Check out how Santa Claus got his start as an actual human person! Happy holidays!

Have you ever just danced it out? If so, I bet it didn't last a couple months. A few hundred years ago, that's exactly what happened all over Europe!

Quick History's fans are the best! Thanks for a great year!

Black Friday was born out of chaos that didn't involve shopping, and turned into chaos that involved shopping! This is the history of the beginning of the Christmas shopping season! Act now, supplies are limited!

It might not be the first, but these days, it's the biggest. Ring in Christmas shopping season with the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving... uh, Christmas Parade!

An illness that makes you sleep a lot sounds like a good thing, but it turns out it isn't. In the early 1900s, all around the world, a lot of people died from it.

In the late 1800s, Minnie Cox became the first African American Postmistress in Mississippi, and was later a part of The Indianola Affair, which "sparked the first major debate about race, states’ rights, and federal power in the United States Congress since Reconstruction." - Shennette Garrett-Scott, Mississippi History Now

This is the first ever special episode of Quick History, and it's 18 minutes long! Learn about the beginning of Halloween, the fear of black cats, witches, Jack-o-lanterns, and trick or treating! Happy Halloween!