After a long fast, Medieval Christendom typically celebrated the holiday with many days of raucous festivities ...

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 ...

who will be singing Christmas carols throughout the day. Blackfriars general manager Rebecca Armstrong said: "Blackfriars was once a medieval hub of trade and community and our goal has always ...

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 ...