Summary: this assembly is suitable during advent, the period of time before Christmas. It's a fun exploration of some unusual Christmas traditions around the world ... is a very old one.

Where to stay: Sandwiched between Cologne's old town and the arty Belgian Quarter, stylish design hotel Ruby Ella is a great place to spend the night. Vienna’s Christmas markets trace their ...

Neiman Marcus is famous for its outrageous annual Christmas Book catalog, where money is often ... the painters’ skill in immortalizing their world through polychrome paint.

Twinkling lights blanket the city's medieval architecture, and its Christmas markets are some of the best in the world. Plus, many of Prague's top attractions – including Old Town Square and the ...

“These are great investments as kids can work to grow their little world as they get older, with the wide age grade of 1-5 years old,” Starke ... of these under the Christmas tree this year.

What is Christmas and what do Christians do to celebrate? Nathan, an 11-year-old boy, tells us about the ... which represents Jesus as the light of the world, and the advent calendar, which ...

John Simm is this year’s Scrooge in what may well be the last year of the Old Vic’s long running Dickens adaptation Sure, it’s nearly December, but it’s not really Christmas in London ...

Inflationary-weary shoppers still may wait until the first weather snap to get a basic sweater. But when it comes to seasonal ...

When it comes to seasonal shopping, a growing number of consumers are jumping on the scents and flavors from Halloween to ...

A man has denied murdering a 23-year-old on Christmas Eve last year in Cardiff. William Bush was discovered seriously injured ...

The reason we associate poinsettias with the holidays comes from an old Mexican legend. A young girl named Pepita was sad that she didn’t have a gift to leave for the baby Jesus at Christmas Eve ...