When I read that 52 percent of American adults say they believe in Santa Claus (according to a survey from Public Policy Polling), I wasn’t surprised to learn in the same poll that 42 ...

Around this time of the year, the “War on Christmas” and the “War on the War on Christmas” once again enter the public discourse, with each side claiming support from assorted statistics and ...

Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...

Like last year, the Christmas market by the New Gate of the Christian Quarter in Jerusalem was canceled amid the ongoing war. A cobbled street that would normally dazzle with cheerful decorations ...

Mary gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem and laid him in a manger. There, according to the gospels, he was visited by kings and shepherds who had heard about his birth. Advent is the season leading ...

How the historic evangelical institution served a reeling Shiite community. The predominantly Shiite city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon once boasted the nation’s largest Christmas tree ...

Most Christians by now have found shelter with friends or relatives in Jordan and other countries. But for Muslims in the camps, Christmas will probably be just another wet day. The YMCA is ...

When Band Aid recorded a single to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, the supergroup famously sang: "Do they know it's Christmas time at all?" The discovery confirms that Christianity ...