In the two-and-a-half weeks leading up to Christmas, Catalan families will keep a log in the home with a face painted on it.

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If the book has a deeper message, it is that Jews have always negotiated Christmas, just in different registers. Sometimes ...

Not weird, just different.” A third-grade teacher gently reprimanded her class during a social studies lesson 41 years ago inside a small Catholic school in Ocean City, New Jersey. We had our social ...

Read on to see the world's oldest man-made structures that are still in use, from Roman amphitheatres to Chinese temples...

December marks a very important month all around the world as it marks the year coming to an official end. For many, this ...

Exploring whether Christmas traditions have pagan origins and how they merged with Christian practices. Judge orders return ...

The Middle Ages weren’t as dreary and desperate as you’d think, and peasants often had weeks of idle time during the holidays ...

“For many Byzantine and Ukrainian Catholics, the Holy Supper and singing of parts of Great Compline are the highlights of the ...

Around midday, people usually took a break and ate their largest meal – often a soup or stew. The foods they ate could include lamb and beef, along with cheese, cabbage, onions, leeks, turnips and ...