Blog Posts by Subject: Holidays and Customs

Ah, Thanksgiving. Turkey dinners, football games, and lots and lots of family time—so check out some books and plays that feature families coming together for group meals or celebrations that ends in disaster.

During the holiday season, an electric pressure cooker is like having an extra person in the kitchen. The library has books and information to help you get the most out of yours.

Read the DOL blog post and cast your ballot for who you think is the real "Father of Labor Day."

Ready for Fourth of July barbeques? Of course you’ll be having some pickled oysters, egg nog, and lobster, right? If you think these are some interesting cuisine choices for Independence Day festivities, 19th century New Yorkers would disagree.

If you’re looking for something a little different this year, check out books for a wide variety of dads—as long as they’re readers.

Spring brings ceremonies and advice for new graduates starting out in the world.

Mother's Day turned 101 this year. While we associate this holiday with cards, gifts, and more, Director of Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor, Latifa Lyles points out that there are other ways we can value mothers.

Here are some recommendations of books on Chinese New Year stories, traditions and food.

Universal letter-writers were guidebooks meant to teach young men and women the art of writing and speaking fluently on a variety of subjects—including love.

It's LIVE on love: clips from our past programs.

Valentine's Day is a day when love and friendship are celebrated.

Mientras tanto podemos seguir disfrutando de la tradición regalando afectos por doquier y por supuesto, no deben faltar ¡historias para leer!

Resources on heart health and <3 health, both available with your library card.

Don't keep your darling on the fence. Just say the word, with one of these cards from our Digital Collections.

Literary conversation hearts we wish existed. Which bookish candy hearts do you think would make Valentine's Day even sweeter?

好看的新年故事

A Christmas Carol continues, year after year, to be reworked, adapted, dramatized, enjoyed at home, and read in public settings. Perhaps less familiar are the dozens of Christmas stories that Charles Dickens penned in the twenty-five years that followed its publication.

Now that Christmas is approaching get in the holiday spirit with one of these wonderful Christmas albums from the circulating collection:

Have a flair for foreign languages? Then this year, learn how to say "Merry Christmas" in eight different languages: French, Polish, Icelandic, Swedish, German, Spanish, Czech, and Norwegian.