Come inside the weird, weird world of our Christmas! We go home to England for the holidays each year and we have MANY ...

Christmas in England looks a little different than in the US. From prize-filled crackers to pantomimes, some British traditions may confuse Americans.

British Christmas Traditions that Might Surprise You ... England. A British pantomime or “panto” is, in fact, not mime but rather campy musical comedy for all ages.

The Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, has been the go-to holiday getaway for the royal family ever since 1862, when Queen Victoria purchased the home for one of her sons, the future Edward ...

Yes, these are our Christmas traditions. ... When Germany’s Prince Albert came to England in 1840 to marry Queen Victoria, he brought the Christmas tree with him.

The first time the term was ever seen was in 1608 England, when a pamphleteer used it to define under-the-table hush money. Earl writes, “He used the word to describe a bribe given to keep ...

To learn more about the history of Christmas in New England, I searched through the archives of the New England Historical Society website and found an interesting article. Here is what I discovered ...

In America, the Christmas ghost story tradition never quite caught on. Instead, scary stories remained a Halloween tradition. In England, where Halloween wasn’t as popular, Guy Fawkes Day ...

There are some Christmas traditions in England that might confuse people from the US. Some folks in the UK celebrate Christmas with pantomime, a campy, family-friendly theater show. Christmas pudding, ...