Many of these Christmas symbols have humble beginnings that go back to the very origins of Christmas and its associations with pagan celebrations around the winter solstice. Read on to learn more ...

This garland combines two of the most popular Christmas symbols: evergreen and ornaments. You can buy a garland already festooned with ornaments, or you can easily make one yourself using the two ...

Did your favorite holiday flick make our list of the all-time best Christmas movies? As we all know, there are movies about Christmas, and then there are the Christmas movies we look forward to ...

It's hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the 19th century Christmas was hardly celebrated. Many businesses did not even consider it a holiday. However by the end of the century it had ...

The ilex or holly, and the ivy, both evergreen plants are traditional Christmas symbols: the holly for part of the same reason as the Glastonbury Rose is, because it represents the Crown of Thorns ...

With the arrival of the holidays comes all sorts of Christmas delights. There's hot cocoa by the fire, holiday songs and, of course, time spent with family — a lot of time spent with family.

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And while the obsession with various warming, boozy beverages, twinkly lights and overkill on the Christmas songs is an international one, not everybody loves wintery vibes. But that’s okay ...

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He also praised the birth of Christ as "a symbol of hope and peace". Dean Greener emphasised that Christmas offered people a fresh start and a potential turning point. He quoted St John's Gospel ...