Tag: Christmas

Chester isn't celebrating Christmas — it's celebrating Saturnalia, the Roman pre-Christian celebration.

Exploring the evolution of Santa Claus through history, culture, and fairy tales.

Discover the magic of Yule with these festive, traditional practices.

Discover the rich history and customs of Yule, the winter solstice celebration.

Merry Viking Christmas!

Stay a while, and listen.

Some delicious Yuletide dishes to warm your home.

Before Christmas, people celebrated the Winter Solstice in surprisingly familiar ways.

Druid celebrations have more in common with Christmas than you'd think.

Wait, the Romans invented Christmas?

Discover the folklore behind the legendary tales of Christmas

Discover the world of Christmas spiders and their very special festive folklore.

Christ was most likely born a few years Before Christ (BC). Which is definitely impressive.

Christmas is just around the corner, and the good old Christmas tree is one of the most enjoyable traditions of ...

Not your average cat -- or your Christmas tradition.

The history of a powerful Christmas symbol.

Ah, Christmas is just around the corner. There's so much going on with gifts and celebrations and meeting up with ...

We continue our foray into the history of Christmas.

This will completely change your idea of Christmas.

Credit: Pixabay. It is, for many of us, the most wonderful time of the year. “Christmas cheer” is that thing ...

This is especially true among older or sicker people.

Brandy, it turns out, is the most popular Christmas drink -- at least in the UK.

It doesn't have to be so complicated.

The Soviet Santa is a lot more badass, I'll give him that.

Easy ways to green up your Christmas.

Christmas is far more complicated than you think.

I've already written an article about the best ways to green up your Christmas tree, so I really recommend you ...

Many are already preparing for Christmas - some shopping for presents, some Christmas lights... the usual. But as you're gearing up ...

This is a series of articles about Christmas we here at ZME Science will be doing all December. Our goal ...

Via Metro Sadly, in recent years, Christmas has shifted away from its (already controversial roots) into a consumerism centered holiday. ...

(c) Flickr Labelled as an outcast by the rest of Santa's sleigh pulling reindeer, Rudolph the red-nose reindeer, though mocked ...

Image by Lilolebob. Every year, around this time of year, more than 100 million determined crabs take to the streets ...

Oh boy time sure do flies! It seems just yesterday it was January... still, it's the 2nd day of Christmas ...