In the late Middle Ages, Christianity was widespread in Europe and Christmas celebrations every December were the norm in ...

A remarkable account of medieval Christmas celebrations can be found in an English letter dated to Christmas Eve 1459. It was written by Margaret Paston, a wealthy Norfolk gentlewoman, landowner ...

But even in supposed victory, his gloating found few echoes; the so-called War on Christmas, rather than ending in climactic ...

Long before Santa Claus, caroling, and light-strewn Christmas trees, people in medieval Europe celebrated the Christmas season with 12 full days of feasting and revelry. Christmas in the Middle Ages ...

Wrapping gifts, placing them under trees and opening them on Christmas Day are a relatively modern invention — in early medieval times, some Christian rulers thought that the story of the three ...

For most of the year, medieval monks ate a very drab diet, often while sitting in silence. When celebrating Christmas those ...

These celebrations gradually evolved into the elaborate rituals and traditions associated with Christmas today. Medieval Christmas was a captivating blend of religious devotion and festive revelry.

These anxieties are as prevalent today as they were in the Middle Ages, when the élites of medieval Ireland hosted great Christmas celebrations to impress others not just with their hospitality ...