Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated.

Did the date of December 25 for Christmas really come from pagan tradition, as some modern sources claim? This article ...

The most recent was found under 40 feet of water in Lake Michigan and dates back 9,000 years. Many traditions that tie ...

Overheated shops, blaring televisions, static clothes, roasting ovens, fuggy hangovers, organised indoor activities...

The Fresh Toast - Before Santa, Mariah Carey, and gifts, Cannabis played a role at the beginning of the holiday traditions.

Christian theology professor Ephraim Radner thinks that’s a natural time to examine what makes each holiday distinct in order ...

But even in supposed victory, his gloating found few echoes; the so-called War on Christmas, rather than ending in climactic struggle and triumph, seemed to just fade away from the national discourse.

Ukraine gets Christmas Spiders that spin webs in undecorated ... feeling ambivalent about the jollity and feasting and more pagan traditions,” said Maria Kennedy of Rutgers University, an ...

Instead of seeing Christmas as a festival that is approved by the Bible, the organization sees it as a commercialized event with pagan roots. Some members of the religious group quietly celebrate ...

which mirrored the midwinter festivals of our more ancient pagan ancestors in many ways. The traditional Irish Christmas revolved around Christian celebration with respite from work. Here are ...