Christmas
Christmas Songs Are a Light in Dark Times
Christmas songs: love them or hate them, at this time of year, you just can’t escape them.
Who Were the Magi?
A brief mention in one gospel spawned some of the most iconic Christmas imagery.
Why We Love Holiday Rituals and Traditions
Dimitris Xygalatas University of Connecticut The mere thought of holiday traditions brings smiles to most people’s faces and elicits feelings of sweet anticipation and nostalgia. We can almost smell those candles, taste those special meals, and hear those familiar songs in our minds. Ritual marks some of the most
The Birth of the Classic English Christmas Dinner
Joan Fitzpatrick Loughborough University Charles Dickens popularised the traditional, English Christmas in 1843 in his novel A Christmas Carol, when Bob Cratchit and his family sit down on Christmas Day to eat a dinner of goose with mashed potatoes and apple sauce accompanied by sage and onion stuffing and followed