About 100 participants, mostly men wearing white loincloths and a few women in white robes, stepped into tubs of ice cold water in the shrine courtyard. After warm up runs and chants to the ...

In Japan, it’s customary to start off the new year be going to a Shinto shrine to pray for good fortune in the new year. While many are thought to convey a vague blessing of overall prosperity, some ...

Shinto priests have replaced a "shimenawa" sacred rope hanging over the top of Nachi Falls in western Japan, ahead of the New Year. The waterfalls in Wakayama Prefecture are part of a UNESCO World ...

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left “a sonic gap” in the landscape. A bell inside the Dom Tower in Utrecht, the ...

(NEXSTAR) – “Silver Bells,” one of the most enduring songs of the season, evokes warm feelings of Christmas cheer with lyrics about snowy sidewalks bustling with holiday shoppers and happy children.

(FOX 5/KUSI) — A beloved nighttime holiday celebration is returning to the San Diego Zoo this weekend. The zoo will light up with entertainment and festive displays for Jungle Bells, which kicks off ...

It’s the season of jingle bells and sleigh bells for most of us, but for the White House, alarm bells should be clanging. The administration is making mistakes that could result in a nasty 2026 ...

Reid shared a video made by social media creator Khalil Greene that claims 'Jingle Bells' has a racist origin. A viral video shared by Joy Reid is sparking conversations about the origins of “Jingle ...

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid took issue with a popular Christmas carol, reposting a video that describes the beloved tune as racist. The now-viral clip has renewed scrutiny of the carol’s past, as the ...

East Hampton, Connecticut was once “Belltown USA” — home to more than twenty bell companies. Now there’s just one: Bevin Bells, the last bell manufacturer in the entire United States. “There's been a ...

Fired MSNBC host Joy Reid played Grinch on social media this week, sharing a video claiming beloved Christmas anthem “Jingle Bells” was written “to make fun of black people.” In the video she shared ...

Twenty Philadelphia neighborhoods are getting their own Liberty Bells next year for America's 250th birthday. But these replicas are a bit different than the cracked bronze relic in Old City. The ...