TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...

The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former ...

Dressed in handmade costumes signifying angels, devils, shepherds and kings and singing Christmas carols, groups of volunteer performers spread across Ukraine over the festive season to bring traditio ...

If you’ve ever chopped down your own Christmas tree (or picked up a real one from your local tree lot), you know you might be bringing home more than just yuletide cheer. Creepy crawly bugs like ...

Father Vasyl Diychuk, 41, shows the spot near the river where his village used to build an ice town on Epiphany, celebrated ...

WHETHER it’s hanging your stockings by the fire or leaving milk and cookies out for Santa Claus, we all have Christmas traditions that we follow. And depending on where you are in the world, ...

CHRISTMAS may conjure images of twinkling lights, turkey and ham, and festive jumpers, but not every celebration fits the ...

Let’s remember that Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a ghost story. Telling dark and scary tales for the holidays is a ...

Christmas is just around the corner, and the air is filled with festive cheer—jingle bells, twinkling lights, joyful music, ...

Christmas is celebrated in many different places around the world, and some of this holiday's traditions are fairly unknown ...

Here are seven fascinating and unique Christmas traditions from different cultures worldwide, from festive spiders in Ukraine ...

Officially Christmas will be over by the time you read this in Thursday’s newspaper edition. Due to publishing deadlines, I’m writing this on the Saturday before Christmas which is reportedly ...