Category Archives: Free Country Free Ride

Each & every Christmas Eve, Santa Clause sets out across the world, delivering toys to good little girls & boys. And, along the way, his yuletide mission is fueled by everyone’s tradit...

Going through health care provider qualifications can be daunting, especially as their names often come with designations that don't really make their title clear. Most of us know an MD is a "Doctor o...

Does snow have a scent? Your initial response might be "no", since snow is only frozen water, which should be odorless. But, if you've ever predicted a big snowstorm based on a familiar tickle in your...

Misbehaving children getting lumps of coal actually predates Santa as we know him now; the tradition is also associated with St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and La Befana. There doesn’t seem to be a ...

(*in best Dwight Schrute voice) FALSE: the phrase "spill the beans" did not originate when Kevin Malone dropped his huge pot of chili in season five of The Office. People actually started talking abou...

With the chill in the air we're feeling now, you couldn't be blamed for daydreaming about diving into a big ol’ hearty bowl of soup. Or, perhaps, stew. Either will certainly warm & fill you...

Much like an orange traffic cone gives you a heads-up about nearby roadwork, the orange spout & handle of a decaf coffee pot is a signal to both the people who drink coffee & the servers who...

We’ve discovered why grooms stand on the right at a wedding, so now let's show some love to the left: why do we wear wedding rings on our left hand?Writing with your left hand during the medieva...

A lot of our wedding traditions don't really have the best of origins: brides originally wore veils to safeguard against the groom changing his mind in case he didn’t happen to like her face; an...

In the wake of Thanksgiving, you more than likely utilized tinfoil to cover some, if not all, of your leftovers. Have you ever noticed, though, that tinfoil has 2 different-looking sides, one shiny &#...