Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

A Christian empire that inherited classical learning, Byzantium preserved pagan texts via schools, new script, scholia, and ...

We have always loved live Christmas trees, and the trend these days is that people are returning to bringing a live tree into ...

The U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause creates complexity around government-sponsored religious holiday displays.

Christmas is one of the most celebrated festivals in the world, recognised not only as a religious observance but also as a ...

We love Christmas carols because they carry us back to childhood, when things seemed simpler and happier. Some waft us ...

Across Europe, many medieval churches stand on land that was considered sacred long before Christianity arrived. At first ...

I When the gloom of wintertide was deepest, when snow and ice fettered the earth, and a frost-wind came shoreward from the ...

Does Quetzalcóatl care if you're naughty or nice? For one Christmas in Mexico, he did, and Santa was replaced by an ancient ...

A journey into little-known Polish Christmas and New Year rituals rooted in pre-Christian belief, rural magic, and communal performance. From ritual breads and flirtatious carols to masked processions ...

Aside from Easter, Christmas is perhaps Christianity’s most sacred date. As a celebration of Christ’s birth, the holiday is ...

Once Christianity was established, the first recorded Christmas that celebrated the birth of Jesus is often cited to occur in ...