Articles related to "Christmas Legends"

Dark legends lurk behind the lights and merriment of Christmas: some talk of goblins and gnomes, others about Santa's sinister companions.

While some Yuletide flora décor are rooted in Pagan customs, others are based on Christian legends.

Familiar holiday plants have a colorful history in Christmas tradition. Some are wrapped in lore stretching back to medieval times; others rise from more recent legends.

The popular author of children's books wrote a story tracing the imagined history of the icon of childhood Christmas dreams, Saint Nicholas.

Many legends surround holly, a favorite Christmas decoration. Not all holly is evergreen and the familiar red holly berries are produced only by the female holly plant.

In today's Christmas tradition, Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus are interchangeable names for one and the same man. But few people know who the real St. Nick actually was.

The donkey, ox, tabby cat, robin, stork, bee and spider each have their own legends. Read their stories and rejoice in the miracles of the animals.