Ever wonder why we put up Christmas trees? Evergreen fir trees are universal winter decorations: Pagans displayed the ...

To some people, Christmastime is nothing more than a season of generosity, joy, dressing up evergreen trees, waiting for Santa Claus and buying gifts for your loved ones. To others, Christmastime is ...

It was in the year 336 when Jesus’s birthday was declared to be December 25th. Roman emperor Constantine had declared Christianity the empire’s official religion and the church in Rome turned the 25th ...

Before that, the next “White Christmas” in Colorado Springs was in 1976, when there was an inch of snow during the day and an inch of snow on the ground in the morning, according to the weather agency ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Christmas in July can trace its origin back to France in 1892. The celebration become popular in the U.S.

White Christmas: The Story of an American Song by Jody Rosen is an intriguing and insightful look at the story behind a holiday classic of American popular music. This is a story of many parts, not ...

The popular poem, actually titled “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” first appeared in The Times’s pages in 1896. By Tina Jordan “In thousands of homes and by hundreds of thousands of children these words ...

From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...