Christmas phone tree: Every year on Christmas Day, I make breakfast and perk coffee in a 50-year-old Sunbeam percolator. After scanning the PD online, I settle down and start my Christmas phone tree.

It seems Christmas trees may have begun with the medieval Christian tradition of decorating "Paradise trees" — representations of the Tree of Life, as described in the Bible's Book of Genesis.

An Omaha family continues a centuries-old tradition of making mutton pies, bringing together dozens of relatives each Christmas."Traditions are going by the wayside, and so that families can share ...

Posadas are part of a centuries-long tradition that recreates Mary and Joseph's search for a place where the baby Jesus could be born. But in Mexico City, they have become just a reason to party.

Posadas are part of a centuries-long tradition that recreates Mary and Joseph's search for a place where the baby Jesus could be born. But in Mexico City, they have become just a reason to party.