A smoke sauna in Enonkoski.        "Christmas in Finland begins with a bath. First the house is thoroughly cleaned, even washed. Then, ...

Church of Saint Servatius decorated with papel picado.        Christmas festivities in Mexico begin on December 16 and every home is decorat...

An example of a aluminum table- top  Christmas tree by EverySpoon .        Aluminum  Christmas trees  were first commercially manufactured s...

         "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti. It was published under the title "A Chris...

        This printable stationary illustrates a frame of rocks, forest and a mountain cabin nestled in the snow. Write the first paragraph i...

       The story of the White House is the story of America. In its rooms and gardens and ceremonial spaces can be read the development of t...

       By 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt was the President of the United States, there was a tremendous amount of alarm among naturalists and...

Scotch Pine cones, needles, branches.        It is not easy for the layman to tell one evergreen from another in normal Christmas tree sizes...

       Practically all species of evergreens are being used for Christmas trees, though some command better market prices than others. There...

Boy decorating a live Christmas tree. photo credit John Morgan        The fir is most commonly mentioned in accounts of the evolution of th...

       Some scholars trace the origin of Christmas trees to much earlier periods. Even before the Christian era, trees and boughs were widel...

Luther amidst his family at Wittenberg, on Christmas Eve.         The decorated Christmas tree has been traced by several historians back to...

La Befana is an Epiphany character and her name means Epiphany (The "Ah Ha" moment of  revelation). My version of this folkloric C...