As per tradition, the entire setting of this carol service is similar to the world-famous ‘Festival of Nine Lessons and ...

69. Cullen — An Irish surname meaning "holly tree," this name gained popularity as a given name thanks to the family of ...

The Holy Spirit is present throughout the Nativity story. So why is the third person of the Trinity absent from our Christmas ...

There was a man in the city of Salzburg by the name of Joseph Wolhmuth. He was well-to-do, but not exactly well-liked. In fact, he was the local executioner — a hangman. Though the job paid well, it ...

On Christmas 1914, thousands of WWI enemies briefly laid down their guns, meeting in No Man’s Land to sing carols, swap gifts and even play soccer.

“THE NUTCRACKER”: New Orleans Ballet Theatre will perform Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic Dec. 13-23 at the Orpheum Theater, 129 Roosevelt Way in New Orleans. Evening performances are at 7 p.m., with ...

My goal was to take the Messiah as if it had been written yesterday,” the conductor and eminent French harpsichordist Christophe Rousset told Tom Service on Radio 3 on Saturday. “[It would be] as if ...

Yet when it comes to that perennial Christmas favourite, Mozart’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, the words ‘pot and kettle’ spring to mind. A ...

“It’s a tradition to eat ragoût because we always raised so much pork here,” says Jean-Pierre Lemasson, a Montreal-based ...

Rick Patrick [email protected] Among the many songs of the season that can be heard non-stop during this time of year ...