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Merry Christmas 2025: Why is Christmas celebrated on December 25? Full story explainedChristmas 2025: Christmas is observed on December 25but it wasn't Jesus's original birthday. Early Christians celebrated on various dates b...- Christmas Celebration Ideas: Traditions, Tips, and Fun ActivitiesChristmas traditions provide joy, reflection, and cherished memories. From decorating gingerbread houses and watching classic movies to vol...
- Christmas 2024: 6 Rare facts you never knew about the holidayChristmas, celebrated on 25 December, honours the birth of Jesus Christ and is steeped in centuries-old traditions. From its Christian orig...
- 5000 years old mystery solved: This is what scientists are saying about the origins of Britain's iconic StonehengeThe story of Stonehenge, one of the world's greatest ancient mysteries, has taken a fascinating turn.
- Why is Christmas celebrated on December 25? Here is the history, traditions and significance of the festivalChristmas is celebrated on December 25. The date links to Roman and pagan winter solstice traditions. Early Christians adopted the date to ...
- How Old Christmas Customs Have Shaped Modern CelebrationsModern Christmas traditions, such as tree decorating and gift-giving, can be traced back to ancient festivals which evolved through the Mid...
- SIgnificance of Leap Days: Without them we may have summers in November!Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom that adds a 29th day to February.
- View: The gift-bearing Xmas tree and Indian art of the KalpavrikshWhat makes our tree truly special are the distinctive nidhis, or treasures, it bears, configured in eight sections separated by hanging roo...
- Exploring the pagan roots of Christmas: 5 traditions that originated from pre-Christian practicesFrom Christmas carols, stuffing gifts into socks, dazzling trees decorated with fairy lights, many evergreen Christian traditions have paga...
- Maintain a balance between faith and funBritain also lays claim to Halloween; even the practice of pumpkin jack o'lanterns is said to have evolved from the earlier tradition of ca...
- Bringing along a four-legged friend at a holiday homestay? Here's what you should keep in mindHolidaying with dogs can be stressful, so proper planning is needed.
- Wish you a Meri Christmas! Here's how ancient India celebrated Christ’s birth'Burra Din' as it came to be called in India was celebrated very differently indeed in Syria-and it was not even on December 25! The animal...
- Christmas presents: Why gift-giving is part of the festive tradition? Know hereThe reason why everyone waits for Christmas throughout the year is the feeling of satisfaction you get from ripping open the expertly wrapp...
- Symbol of Christmas in Australia missing, researchers urge public to look out for festive beetlesScientists ask the public to help sight Christmas beetles, which are symbolic of Australia’s summer and Christmas.
- View: When a death wish was heroicFearlessness about death can be an admirable virtue when put to good use. How society honours its dead and who it celebrates says a lot abo...
- United or divided Congress, nothing to affect BJP campaign: Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM, Madhya Pradesh"It is just that it looks as if they are fighting to create their own empires — Kamal Nath sarkar, Jyotiraditya sarkar, Digvijaya Sarkar, e...
- Why Guatemala is making headlinesGuatemalans believe the practice of torching the devil helps banish bad spirits from their homes and neighbourhoods.
- Bruges town in Belgium is as charming as its historyThere was Baroque, Gothic, Renaissance, Romanesque and Classic, standing next to each other. Despite the contrasting styles, it formed a lo...
- Muslims join Hindus in Diwali celebrations in Pakistan's PeshawarMuslims, Christians and Sikhs joined Hindus in a rare Diwali celebrations in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinc...
- How Christmas celebrations link European nationsThis week in Delhi, there was an unusual picture of Christmas presented to an India that has also succumbed to the template of “roast turke...
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