The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 29, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Nobel Prize winning professor Albert A.

Notable people born on this day include “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” host Ryan Seacrest.

We hear them from one Yuletide after another, the sounds of the season we’ve known and loved for decades. Just how much do ...

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived for a purely Scrooge-like reason — to make money. Thankfully, its creator saw the Montgomery Ward marketing campaign as an opportunity to be as bold in his ...

But the story doesn't end there. "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" arrived as a single five years later, in November 1982, and became a massive U.K. chart hit, landing at No. 3 in early 1983. It was ...

In 2016, in a Facebook post, Jan Chamberlin, a member of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir, officially announced her resignation to choir leaders over its decision to perform at the Jan. 20th ...

His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today, we take a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such ...

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

I’ll share some tales below and you and your family can use the list to play a game of Christmas trivia. Let’s start with a ...

Fifty years ago, Akron buddies introduced a novelty product that targeted perspiration. They had a special gift for developing unusual merchandise.

The mantra from pro-abortion politicians used to be that abortion should be safe, legal and rare. Now, many of those same politicians say that women should “shout their abortions.” They wrap their pro ...