The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory ...

Combining Christmas with these ancient celebrations allowed the church to keep the winter holiday tradition while refocusing ...

Who invented Christmas? Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter solstice.

Angels We Have Heard on High; A Child Is Born; You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch; In the Bleak Midwinter; Jolly Old St. Nicholas; We Three Kings; Have a Holly Jolly Christmas; Ave Maria; Winter Wonderland ...

Dressed in pagan folk costumes, Latvians gather on a square in the centre of Riga for a ceremony that some historians see as the ancient precursor to the Christmas tree tradition. But these ...