Gingerbread houses and decorated trees trace their origins to 19th-century Germany and 16th-century Latvia, respectively. Jonkonnu and Black Santa Claus highlight the cultural imprint of Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From new characters in the nativity scene to a take on Santa's helper straight from your nightmares, Christmas traditions around ...

Ever wonder where many of our favorite Christmas traditions come from? The Victorians are to thank for so much of the magic we associate with the season. Their creativity and love for the holidays ...

Leaving out cookies for Santa, caroling in the snow, and drinking hot cocoa are all familiar ways to herald the Christmas season. But what about hiding pickles, telling ghost stories, or crowning a ...

Hallmark cards and Coca-Cola ads tend to dwell on the happy and cheerful side of Christmas. But there’s always been a dark side. The fear of St. Nick putting coal in stockings for misbehaving and even ...

You may have heard of the Grinch, the dastardly Yin to Santa’s benevolent Yang, but there are some strange Christmas traditions in Europe that might have slipped off your radar. Here are five of our ...

From Yorkshire puddings to pantomimes, these British Christmas traditions might surprise you.

It only seems normal to drag a dead tree into your house in order to get drunk in front of it because we do it every year. Same with all the holiday tales and traditions involving Santa, little baby ...

For many, Christmas is a time of gift exchanges, log cakes and turkey dinners. But that's not the case everywhere. In a yearly series, CNBC Travel highlights diverse Christmas celebrations around the ...

There are some Christmas traditions in England that might confuse people from the US. Some folks in the UK celebrate Christmas with pantomime, a campy, family-friendly theater show. Christmas pudding, ...