Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, ...

The 12th Day of Christmas, Epiphany, has special significance in Ireland. It is known as “Little Christmas” — Nollaig Beag — ...

The 12th day after Christmas Day is traditionally celebrated as the Feast of the Epiphany, but was known in Ireland as ...

The act of lighting candles on Christmas Eve symbolises the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the Magi to the manger where the infant Jesus was born. Every country has its unique iteration of why ...

Moravian missionaries named the Pennsylvania city of Bethlehem after the biblical birthplace of Jesus on Christmas Eve in 1741 ...

Lighting candles on Christmas Eve, joining Santa for a sleigh rideChristmas — from the Christian celebration to the secular commercial holiday — is omnipresent in Bethlehem.On a recent day ...

Some people in North Augusta spent Christmas Eve marking the birth of Jesus Christ ... communion and the lighting of candles as "Silent Night" played in the background. A group of children ...

CERTAIN HYMNS AND THOUSANDS OF BEESWAX CANDLES, HANDMADE THE WAY THEY WERE HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, 1747 A MORAVIAN BISHOP HAD THE IDEA FOR THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE, AND HE EXPLAINED ...

Unofficial Christmas Eve traditions began during World War I fighting, coined as “the Christmas truce” in 1914 and 1915. German soldiers lit candles and sung Christmas carols, while British ...

the eldest girl in each family sometimes dons a white robe and a crown of candles before serving her family buns, cookies, coffee, or mulled wine to kick off the holiday season. On Christmas Eve ...