Each year, Greccio celebrates the holiday season by reenacting the birth of the Savior on Christmas Eve, repeating the Nativity until the end of Christmas festivities in January. Greccio is ...

Most historians date the Christmas card’s arrival to 1843, the same year in which Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol. In that year, the inventor and civil servant Henry Cole ...

Take, for example, the humble Christmas card. My research shows that these printed seasonal greetings borrowed from the customs of the past to move Christmas into a new age. Annual sales and ...

“El portal” or “el pasito” (the Nativity Scene) is very significant in Costa Rican households. This tradition has become very important throughout the years, especially for Catholics who celebrate ...

For many, sending cards out for Christmas is a cherished annual tradition. For others, it can be a source of stress amid the holiday rush. You may even wonder when the optimal time is to impart ...

If you’re looking to add a personal touch to your holiday season, why not make your own Christmas cards this year? We’ve gathered 57 holiday-inspired DIY Christmas card ideas that are sure to ...

A bakery in England has decided to pay homage to the Christmas holiday and to the meaning of Christmas by recreating the Nativity scene in a unique way: with loaves of bread. The team at the Hobbs ...

While Christmas cards are ... shepherds in silhouette with their broad brimmed hats could be Irish rural farmers, while the ever-present background figures in scenes of the Nativity, the cow ...

it appears all the nation wants is to receive Christmas greeting cards at an appropriate time. According to a survey 82 per cent of people found giving or receiving cards in November ...

I never really liked Santa. As a young child I would cry in terror whenever I was expected to sit on his lap for a photo at the mall. Every Christmas I felt ...