If you’ve ever decorated a Christmas tree and thought, “This feels a little too magical to be strictly Christian,” ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Anna Efetova via Getty Images It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas ...

Some atheists have stated that Christmas was simply copied from Grecco-Roman pagan holidays like Saturnalia, but that is ...

When you gather around the Christmas tree or stuff goodies into a stocking, you're taking part in traditions that stretch back thousands of years — long before Christianity entered the mix. Pagan, or ...

'Tis the season to be jolly, and, perhaps, to have one's social media inundated with memes about Christmas being nothing more than a co-opted pagan holiday – maybe a winter solstice celebration – ...

Today is Christmas Day, a connection to some of the most ancient of all known northern European shamanic traditions. Like people living in the north for millennia, we continue to embrace them with ...

Constance Konold has lived in France for 50 years, half of that time in Paris, the other half in country villages bordering Normandy. But the Hoosier native continues to celebrate Christmas with ...

Let’s dispense with our worries that Christmas as we know it isn’t Christian. Sometimes it’s hard to be a Christian at Christmas. Okay, it’s not that hard. After all, we do it every year. Still, it ...

Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...