Being long distance at Christmas is hard – here’s how to ... Favourite toys, food or family traditions are also great topics of conversation.” If you want to mix things up, why not have ...

Trees have long been used to decorate homes ... Once word spread, the popularity of Christmas trees took off. It became a tradition throughout England and North America. Now, they can be found ...

Before long, Johnson had a bright idea. We tend to think of Christmas-season traditions as ancient, but most of them are rather recent, born in the 19th century. “A Visit From St. Nicholas” wa ...

That's a tradition which we can thanks the Romans for. Why is holly so significant at Christmas? Holly is another symbol of the season. It was seen as a lucky charm long before we celebrated ...

Decorated with edible snowflakes and festive icing, they rarely last long after Christmas. The tradition of leaving cookies and milk for Santa continues to symbolise gratitude and the spirit of ...

A lot has been written about Polish Christmas traditions and their associated products ... To protect the user from burns, the tongs were designed with long, thin iron arms that extended well beyond ...

“Wild Mountain Thyme” is an Irish folk song with strong roots in Scottish traditions. The Belfast-based folk musician Francis McPeake took an old Scottish song from the early 19th century ...