Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gingerbread houses and decorated trees trace their origins to 19th-century Germany and 16th-century Latvia, respectively. Jonkonnu ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Early Christians didn’t annually celebrate Jesus’ birth; the Dec. 25 tradition emerged in the fourth century and ...

'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the city … Trees adorned with baubles and tinsel looked pretty. In the streets of suburbia houses were bright ...