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

But with the decline of state-enforced Christianity and a renewed interest in pre-modern Europe during the same period, the ...

But the long-practiced customs of the people would not die out. People continued their pagan practices, and the Crusaders ...

Discover how ancient languages, pagan traditions, and Christian influences shaped the names Yule, Noel, and Christmas into ...