Although cruising seems to be a very much "in" vacation, only about 10 percent of Americans have ever taken a cruise.

In Scotland, New Year's Eve is called hogmanay, and is an occasion when young people go about singing and seeking gifts.

Besides exchanging gifts they eat turkey on Christmas Day, and in some places there are even community Christmas trees. They decorate their houses with evergreens and mistletoe, and in some homes Christmas carols are sung ...Read More

The last person to be guillotined in France, Hamida Djandoubi, was executed in 1977.