Because there shouldn't be Christmas celebrations without Christ. His sacrifice is the reason why we have hope and celebrate the memory of his birth and what he would accomplish on the earth.

Delivering the essence of Easter to 'Chreasters' They may only come to Mass on Christmas and Easter, but these churchgoers deserve more than pomp and ceremony, a former Catholic priest writes.

Publishing famous Christmas Eve poem is Forum tradition nearly a century old Since 1927, Clement C. Moore's "Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem has graced the front page.

The annual challenge for clerics is to present a story listeners think they know everything about — the Son of God being born in a manger to a Virgin far from home — and offer something new ...

The scholar Elaine Pagels discusses her research about ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus’ father might have been a Roman.

For many, this is the ideal image of Christmas before Santa Claus eclipsed the baby Jesus as the central figure in the story.

Those who celebrate Christmas in a world of power plays and power struggles near and far should read Matthew’s story of Jesus, all the way from the early scene with angry old Herod, to the final ...

If your child has been cast as the inn keeper or the little donkey, there's bad news. Professor Chris Greenough says that these Christmas story characters actually don't appear in the Bible.

The account of Jesus’ birth in Luke 2 is only four lines long, after all. So it’s no wonder so many of the well-loved elements of the Christmas story are embellishments to an otherwise sparse ...

You've heard of the "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses?

All these authors make the point that Santa is not the center of Christmas. They focus on the birth of Jesus as the reason for celebration, and Santa is only addressed because it is a part of the ...

The Patrick Kavanagh poem that invokes Irish Christmas nostalgia Patrick Kavanagh's "A Christmas Childhood" is the most quoted of Christmas poems from Ireland - and it's no wonder why.