This year marks the centenary of the Surrealist Manifesto, a pivotal text authored by the French writer and poet André Breton that kickstarted one of the 20th century’s most radical art movements.

Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...

How a contentious friendship between political rivals led to the creation of a classic Christmas anthem of hope.

Luke's Gospel tells the most-beloved version of the story of Jesus' birth to the virgin Mary, from the angel Gabriel's ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It's Christmas, a day to be with friends and family and remember the true meaning of the holiday. With that in mind, as we do every year, we thought a proper way to mark the occasion ...

Contemporary retellings of the Nativity story often weave together both narratives found in the Gospel of Matthew and the ...

The birth of Jesus at Christmas is all about hope, peace, joy and love, writes Lauren Green of Fox News this holiday season — here's why this matters and the origin stories of each.

Most antiquities scholars think that the New Testament gospels are "mythologized history." In other words, based on the ...

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is one of our nation's most beloved seasonal traditions. Experts weigh in on what it took for Charles M. Schulz to keep the Gospel reading in the script — and why it ...

Are you one of those people who can watch a movie many times and still enjoy it? I’m not. I need something fresh to keep my ...

The First Christmas and the events surrounding it were historical events, which are therefore neither legends nor myths.

Discover the rich history of African American Christmas carols, including 'Mary's Boychild' and 'This Christmas,' that celebrate the story of Jesus' birth.