And maybe that was the right response. We have sanitized and commercialized the meaning of Christmas and robbed it of its deeper meaning: Jesus enters our world as a homeless exile, not only to ...

We are reminded that another year is ending and Christmas is here once again. It is a season to reflect on how quickly time ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. But several important Christmas traditions have nothing to do with Jesus. These are the five ...

Christmas celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. Christians understand this as the “incarnation,” which means that God became human in the form of Jesus Christ. As it says in the Gospel of ...

Christmas is a Christian holy day that marks the birth of Jesus, who Christians believe to be the Son of God. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was full with people returning ...

The Appalachian Christmas carol “Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head” was collected from Hardin County in central Kentucky in the early 20th century but, as with so many other folk carols and hymns ...

Church leaders in Jerusalem and the Bethlehem city council took the decision last month to forego “any unnecessarily festive” Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gazans. The Latin ...