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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Although no one knows who invented eggnog, most historians agree that it originated in medieval Britain as an exclusive ...

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 ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Immanuel Lutheran Church in Broken Arrow held a free, medieval festival called Boar's Head on Sunday night. The festival originates from the 14th Century and features ...