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The best Christmas Eve traditions are the ones you can repeat every year without stress. For UK families, the easiest wins are a Christmas lights walk, new pyjamas, a festive film night, a simple ...

Holiday traditions don't all come with matching sweaters and cookie recipes — some are stranger, funnier, and deeply personal. We asked our listeners to share their unconventional holiday traditions.

Christmas, at its core, is a season brimming with customs that, upon reflection, can appear quite peculiar – from bringing evergreens indoors and adorning them with vibrant baubles, to the divisive ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Early Christians didn’t annually celebrate Jesus’ birth; the Dec. 25 tradition emerged in the fourth century and ...