An curved arrow pointing right. Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. But several important Christmas traditions have nothing to do with Jesus. These are the five ...

A big step in rebranding the old holiday was to give it a new, religious name. In fact, the word Christmas comes from Cristes ...

“Those are themes of — in the Christian tradition — the Sabbath,” Morgan said, echoing Miller of Columbia. Morgan added that students use the time before they go home for Christmas break ...

In many countries, Easter is still the day of days. But in America, we're all about Christmas -- divested, mostly, of its religious trappings.

Alex is from a Christian family household and says ... Maybe a more uncommon tradition is to eat Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve like Elaine and her family do, “then graze on the leftovers ...

As Easter approaches, pastel-colored candies line store shelves, spring sales flood inboxes and television screens light up ...

Japan does not celebrate Christmas as a religious festival, but marks it nonetheless with ornate light displays. In Finland tradition tells of a group of mountain dwellers called the Yule Lads who ...