Tis the season for holly, hot chocolate and the tradition of singing Christmas carols. But what is the origin of some of your favorite holiday classics?

The Christmas spiritual "Mary Had a Baby” is believed to have originated on St. Helena Island and grew in popularity, driven ...

What exactly is wassailing — and why does it keep showing up in Christmas songs? From medieval drinking bowls to danceable ...

On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of ...

From “Silent Night” to “Jingle Bells,” Christmas carols are some of the most familiar songs of the season, and some of the ...

In small town America, boys with absent heads of households were taken under the wing of World War I veterans from such ...

Christmas has always made me nostalgic, but I have come to realize, with something of a jolt— perhaps because I just turned ...

Receiving a chalk blessing at the doorway or decorating wooden boats instead of Christmas trees may seem unfamiliar to many ...

Drinking Christmas songs, romantic Christmas songs, rowdy Christmas songs and spiritual Christmas songs all make this list.

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

Greece is steeped in fascinating holiday traditions, with its Christmas carols, or kalanda, being some of the most ...

With Christmas fast approaching, Palm Beach’s churches are preparing for the season with special holiday services. The ...