Picking up the children from school recently, I heard the lovely old carol ‘In Dulce Jubilo’ drifting slowly across ...

Many Christmas staples feel timeless, but historians note they often began as games, folk customs or practical rituals. What we now call Christmas is a patchwork of theology, folklore, economics, ...

For the past two years, as the war in Gaza dragged on, Christmas in Bethlehem has been a somber affair, without the traditional festivities and decorations and music. But this year, families are ...

For nearly two centuries, this is the Christmas carol that won’t stop singing a subversive song of hope, Meredith says.

A Sikh Nagar Kirtan parade in Manurewa, South Auckland, New Zealand, faced a major disruption on Saturday, December 20, 2025, ...

Rory McIlroy has been voted as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year to cap a year that saw him win the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam and then an away Ryder Cup with Team Europe.

Something is stirring in the pews. Tommy Robinson and his henchmen are not the only people suddenly opening hymn books.

Emily and colleagues have moved to Rome, where they’re doing what they do best: having sexual relationships with their ...

Indore: Churches in city have begun their Christmas preparations, turning places of worship into spaces of reflection, colour ...

A visual history of Krampusnacht through folklore, illustration, and early print culture, exploring how Krampus evolved into ...

Some of our best-loved Christmas traditions, those rituals we consider to be part our national identity, are not British at ...

Australian operators will pay as much as A$7.3 billion to renew mobile spectrum licences that will expire in the next few ...