with a distinct name and description, who cause mayhem in the 13 days leading up ...

Cumann Staire Uíbh Laoire (Ballingeary and Inchigeela Historical Society) has released a new collection of folklore and history from Ballingeary dating back to 1942. The knowledge was collected by ...

Both a coming-of-age tale and a love story, “Red Dog Farm” dives deep into the emotional lives of its characters.

Here’s how Christmas is celebrated across the world. From kids leaving their shoes out in Germany to people in Colombia ...

Discover three new book recommendations from Main Street Reads, inspired by the Icelandic tradition of gifting books on Dec.