It’s speculated that religious leaders likely chose to observe Christmas in late December to persuade people to stop celebrating pagan holidays, though others argue that it is because Sextus ...

There are lots of different ways people celebrate Christmas around the world. In Japan, a bucket of KFC fried chicken has become a holiday staple. Christmas Eve in Finland can involve going to the ...

Sandringham, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace and more are getting into the holiday spirit Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Gone are the days when the only way one could experience Christmas with the royal ...

Every year on Dec. 25, people around the world gather with friends and family to celebrate Christmas, the holy day marking the birth of Jesus Christ. But was Christ actually born on this day?

Orthodox Christmas is celebrated by approximately 260 million people worldwide, both in majority-Orthodox countries in Eastern Europe, like Russia and Greece, and in communities in Ethiopia ...

the Orthodox Christians will celebrate Christmas on Jan. 8. While some people's Christmas celebrations end after Dec. 25, the season is not over yet as a subsequent holiday known as Epiphany marks ...

Christmas, celebrated on December 25 ... This celebration marks a pivotal moment in Jewish history when the Jewish people, led by the Maccabees, rose up against the oppressive Seleucid Empire ...

(CNS/Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko) Many people in Ukraine ... asked Ukrainians not to let commercialism steal their celebration of Christmas either. In his video message he prayed, "O God, newborn ...

There are lots of different ways people celebrate Christmas around the world. In Japan, a bucket of KFC fried chicken has become a holiday staple. Christmas Eve in Finland can involve going to the ...