Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born, and when Christians started ...

Cab Calloway was definitely born on Dec. 25, but we're not sure about Jesus.

Though Christmas has become a retail extravaganza, its holiday roots lie in the celebration of the birth of Jesus, who the Christian religion regards as the son of God. But was Jesus really born on ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet the ...

For centuries, December 25 has been celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ, central to Christian tradition and festive ...

Brighter Child's childrens Bible series continues with the story of the Nativity. Help The Angel prepare the way for baby Jesus through a series of fun and educational activities including Find the ...

Tomorrow night, Jupiter and Saturn will briefly cross paths in the sky and appear to form a single body. Though planetary conjunctions aren’t especially rare, this one is getting a lot of attention ...

You might think that Jesus was born in the Year Zero--between 1 B.C. and A.D. 1. You often hear that Jesus was born around 6-7 B.C. The evidence from the Bible and the Church Fathers, however, support ...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. Our Bible study this Christmas Sunday concludes the “reason for the season” mini-series. We began with “Why Simeon ...

Christmas is the most magical time of the year, fondly looked forward to as an opportunity to reconnect with family and friends. But Christmas is, of course, most strongly linked with religion, with ...