When you gather around the Christmas tree or stuff goodies into a stocking, you're taking part in traditions that stretch back thousands of years — long before Christianity entered the mix. Pagan, or ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Anna Efetova via Getty Images It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas ...

Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

“Christmas is a pagan holiday,” several of our most trusted preachers insisted when I was a boy. To flesh out sermons that damned Christmas trees and Santa Claus and holy days, they ransacked the ...

Christians around the world celebrate Dec. 25 as the birth of Jesus. But as many gather to exchange gifts, sing carols and marvel at Nativity scenes and Christmas trees, the story behind Jesus' ...