Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bulbs symbolizing candles have lit on the 30 foot-tall Hannukah menorah by the Jewish education centre 'Chabad Lubawitsch' in ...

What is the meaning of Christmas? Celebrating the birth of Jesus? Exchanging presents? Feasting with family and friends? Enjoying the festive atmosphere? Decorating and baking? Performing acts of ...

The 16th-century Christmas carol "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" says, "God rest ye merry, gentlemen / Let nothing you dismay / Remember, Christ, our Saviour / Was born on Christmas Day." It's a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gingerbread houses and decorated trees trace their origins to 19th-century Germany and 16th-century Latvia, respectively. Jonkonnu ...

The exact date of Jesus's birth is unknown, though it is estimated to have been in the spring between 6 and 4 B.C. Christians began celebrating Christmas on December 25 in the 4th century, possibly to ...

Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers of that fact every year, lamenting that the Jewish Festival of Lights has almost become an imitation of the ...