The story of Stonehenge, one of the world's greatest ancient mysteries, has taken a fascinating turn.

Christmas is celebrated on December 25. The date links to Roman and pagan winter solstice traditions. Early Christians adopted the date to ...

Modern Christmas traditions, such as tree decorating and gift-giving, can be traced back to ancient festivals which evolved through the Mid...

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.

What makes our tree truly special are the distinctive nidhis, or treasures, it bears, configured in eight sections separated by hanging roo...

From Christmas carols, stuffing gifts into socks, dazzling trees decorated with fairy lights, many evergreen Christian traditions have paga...

Britain also lays claim to Halloween; even the practice of pumpkin jack o'lanterns is said to have evolved from the earlier tradition of ca...

Holidaying with dogs can be stressful, so proper planning is needed.

'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...

The reason why everyone waits for Christmas throughout the year is the feeling of satisfaction you get from ripping open the expertly wrapp...

Scientists ask the public to help sight Christmas beetles, which are symbolic of Australia’s summer and Christmas.

Fearlessness 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...

"It is just that it looks as if they are fighting to create their own empires — Kamal Nath sarkar, Jyotiraditya sarkar, Digvijaya Sarkar, e...

Guatemalans believe the practice of torching the devil helps banish bad spirits from their homes and neighbourhoods.

There was Baroque, Gothic, Renaissance, Romanesque and Classic, standing next to each other. Despite the contrasting styles, it formed a lo...

Muslims, Christians and Sikhs joined Hindus in a rare Diwali celebrations in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinc...

This week in Delhi, there was an unusual picture of Christmas presented to an India that has also succumbed to the template of “roast turke...