In the last few decades, that knowledge has taken a back seat to the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and Santa Claus. Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Christmas is believed to have first been celebrated in 336 AD by the Romans, but it did not become a widespread Christian ...

This story appears in the Christmas 2015 feature series. View the full series. Pope Francis deliver his Christmas blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at the Vatican Dec. 25. (CNS/Paul ...

This is Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s depiction of the adoration of the shepherds on the night of the birth of Jesus Christ. Caravaggio lived from 1571-1610. Told in Matthew 1 and ...

Why did God have to send his Son to be born of the Virgin Mary, to a carpenter named Joseph, in a manger, in a city where the poor like Mary and Joseph could not afford a decent hospital for the child ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It's Christmas, a day to be with friends and family and remember the true meaning of the holiday. With that in mind, as we do every year, we thought a proper way to mark the occasion ...

We take a look at what the Quran, the religious text of Islam has to say about Jesus and Christmas. The truth is that the Islam Holy Book does, in fact, discuss who Jesus is, how he lived. Actually, ...

No birth into mortality has ever been accompanied with such heavenly announcements and miracles as the birth of Jesus Christ the savior of the world! Bright stars, angels, heavenly choirs, lights and ...