Twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans ...

Latvia claims to hold the title of the world's first Christmas tree, as does Estonia. Several sources cite that the first written record of a Christmas tree belongs to Latvia.

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After a long fast, Medieval Christendom typically celebrated the holiday with many days of raucous festivities ...

Christmas descends on Dubai Mall and its more than 1200 shops. Credit: iStock. Improbable as it might seem, Dubai goes mad ...

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

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M ost people have heard that Christmas is literally the “Christ Mass” of the Christian church, and that Santa Claus takes his ...

Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to ...

Brits are set to use 300,000 tonnes of card packaging waste this holiday season. Recycling figures from 20232 would suggest that over a quarter ...