A Kolkata boy and UK resident takes a stroll through his favourite festive markets — from Salzburg and Vienna, to London and ...

In 1839, the Ludwig Rainer choir travelled from Austria to the USA and sang folk songs at the Alexander Hamilton Monument ...

Carols like Silent Night and O Holy Night celebrate the nativity with beautiful melodies. Hark The Herald Angels Sing and Joy to the World emphasize Christ's birth, while The First Noel narrates the ...

Even in the storm. Even in the dark, Jesus is God with us. When we put our hands into his, in the midst of the chaos he ...

I am part Austrian, and every I visit the lakeside hamlets of the Salzkammergut in Styria. They celebrate Christmas in ...

Father Josef Mohr (1792-1848) was the pastor of St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Obendorf, Austria. In 1816 he composed the six verse lyrics to ...

After official attempts at a World War I truce failed, soldiers in the trenches of the Western Front took it upon themselves ...

Swiss chocolates, carol concerts, and snow-dusted streets by the shimmering lake. Pure holiday bliss.

You might have many favorite Christmas carols. But do you know the stories behind them? Here are the stories behind some of ...

Christmas would now hardly be complete ... Thanks to Wikipedia mainly, I discovered that the carol came from Austria, that the words had been written by a young Austrian priest, called Fr Joseph ...

Explore the global celebration of Christmas through a vast collection of themed stamps, curated by passionate philatelist ...