Some of my favourite Christmas memories are with my grandparents in Germany. I remember snow drifting past the windows while we sang traditional carols and shared slices of homemade stollen around the ...

As the sky darkens over the town square, families gather in anticipation. The notes of “O Tannenbaum,” the 19th-century German Christmas carol, plink out of the sound system. A trio of tots race ...

What exactly is wassailing — and why does it keep showing up in Christmas songs? From medieval drinking bowls to danceable ...

With Mariah Carey and Wham! saturating airwaves with their holiday tunes, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. But if all you want for Christmas is a reprieve from stereotypical Christmas ...

Some people observe December 25 as sacred and also mark January 6 as “Old Christmas.” We’ve all heard of traditional Christmas carols like “Jingle Bells” and “Deck the Halls,” but what about “The ...

When the San Antonio Beethoven Maennerchor, the oldest men's choir in Texas, takes the stage Saturday during the 19th annual Beethoven Damenchor's Kristkindlmarkt, it will bring the sounds of German ...