Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While we're taking a look at things like church history and the church calendar, we should recognize that for many Christians, ...

In a secular world, it can be easy to forget the religious and historical significance of Christmas. To some extent, this is due to Christmas having become a kind of secular holiday, despite its ...

There is surprisingly little information documenting the history of the Christmas tree. Decorated fir trees, instantly recognizable as a symbol of the holidays today, can be traced back to the 1800s ...

The 16th-century Christmas carol "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" says, "God rest ye merry, gentlemen / Let nothing you dismay / Remember, Christ, our Saviour / Was born on Christmas Day." It's a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Christmas approaches, Christians across the world are preparing to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. However, ...

Every year, families who celebrate Christmas decorate their tree and hang stockings in anticipation of the arrival of Santa Claus. But what does this have to do with the religious holiday itself?

President Calvin Coolidge led the first National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse in 1923, starting an annual tradition. President Harry S. Truman inspecting two turkeys at the White ...

I love to go Christmas caroling. A couple of decades ago, we would print out the lyrics to songs like "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," travel around from house to house, and sing about Jesus at the top ...

The midwinter ghost story is, arguably, the oldest story in the English language. The Old English epic poem Beowulf might not immediately spring to mind as the archetypal festive scare, but in truth ...

No Christmas is complete without a Christmas tree, perched in the living room and adorned with twinkling lights and ornaments. In Fox Nation’s "The History of the Christmas Tree," Abby Hornacek ...

Christmas, as we know it, is a relatively modern holiday. How do we know this? The following documentary from the History Chanel does a good job of explaining. The only flaw is that it completely ...