Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition. Back in the 1600s, trees displayed in homes were not ...

The National Socialists wanted to to absorb all independent Christianity under the new pagan nationalistic doctrines of the ...

In the early 19th century, Ernst Anschütz’s German Christmas carol "O Tannenbaum" celebrated the tree's constant presence ...

Latvia claims to hold the title of the world's first Christmas tree, as does Estonia. Several sources cite that the first ...

The royal family traditionally opens their Christmas presents not on Christmas morning but on Christmas Eve, keeping with ...

Step inside a record-breaking wonderland with 605 dazzling Christmas trees filling every corner (yes, even the bathroom!) of ...

The notes of “O Tannenbaum,” the 19th-century German Christmas carol, plink out of the sound system. A trio of tots race ...

At Sandringham, where King Charles celebrates Christmas with his family, one particular German tradition is always followed.

There is no dearth of legends about the emergence of the Christmas tree. One of the most popular ones is that Martin Luther, ...