Hogmanay was the Vikings’ celebration of the Winter Solstice, today celebrated as New Year in Scotland
Gretna Green is the most romantic Scottish village and one of the most popular wedding destinations in the world
Sawney Bean was the head of a 48-member family that lived in a cave and cannibalized more than a thousand people
Nazis tried to turn Christmas into a nonreligious holiday, replacing Saint Nicholas with the Germanic god Odin and putting swastikas on top of Christmas trees