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Giotto: The Nativity
What's the difference between Yule and Christmas?
Why is Christmas on December 25?
The video thumbnail image includes a 17th century artwork showing men fighting at a gambling table, surrounded by a Christmas garland and overlaid on a photograph of a snowy forest.
The Story of Christmas U.S. National Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C.
The video thumbnail image shows a collage of Queen Elizabeth I holding up a gingerbread man, surrounded by ginger cake, a gingerbread pig, gingerbread house, and heart-shaped gingerbread cookies.
History of Advent calendars
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree: Why do we deck thy branches?
Donegall Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A
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What's the difference between Yule and Christmas?
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals in the world.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Why is Christmas on December 25?
Does anyone really know when Jesus was born?
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
When Christmas became illegal
What if celebrating Christmas could get you thrown in jail?
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How gingerbread became a Christmas treat
It all goes back to Queen Elizabeth I. And witches.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
History of Advent calendars
Learn about the Christmas traditions of Advent calendars and wreaths.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree: Why do we deck thy branches?
Christmas trees have a long, colorful, and even dangerous history.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Why do people give gifts at Christmas?
The Christmas tradition of gift giving.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
History of Christmas trees
Christmas trees have a very long history, though the practice of bringing trees inside...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Christmas traditions explored
Learn more about Christmas.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How is Christmas Eve celebrated?
Learn more about Christmas Eve.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Know about the evolution of tinsel from a source of lead poisoning to the modern tinsel made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Learn how tinsel evolved from a source of lead poisoning to its present polyvinyl...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Experience a German Christmas market
Tour the Christmas market in Quedlinburg, Germany.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © dk-fotowelt/stock.adobe.com

Images

Giotto: The Nativity
The Nativity, fresco by Giotto, c. 1305–06, depicting the birth of Jesus;...
© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
U.S. National Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C.
Lighting of the U.S. National Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C., 2008.
Donna Spiewak/NPS
Donegall Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Christmas decorations lighting up Donegall Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Geray Sweeney/Tourism Ireland
Christmas decorations
A front yard decorated for Christmas.
© Hemera/Thinkstock
Christmas in Seoul
Girls holding candles and singing carols in front of a Christmas tree in Seoul.
You Sung-Ho—Reuters/Newscom
mistletoe bouquet
European mistletoe (Viscum album) used as a Christmas decoration.
© Barbara-Maria Damrau/Fotolia
wreath
Christmas wreath.
© Getty Images
Sandro Botticelli: Mystic Nativity
Mystic Nativity, oil on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, 1500; in the National...
© Corel
Benedictional of St. Aethelwold
Nativity miniature from the Benedictional of St. Aethelwold, a book of blessings...
By permission of the British Library
Piero della Francesca: The Nativity
The Nativity, oil on poplar by Piero della Francesca, early 1480s; in the...
Universal History Archive—Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Interactives

The Story of Christmas
Explore the figures, festivals, and folklore of the Christmas season.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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