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Government-sponsored Christmas celebrations in Pakistan this year marked a historic departure from the country’s decades-long struggle with religious...

Dec 8, 2025 - Their Majesties chose a charming photo from their state visit to Italy for their annual Christmas card photo

The history and tales behind iconic Christmas sweets like candy canes, gingerbread, and hot chocolate.

A new documentary explores the booze-soaked and vomit-slicked gathering's radical roots.

A Christmas history of our family. Art & Design, Christmas

May 19, 2025 - Christmas trees trace back to ancient times, but people celebrated the winter holidays much differently than we do.

Nov 26, 2025 - Take a look back at the past 15 years of West Chester's Christmas trees as anticipation builds for the unveiling of a new one on December 5.

The winning Powerball numbers were 4, 25, 31, 52, 59. This marks Arkansas' second Powerball jackpot win, the first being in 2010. Other prizes included eight...

Popular myths about the classic holiday tune have circulated for decades, obscuring its origins on the minstrel stage.

Dec 16, 2025 - Michael Adams, Creator and Host of the Forgotten Australia podcast reveals another epic slice of Australian history, with Philip Clark and listeners to...

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have been delighting and captivating audiences since 1825. We look back at some of the notable lecture series of years...

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A 19th century Christmas card. c. 1880.

The space program often calls for astronauts to be in orbit for the holidays. Here's how they do it.

Various origin stories for the song have circulated for decades. Only one is grounded in primary sources.

Ugly Christmas sweaters have become a staple of the holiday season, but there's more to these tacky garments than meets the eye.

Three different theories trace the Christmas tree back to the 1400s or 1500s. Two others go even further back.

Learn about the Christmas pickle ornament's origins, the myths surrounding it, and why it has become a fun holiday tradition for many families.

Add a new dino to your festive collection with this delicately handmade Triceratops Glass Christmas Tree Decoration.

Our red, white and black organic cotton T. rex Christmas Socks for adults are the perfect stocking filler for grown-up dinosaur fans.

The history of how these mass-produced novelty lights became a holiday fixture is a distinctly American Christmas tale.

Dec 4, 2025 - The story goes that Prince Albert brought the tradition of the Christmas tree over from Germany, but the real story is a little more complicated

Dec 30, 2025 - When and where was Jesus born? Who was Saint Nicholas, and how did he become Santa Claus? Is Christmas pagan? All your Christmas questions answered!

Four different images of animals thriving in the cold make up this pack of 20 Winter Scenes Christmas Card Collection: Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Dec 12, 2024 - 'A Christmas Story' is a holiday classic and its Cleveland-located museum is a destination for fans all over, but its history is more complicated...

In December of 2004, the first History of the Christmas Tree Walk began when the owners opened their 9,500 sq. ft. log home to the public to view over 30...

While we may imagine Christmas to be the most important and universally celebrated festival in the world, the vast majority of people on the planet either do...

While many of our seasonal traditions help bring comfort, warmth and hope into some of the darkest nights of the year, there are other traditions out there...

It's been mirthlessly mocked, dubbed "the wand of Narcissus" and generally cited in descriptions of the downfall of society.But nobody could have predicted...

Beyond the mass-marketing of capitalism, Christmas has a long and rich history that is tightly bound with the history of Christianity, and the birth of Jesus...

Where did these staunch Christmas helpers come from? Why exactly does an immortal, bearded man with a magic, toy-spawning bag of holding need slave elves to...

While there are countless accounts giving evidence to the Christmas truce in the Great War a century ago, the football match so frequently associated with

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Much pleasure thou can'st give me. Aside from the pristine smell of American forestry in your living room and, if you've...

How first ladies throughout modern history have celebrated Christmas.

When the Puritans came to the New World, they brought with them their strict ways, their religious views, and their distaste for Christmas. Although Christmas...

Louis Heon is a World War II veteran of the US Army 88th Infantry Division. In 1945, even after the Germans surrendered, times were still difficult for

Xiong Tong | Xinhuanet News | December 29, 2010 RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Online Christmas sales in Brazil reached 2.2 billion reais (1.3 billion

As Christmas nears, and songs of the season are ubiquitous, have you ever stopped to wonder when people started singing these songs? Trace the evolution...

In the 16th century, the Reformed Kirk of Scotland began a campaign against the nation's tradition of hard-partying Christmases.

Predicting that Omicron would soon be "in every country in the world," Gates said that "Omicron is spreading faster than any virus in history"

From plum porridge to kissing boughs, learn more about the ways our Roman, Victorian and medieval ancestors prepared for the Christmas season.

Christmas History Font. Download the Christmas History font by Alif Ryan Zulfikar. Christmas History has been downloaded 999 times.

Saturnalia, an ancient Roman festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn, occurred in mid-December. Saturnalia ritu...

The Irish will never let go of these little rituals and traditions during Christmas time. Irish Christmas traditions and their history are important at this...

Nov 26, 2025 - How well do you know your Christmas carols?

The jolly old man who sneaks into our houses every 24 December is beloved across the world and known by many names. But should you call him Father Christmas,...