"Twas the Night Before Christmas" is an iconic piece of poetry by today's standards, with its description of jolly old St. Nick and his eight reindeer helping create the modern depiction of Santa ...

There is surprisingly little information documenting the history of the Christmas tree. Decorated fir trees, instantly recognizable as a symbol of the holidays today, can be traced back to the 1800s ...

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, nobody knows your origin. It's true — historians don't agree on where people started celebrating Christmas with a decorated fir tree, and who did it first. The ...