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jewish Light the Hanukkah candles with Ann Druyan, Sasha Sagan, and Laurie Anderson! (Video) David Pescovitz

Japan International Christmas traditions Grant St. Clair

bees Palace beekeeper's most solemn task: telling the bees about Queen Elizabeth II's death Jennifer Sandlin

Wrestling The wild world of traditional mud wrestling Devin Nealy

halloween Bring back the Halloween tradition of throwing cabbage at people Thom Dunn

water How pop star Hozier made me believe in divining rods Thom Dunn

wine Why "traditional" wine is inherently bullshit Thom Dunn

poetry A Thanksgiving prayer from William S. Burroughs David Pescovitz

Space Why do cosmonauts piss on a wheel of the bus transporting them to the launch pad? David Pescovitz

drugs Santa Claus was actually a psychedelic mushroom Allan Rose Hill

oops Temple says man's iPhone accidentally dropped into donation box is now God's property Allan Rose Hill

Entertainment Scandinavia's top Christmas Eve show is a 1958 Disney cartoon special Ruben Bolling

gadgets Drone hysteria grips media, but it's mostly planes and planets Rob Beschizza

History In 1911, one man launched an ambitious project to photograph humanity before modernization changed it forever Ellsworth Toohey

inflation Dia de los Muertos altar prices up more than 25% Thom Dunn

movies You can thank James Bond for Mexico City's Nov. 2 Day of the Dead parade Ruben Bolling

Watch body-cam footage of police officer attacked by giant pumpkin Allan Rose Hill