Do you know the history of Twelfth Night? Here's how it came to be known as the start of the Carnival season in New Orleans.

William Shakespeare grew up in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. His family were rich so he went to a good school and grew up to be a playwright. He wrote different types of plays ...

Feasts, drinking and dancing were all commonplace during this day, and Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night," a romantic comedy, is set during this holiday. Europeans living in the Middle Ages also ...