When it comes to the holidays, there are certain Christmas symbols that pop up over and over again, like stars, bells, mistletoe, Christmas trees and more. Even if we decorate without much thought ...

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and it is the season to be jolly, as the old saying goes. But it is much more than that. In Hawaii the Christmas spirit tends to continue all year thanks to the constant ...

Regarding "Christmas tree as a symbol," Letters/Dec. 22. Doris Soule claims Christmas has been celebrated for 2,000 years; research shows it was first conceived 432 AD, four centuries off Doris' claim ...

Christmas is the most celebrated of Christian holidays, commemorating what the faithful believe was the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But many of the season's most enduring symbols ...

When I tell my friends that in the German style, we don't decorate our Christmas tree until Dec. 24, they pity me a bit. "What's the point?" one of them asked, assuming that this custom indicated a ...

STATEN ISLAND — There are three symbols seen each year during the Christmas season. One, of course, is the Christ child lying in the manger — the reason, after all, for all the heralding and joy. Next ...

My family usually bought a Christmas tree, but one year we went into the woods behind our house. We climbed over one of the old stonewalls that spiderweb throughout New England and followed the ...

Many people look forward to bringing home a traditional tree for Christmas. There’s nothing like picking out the biggest evergreen from the farm, decorating it, and waiting for the day to open ...

What could be more ludicrous than a tree in the house? And yet, in this month of December 2022, millions of people continue to honor this centuries-old tradition. Some may also put up a nativity scene ...