There are various English-language versions of "O, Christmas Tree," each of which traces its origins to a traditional German folk song that, at least initially, was unrelated to Christmas. That ...

Traditional Christmas carols are so intrinsic to Western culture, so deeply embedded in our consciousness (no matter how religious we may be) that we don’t often consider their origins. They simply ...

Every holiday season, Christmas markets transform the main squares of cities across Europe into winter wonderlands. Twinkling lights adorn wooden huts and boughs of holly hang from street lamps.

When the San Antonio Beethoven Maennerchor, the oldest men's choir in Texas, takes the stage Saturday during the 19th annual Beethoven Damenchor's Kristkindlmarkt, it will bring the sounds of German ...