There’s something so timeless about the Christmases our grandparents and great-grandparents celebrated. They didn’t have giant inflatable decorations or perfectly coordinated wrapping paper, but what ...

This is the second in a special Christmas Series on the evolution of some of our seasonal traditions. Americans follow a number of traditions, accoutrements, and ceremonies during the Christmas season ...

Ah, Christmas! That magical time of year when the air is filled with the scent of pine and cookies, and we’re all frantically trying to remember where we put the ornaments from last year. While we’re ...

Old-fashioned Christmas is quietly sneaking back into style, one candle, carol, and handmade card at a time. Instead of chasing the latest viral decor, more families are dusting off traditions that ...

Almost everybody loves Christmas. As the old song tells us, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” When the calendar moves into “that time of the year” (which seems to get earlier every year), ...

Christmas isn’t Christmas without cookies! Today, I’m sharing a list of more than FIFTY Old-Fashioned Christmas Cookie Recipes that are popular on my site and perfect for the holidays. From buttery ...

The custom of mailing printed Christmas cards began in the middle decades of the 19th century and was a product of the industrial revolution. It was made affordable by new innovations in printing and ...

The origins of the Christmas holiday are religious, but it has evolved into a more secular holiday. Nothing reflects that more than a recent Pew Research Center Poll in which American adults named ...