Since the early 20th century, Christmas has evolved from a religious holiday to a hugely popular cultural holiday observed by ...

Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan ...

Across Europe, many medieval churches stand on land that was considered sacred long before Christianity arrived. At first ...

Aside from Easter, Christmas is perhaps Christianity’s most sacred date. As a celebration of Christ’s birth, the holiday is ...

Poet Javed Akhtar claimed that Christmas was moved from spring to December to coincide with a popular pagan festival to ease religious transition in ancient Rome. History, however, shows that December ...

Christmas is celebrated on December 25 due to a mix of theology, symbolism, and historical context, not a single pagan ...

Christmas is a Christian holiday that occurs on December 25th and celebrates the birth of Jesus. In the liturgical year ...

The first steps of carving out new traditions can feel a little bit awkward (after all, they aren’t tradition yet), but with time and repetition, they become like slipping into a pair of well-broken ...

"These traditions slow me down, force me to recognize the passage of time and the way in which the changing of seasons has affected my world," writes Morgan Lockhart Morgan Lockhart lives in the ...