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Songs of the season – sacred and secular music alike – sometimes acknowledge that Christmas isn’t all joy.
An expert’s tips for understanding social pitfalls and how to navigate them during a tense time of year.
Parenting is difficult and there can be added pressure and stress during holidays. Creating safe, secure, loving environments and being present with your children is the greatest gift you can give.
The Christmas story is about Jesus coming to mankind. As holiday decorations show, Christians around the world often picture him in their own cultures.
Could Santa’s grin be closer to the evil clown’s than you think?
‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ is now a treasured Christmas classic, but it didn’t start life that way – not in the UK, at least.
Some of our favourite Christmas treats date back to the Victorians.
Christmas, along with other public holidays, is certainly a time when people can feel more lonely.
We are unsurprisingly attracted to the familiar.
By the fourth festive season into the war, rationing was biting – but good news from the front and the generosity of US soldiers helped keep morale buoyant.
The story of Martin Luther starting the tradition is a myth; the real story started 350 years later – and presents were popularised by savvy booksellers.
You want to look as if you’ve put in a bit of effort, but don’t want to blow the budget. Here are some top tips of what to take to Christmas.
Spending Christmas by yourself can be hard but research shows there are things that should help.
Keeping human foods away from pets is one way to avoid emergency veterinary hospital runs during Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or New Year’s.
If you skirt the small talk and dig a little deeper, you’ll be surprised at what you might learn.
The festive season provides great motivation to make lifestyle changes around eating habits.
Evergreens have long served as symbols of life during the bleakness of winter. But Queen Victoria spurred the tradition that has become a global phenomenon.
The idea of virgin birth has been part of Christianity since the start, but its significance has shifted over time.
It’s a favourite Christmas film in households across the world – but how did the muppet take on Charles Dickens become such an unlikely enduring classic? A Jim Henson expert explains.
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