As the clocks strike midnight, we Russian-speaking Israelis raise glasses of champagne and bite on a cracker smeared with ...

In addition to the ban on images of St. Nicholas, the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied territories have ...

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

Education institutions received directives prohibiting any mention of Saint Nicholas. The ban encompasses traditional ...

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

Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a ...

The Belarusian authorities have banned Santa Claus, English-language New Year songs and carols in schools, instead ...

Ruth Kinna's examination of Christmas, Kropotkin's connections to the traditions and the potential within it for a radical ...

The love for tradition kept the Eastern Orthodox Church from adopting the Gregorian calendar though it was based on reason ...

Artisans of intricate papier-mâché decorations grapple with a sharp decline in business, Danish Showkat and Mehendi Mehraj ...

More than a billion people are set to tune in to watch the Times Square ball drop tonight. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

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