A poll, of 2,000 adults who celebrate the festive period, found 31 percent are bored with the usual Christmas customs and would like to see more unusual alternatives during the lead-up to the big day.

And then prepare to be amazed by some odd Christmas customs — customs that are, in some cases, almost as odd as yours. Or you can just check out Cooper's Web site, where he's already done the ...

Yet the 19th century also produced new holiday customs. In fact, many of the new Christmas practices in Sandy's time went on to become established traditions themselves—and are now the subject ...

December 25th. The timing of Christmas likely evolved from when pre-Christian Europeans celebrated the winter solstice in late December, said Landau.

Christmas customs in small town U.S.A. have not really changed all that much in the last 30 years or so. The customs that we hold near and dear are much the same. Each small community keeps the ...

Bemoaning changes to Christmas customs from days gone by is practically a holiday tradition of its own. In the 1830s, the English solicitor William Sandys compiled a host of examples, and was ...

You know the bumper sticker, of course. Around 350 A.D., you might have seen it on any passing chariot. Or plastered on the back of an ox cart. And if it wasn't, it should have been. Time to take ...

Throughout the generations, Germans have formed many popular Christmas traditions and customs, which have become well-known around the globe. Having grown up in Germany, I took those traditions ...

This makes them all relatively new additions to the country’s holiday customs, especially when viewed in light of Christmas’ more than 2,000-year history.

The timeless Christmas story today sustains its theme, yet from Roman times to today, there have been countless additions and numerous cganges to how we focus on its events. As many Pensacolians ...

Creole Christmas customs of the mid-19th century differed dramatically from those of today. Now, holiday excitement builds to a fever pitch, then peaks on Dec. 25. Back then, the 12 days of ...