Christmas Traditions

Great Stocking Stuffer Ideas
Are you confused as to what to put into the stocking? Here are ideas that will get you into the shopping spirit!

Christmas Traditions: Boxing Day
Boxing Day in the present age means - "The Shops are open and so are the Malls, come forth ye shoppers all!"

Christmas Traditions: Kissing Under The Mistletoe
As everyone knows, the safest place to publicly kiss someone you always wanted to is under the Mistletoe at Christmas.

The History of the Christmas Tree
Legends of the Christmas tree and similar arboreal traditions throughout the centuries have led to the current holiday tradition.

New Year and Christmas in China
One of the world’s oldest civilization and a non-Christian society, China still manages to celebrate the spirit of the Season with a great celebration.

New Year and Christmas in Japan
Japanese celebrate Christmas as a secular festival, the time of the year when humanitarian activities take the forefront of their life. Of course, like everywhere else, celebrating, foods and gifts are as important a part of New Years and Christmas celebrations.

Christmas Traditions in India
India celebrates almost all festivals that are celebrated by all religions the world over. Christmas is also celebrated in the country with gaiety and spirit of the season, but with a uniquely Indian flavor…the best of both worlds.

Traditional Christmas Songs
Christmas In Killarney, Curoo, Curoo, Auld Lang Syne, Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Deck the Halls

Traditional Christmas Recipes
Here are some traditional Christmas recipes, imbibing the spirit of the season and also flattering the taste buds.

History of Christmas Traditions - Italy
The bringer of gifts is not the cheerfully rotund figure of dear old familiar Santa Claus, but a refreshingly different female character known as Befana - an authentic witch with broom and all!

Christmas In India
India is situated in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan.

Christmas Stories and Christmas Fun for Kids
Families can now enlist the services of the Internet to start a Web-based Christmas literature tradition and enhance family holidays.

How to Create Painted Christmas Windows
Painted Christmas windows are a part of the Christmas tradition. Each year the storefronts and restaurants display gorgeous holiday scenes that bring back warm Christmas memories. Creating your own painted Christmas windows is not as difficult as it looks.

Matching Family Christmas Pajamas
Many families enjoy a cozy tradition of dressing alike on Christmas morning in matching Christmas pajamas. Now is the time to locate sleepwear for all the members of your household.

Christmas in Spain
The Spanish certainly know how to celebrate their Christmas. Here's how they do it.

Christmas Spirit: Do you possess the true spirit of Christmas?
Embrace the spirit of Christmas and find the true meaning of the season to bring more joy and happiness into your life.

Doing All of Your Holiday Shopping at Online Auctions
Online shopping offers many benefits to traditional Christmas shopping this holiday season.

How to keep the needles on your real Christmas tree
Why put up with a lifeless, boring and mass produced plastic Christmas tree when you can have a beautiful, aromatic and unique real Christmas tree without the traditional problem of hoovering up the pine needles. Things have moved on, better Christmas tree stands mean you can now keep the needles on your real Christmas tree. Read on for full instructions

Christmas Traditions, Then and Now
A brief history of Christmas traditions. Throughout history, Christmas has been celebrated by different cultures in diverse ways.

Christmas - The Broken Tradition That Left Families Smiling
How to break a Christmas tradition that is guaranteed to leave family members smiling.

The Poinsettia - A Christmas Tradition
The poinsettia's botanical name, Euphorbia pulcherrima, means "the beautiful euphorbia". For more than one hundred years Americans have enjoyed the pretty poinsettias and they now run second only to the Christmas tree as the holiday's most popular plant.

Christmas in Spain
A quick look into how the Spanish spend the festive period - we take a look at the customs and holidays that define the Christmas break in Spain.

Christmas Quiz
Twelve multiple choice trivia questions about Christmas history and tradition

Bondi Beach Bans Booze to Take the Heat Out of Christmas
Australia's traditional celebration of sun, sand and surf will be alcohol-free this Christmas, thanks to a booze ban on Bondi beach.

Santa's Coming to Town. Big Deal
And yet another blow for tradition: Santa Claus leaves New York children cold. And yet another blow for tradition: Santa Claus leaves New York children cold. Father Christmas can ho-ho-ho all he likes, but all that the tiny tots of Manhattan can manage in return is a Bronx cheer.

General: And the award goes to...
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" is as much a part of holiday tradition as opening presents or watching drunk Uncle Larry hit on your mom. For sports writers, it's also a time to start handing out awards.

Irish Christmas Traditions
Ireland, like most countries, has a number of Christmas traditions that are all of its own.