"Coca-Cola did not create the legend of Santa Claus." The myth that the many-named gift-bringer of Christmas was invented by a soda brand is so persistent that even Coca-Cola has had to step in to ...

In lieu of a traditional “Our Views” today, the Editorial Board offers this poem along with its best wishes for a magical ...

Traveling during the holidays in Europe, you’ll find the season marked not by the number of shopping days left until Christmas, but by a long series of winter festivals – both pagan and ...

Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did not annually commemorate his birth? Or that Santa Claus is inspired by the ...

Stephanie Gilliam, director of children’s ministries at Highland Baptist Church in Florence, Alabama, said she grew up in a ...

Many Christmas staples feel timeless, but historians note they often began as games, folk customs or practical rituals. What we now call Christmas is a patchwork of theology, folklore, economics, ...

It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. December 23, ...

A coastal drive from Dalaman to Antalya leads through Roman theaters, Byzantine islands, buried basilicas, and ongoing ...

A coastal drive from Dalaman to Antalya leads through Roman theaters, Byzantine islands, buried basilicas, and ongoing ...

The Night Before Christmas” was first published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel newspaper on Dec. 23, 1823. The poem, originally titled “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” was written by Clement ...

Today, the bulk of the relics of St Nicholas rests in Bari in Italy, though fragments of his bones are kept in churches ...

Every Christmas season, I have composed a “review and outlook” for the economy set to the rhythm and meter of Clement Moore’s ...