When you think of a yule log, you probably picture a roaring, wood-burning fire casting a warm light on an ornament-adorned ...

Any other old-school English majors out there tasked with memorizing and then reciting the prologue of The Canterbury Tales in Old English back in the day? If so, chances are, you haven’t recovered.

ROME — The church where the tradition of celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 may have begun was built near a pagan shrine as part of an effort to spread Christianity, a leading Italian scholar says.

Amid all the gourmet Christmas treats, there is one which always sticks out: the Yule log. Also known by its original French name, the bûche de Noël seems to defy festive spirit itself through its ...

This article originally ran on Dec. 25, 2008. From a TV perspective, Christmas Eve 1966 looked grim. The regular Saturday night college basketball broadcast was suspended due to the holiday, and while ...