There’s no mistaking the twinkling lights and aromatic scent of glühwein that signals the start of Christmas market season.

Explores various Christmas traditions from around the world, highlighting how different cultures celebrate the holiday. It discusses the origins of the Christmas tree, the significance of St. Nicholas ...

The parades have a satirical connection and bring out the heart of the Rose Monday carnival tradition in Germany's Rhineland. Big carnival street parties run from Weiberfastnacht (Women's Carnival ...

Thirty-one years ago, Loren Cleveland decided that he was going to be a part of the Singing Christmas Tree tradition – a drama production that is put on by the Grand Island Evangelical Free Church ...

With the holidays just around the corner, where better to get in the spirit (and check some gifts off your list) than at your ...

The Queen's sweet Christmas tree tradition is being continued by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their two eldest children. This week, the Prince and Princess of Wales were spotted taking part in ...

Dressed in pagan folk costumes, Latvians gather on a square in the centre of Riga for a ceremony that some historians see as the ancient precursor to the Christmas tree tradition. But these ...

In 1484 the Medieval writer, the 'Croyland Chronicler' wrote, 'During this feast of the Nativity, far too much attention was given to dancing and gaiety' after Richard III's Christmas celebrations.

With the festive season finally upon us, Carole Middleton has revealed the sweet way she includes her grandchildren in the Christmas tree tradition. Carole Middleton has revealed how she includes the ...

“Emma can I get another 10 feet of string please” the teenage boy shouts as he quickly runs back from the busy Markham Road frontage of the Christmas tree lot ... back to the lot year after year for ...

President Franklin Pierce first brought a Christmas tree tradition to the White House and in 1923 ... In one seventh century account, St. Boniface, a British monk doing missionary work in Germany came ...