1818 – “Silent Night” was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. 1868 – U.S.

The monarch's Christmas Day speech is a key part of Christmas Day at 3pm - take a look back at some key moments as we prepare to watch King Charles' third festive message ...

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 25, the 360th day of 2024. There are six days left in the year. This is Christmas Day.

On December 25, Christians around the world celebrate Christmas, a holiday in honor of the birth of Jesus Christ. Today is ...

From 1974: A Christmas Eve snowfall made for a white Christmas in Spokane. Accumulation was only about an inch, but that was ...

In about 3 B.C., according to Christian belief, Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. Calendar miscalculations of the time make ...

The first official mention of December 25 as the commemoration of Jesus’ birth appears in an early Roman calendar from AD 336 ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

The first definite date Christmas was celebrated on this day. 597: England adopts the Julian calendar. 800: Pope Leo ...

IF you have a thirst for history and nature, Sussex is the place for you. This county, which boasts around 140 miles of ...

For centuries it was “the Lock and Key of England”, the garrison town that guarded the realm against Julius Caesar, William ...

A History of the Beginnings of England,’ historian Marc Morris recounts the turbulent era between the abandonment of Britain ...