The Rocking Rollers 6-pc. assortment: Santa, Rudolf, snowman, elf, bird and soldier have weighted bottoms that make them bounce upri...

        God starts the custom of giving Grace. Grace is an undeserved gift. He gives mankind the forgiveness of sin through the love and sac...

The following, reprinted from the editorial page of the New York Sun, was written by the late Mr. Frank P. Church:          We take pleasure...

       Many of our social and domestic customs are a natural recognition of the new order which the Babe of Bethlehem introduced into the wo...

       In Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Hungary there is a regular custom of setting a small sheaf of corn on a pole in the gable of the hous...

       Before the Reformation (1517), there was in Scotland and the north of England a custom of great but uncertain antiquity called  ...

       The Yule Lads are the sons of Grýla and Leppalúði. They are a group of 13 mischievous pranksters who steal from or harass the populat...

        Social letters and notes may be divided into two distinct classes, the formal and informal and among the latter may be included thos...

        This paper mache box was modeled after a Shaker band box I think. I painted it with a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch pattern.  Left,...

       The first time I ever saw these walnut strawberries was in a magazine article about Victorian Christmas ornaments. Then, years later ...

Pillows made from woolen mats are easy  and quick crafts that just about  anybody  can produce.        Here are my three ideas for warm and ...

       The "Noche-buena," or Good Night, is Christmas Eve in Spain. Following midnight Mass, the streets are alive with singing an...

A Christmas tree decorated at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis.  The goats surrounding the tree are called  Gävlebocken.       ...

Antique paper-cut pattern designed by Karl  Fröhlich of a snowy sleigh-ride, a mother gathering tree limbs for burning and boys playing on ...

Wassailers in Great Britain go door-to-door caroling and feasting on wassail, a kind of spiced ale served warm in the Christmas season.     ...