Investigating the lost literary history of Iceland reveals religious upheavals and clever forgeries, new research has ...

Read these 12 magical art books—from Banksy to Tamara de Lempicka to a deep dive into papyrus smuggling—over the holiday ...

Back when "The 12 Days of Christmas" were more formally observed, today would be the third day.

With recipes from a chocolatier to revolutionary stories about the South to the magic behind a beloved restaurant, anyone who ...

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

There's nothing more relaxing than sitting by the fireplace in your pajamas on Christmas Eve, sipping hot chocolate and ...

The popular poem, actually titled “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” first appeared in The Times’s pages in 1896. “In thousands of ...

While Christmas carols are sung in church, this hasn t always been the case The new book Deck the Hall by composer Andrew ...

Imagine a Christmas Eve where the crackle of a fireplace, the scent of hot cocoa, and the rustle of wrapping paper all ...

On Christmas morning, I knew my prayers had been answered even before I ripped the paper off; I’d memorized the exact weight ...

Region native Jean Shepherd crafted the enduring holiday classic "A Christmas Story" after years of telling stories on the radio, in magazine articles and on television. A professor from Michigan who ...

Mr. Rosenblatt is an author of memoirs, novels and meditations, the most recent of which is “A Steinway on the Beach: Wounds ...