Reading books on Christmas Eve has deep roots in Russian and Ukrainian history. In 1831, Nikolai Gogol’s story “The Night Before Christmas” became a yearly tradition, read aloud to children. This dark ...

It’s not a tradition that’s much followed today, but in the Victorian era, gathering around the fireplace on Christmas Eve to tell ghost stories was one of the mainstays of the holiday period. How the ...

We often call it the most wonderful time of the year. But with all the decorations, gifts, Christmas cards, family photos, cookie baking, gatherings... the list goes on and on... it's easy to lose ...