Christmas is the most celebrated of Christian holidays, commemorating what the faithful believe was the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But many of the season's most enduring symbols ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The word Halloween comes from the term "All Hallows Even". This was the night before the Catholic ...

For some, the Easter bunny and colored eggs are just as popular on Easter as celebrating Jesus Christ’s resurrection. What a rabbit hiding pastel boiled eggs has to do with the central Christian ...

Dancing around a blazing fire with garlands of wildflowers in their hair, members of Lithuania's Romuva neo-pagan community mark the summer solstice, as the Baltic state undergoes a revival of its pre ...

They observed lingering customs in rural areas of Britain and Ireland and searched medieval texts for evidence that these practices and beliefs had ancient pagan roots. They mixed stories of magic and ...

Should religious folks celebrate Halloween? In answering this question I have a duty to my readers and a duty to my grandchildren, Zeke and Daisy. Spoiler alert: Zeke and Daisy are going to win. First ...

As millions around the world make merry during Christmas, few know that they will be celebrating an event deeply steeped in paganism. While December 25 is a day set aside to celebrate the day Jesus is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inija Trinkuniene, high priestess of Lithuania's Romuva neo-pagan community, presides over a fire ritual marking the summer ...

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain – pronounced SAW-en. But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature, ...

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain (pronounced SAW-en). But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature, ...