Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition. Back in the 1600s, trees displayed in homes were not ...

The National Socialists wanted to to absorb all independent Christianity under the new pagan nationalistic doctrines of the ...

Latvia claims to hold the title of the world's first Christmas tree, as does Estonia. Several sources cite that the first ...

In the early 19th century, Ernst Anschütz’s German Christmas carol "O Tannenbaum" celebrated the tree's constant presence ...

Step inside a record-breaking wonderland with 605 dazzling Christmas trees filling every corner (yes, even the bathroom!) of ...

At Sandringham, where King Charles celebrates Christmas with his family, one particular German tradition is always followed.

The notes of “O Tannenbaum,” the 19th-century German Christmas carol, plink out of the sound system. A trio of tots race ...

There is no dearth of legends about the emergence of the Christmas tree. One of the most popular ones is that Martin Luther, ...

Members of the British royal family exchange gifts every Dec. 24 — not on Christmas morning as many families do. As Prince ...

A letter sent home from Germany on Christmas Eve, 1944, is a treasure that Suzanne Atencio keeps close to her heart.