Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated.

Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, had expressed anti-Islamic views and described himself as a Saudi ...

Nearly 40 seriously injured; experts surprised by profile of alleged Saudi attacker who supports far-right, anti-immigrant ...

Germany is credited with starting the tradition of the Christmas tree, according to History.com, with 16th century records telling of Christians bringing trees into their homes for the holiday.

And this is because every year the royals exchange gifts a day earlier, on Christmas Eve, which is a festive tradition from parts of mainland Europe including Germany. Royal commentator Richard ...

A Berlin church choir whose members witnessed a previous Christmas market attack in ... a festive event that's part of a centuries-old German tradition. Bystander footage shown on German news ...

Some thermal security blankets still lay on the street. Christmas markets are a German holiday tradition cherished since the Middle Ages, now successfully exported to much of the Western world.

People in Germany are mourning the victims and their shaken sense of security after a man intentionally drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least five people, ...

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Christmas markets have been a holiday tradition in Germany since the Middle Ages. In Berlin alone, over 100 markets opened for the holiday season in late November. Many Western countries have ...

The suspect, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who has lived in Germany for decades, is “clearly Islamophobic,” the German interior minister said. Police have yet to determine a motive.

King Charles III will spend Christmas with Prince William and Princess Kate during a celebration steeped in tradition, but also in the wake of recent scandal.