Nobody can deny that Christmas is a special time of year. There are various appealing sights, sounds and smells associated with this time of year, but the spirit of Christmas signifies different things to different people.
Christmas day is recognised as Christ’s birthday, and thus it is a very important day of the year for Christians. [...]

When people think of Christmas trees that probably don’t quite know where they first originated. Just like Santa Claus himself, the Christmas tree comes stems from a mixture of ideals, values, legends, facts and customs. Christmas trees began in the Baltic countries and the area known now as northern Germany. The first documented use of [...]

The history of Christmas is a long and complicated one. It is not known exactly why December 25th became associated with Christ’s birth, as the New Testament does not mention Jesus’ actual date of birth. Sextus Julius Africanus promoted the idea that Christ was born on December 25 in his Chronographiai, a Christian reference book, [...]