The Yule Cat has to be one of the most interesting Christmas beasts. Coming from Icelandic folklore, it's surrounded by ...

WHILE most of the world waits for a single jolly man in a red suit to slide down their chimneys on Christmas Eve, Icelandic ...

Christmas might mean turkey and sprouts in England, but around the world families are marking the festive season with fried ...

The Yule Lads are 13 mischievous boys, each with a distinct name and description, who cause mayhem in the 13 days leading up ...

Bowl-Licker scrounges around kitchens looking for leftovers. Door-Slammer wakes people up in the middle of the night. And ...

Most of you are probably very familiar with the JonBenét Ramsey case, but what you may have forgotten (or never even known) ...

Hungry ogres, giant goats and trees that offer gifts... see how ancient lore, Norse gods and rites both old and new shape ...

The sense of routine runs deep. Nearly half of all purchases (49 percent) in oral care, personal hygiene, and feminine care are driven by routine, while 58 percent of shoppers say they know which ...

From the Yule Cat and Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur to Taylor Swift and John Everett Millais, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz ...

Here’s how Christmas is celebrated across the world. From kids leaving their shoes out in Germany to people in Colombia ...

In theory this layering of the new faith onto the celebrations of the old one would make it easier for the Romans to accept ...