Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter solstice. Watch the full ...

Now, the winter solstice, Saturday ... Many of the practices we associate with Christmas today came from pagan celebrations of the solstice, such as Christmas trees and wreaths, which originated ...

Christmas is America's No. 1 favorite holiday—85% of us celebrate it. Here's how Christmas started and why we have the ...

The winter solstice - usually 21 December - is likely to fall during the Christmas holiday ... Back then, people living in Britain were pagan. And over the last 100 years or so, there has been ...

mysterious stone circle for a sunrise ceremony run by local pagan and druid groups. Winter solstice marks the shortest day of year and the official first day of winter. 5 of 10 Which Christmas ...

Dressed in pagan folk costumes ... see as the ancient precursor to the Christmas tree tradition. But these colourful revellers celebrating the winter solstice have not come to decorate a tree ...

Dark Christmas takes inspiration from Yule, the pagan celebration of the winter solstice. Originating in Scandinavia thousands of years ago, Yule gave rise to Christmas traditions such as feasting ...

Christmas is a Christian celebration of the birth of Christ, though it also encompasses Greek, Roman and pagan traditions of giving gifts and feasting around the Winter Solstice. It is a time when ...