How did decorated trees, cut-out cookies and stockings by the fireplace become Christmas symbols? Christmas symbols we all ...

With another Christmas season coming, we will likely hear some people again calling for us to put Christ back into Christmas. To put it another way, to get secular or even pagan accretions out of ...

When it comes to the holidays, there are certain Christmas symbols that pop up over and over again, like stars, bells, mistletoe, Christmas trees and more. Even if we decorate without much thought ...

Many pagan cultures worshipped the evergreen trees and used them to ward off evil. The Christmas tree is also believed to be the Tree of Paradise and hence, is an important Christian symbol. Christmas ...

Christmas is the most celebrated of Christian holidays, commemorating what the faithful believe was the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But many of the season's most enduring symbols ...

Regarding "Christmas tree as a symbol," Letters/Dec. 22. Doris Soule claims Christmas has been celebrated for 2,000 years; research shows it was first conceived 432 AD, four centuries off Doris' claim ...

Nativities dot the landscape, carolers abound and not a lick of snow in Provo; it must be Christmas. In the Christian world, Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Christ, yet traditions from ...