My favorite Christmas song isn't a Christmas song. You won't hear it on the radio after "Jingle Bells." You won't sing it at Mass along with "O Holy Night." But if you rummage through the back corner ...

Readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 My mother’s love of Christmas was quite evident. On Sundays during the holiday season, she turned our kitchen into a cookie and ...

Christmas songs fill the airwaves every December, but most people don’t know the surprising stories behind these beloved tunes. Many classic Christmas songs have unexpected origins, from “Jingle Bells ...

Most-played hits around the world celebrate love, snow, and chestnuts before getting around to Christ. Jesus is the reason for the season. But he doesn’t show up much in the top Christmas songs played ...

The Irish call the Twelfth Day of Christmas, which falls Sunday, "Women's Christmas." The Dutch call it "Three Kings Day." And according to some sources, the people in the northern part of France and ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with the holiday season back once again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than ...