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 ...

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.

“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.

Except for the time she gave a boyfriend her mother’s old toaster for Christmas, staff writer Samantha Schoech has a reputation as an excellent gift giver. She lives in San Francisco with two ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People across the world are celebrating Christmas - one of the holiest times in the Christian calendar. However, for the second year in a row, there are smaller crowds at church services and other ...

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