In the Ming and Qing dynasties money was given to children threaded on red string. Nataliia K/Shutterstock The red envelopes given to children, or in some cases unmarried adults, during Lunar New ...

As a child, one of my greatest pleasures was waking up on Lunar New Year to open the lucky money red envelopes that my mother had lovingly tucked under my pillow the night before—the Chinese ...

After waiting on a family at the restaurant where he worked, a teenager found an envelope full of cash, then did the right thing. Nate Affourtit, 18, was working at O’Charley’s in Lebanon ...

After waiting on a family at the restaurant where he worked, a teenager found an envelope full of cash, then did the right thing. Nate Affourtit, 18, was working at O’Charley’s in Lebanon, Tenn., when ...

I'm reaching between my knees to yank at the column-mounted gear lever of a tiny, cramped car that owners were so desperate to leave behind, they abandoned them in the streets of Prague en masse.

In Jalopy, you set off from East Berlin at dawn in a Laika 601 Deluxe with a mismatched door and your Uncle Lütfi as co-driver. With his advice, and replacement car parts swapped for crates of ...

Four Cambodians were crushed to death on Jan. 23 in a stampede for red envelopes containing money, which a prominent business tycoon offered as a goodwill gesture for Chinese New Year celebrations.

From dragon and lion dances to fireworks and the distribution of red envelopes, every part of the celebration has a unique and distinct meaning. All these traditions not only honor the past but also ...