While the college football season in the First State is over, the holidays have been eventful off of the field.

To celebrate the United States turning 250 years old this year, the first town in the first state will ring bells on New Year's morning.

Attendees will start the year off celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary as well as Delaware State Parks’s 75th anniversary.

Families with kids are always looking for things to do around the holidays and New Year’s Eve is no different as there are some options.

The club’s annual open house is underway, with a chance to see thousands of square feet of model train layouts and hundreds of locomotives and cars in motion.

The Adopt-a-Family program connects donors with families in need of assistance for the holiday season.

Delaware basketball legend Elena Delle Donne is a first-time nominee for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

AAA expects record travel for the year-end holidays.

When the University of Delaware takes the field Wed. night for its first bowl game since the early 70’s, the excitement extends not only beyond Newark, but beyond the First State.

Holiday happiness might seem easy, but that's not always the reality.Many can struggle finding the joy expected during the holiday season. While receiving gifts can be great, true happiness during this time of the year is often found in giving to others.In this edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Joe Irizarry sits down with University of Delaware Lerner College of Business and Economics asst. professor of marketing Amit Kumar to discuss strategies for finding happiness during the holidays.