Mary Ann Bernal

  The court of Alfred the Great was Christian, deferring to the Pope in Rome for religious guidance. King Alfred rigorously enforced the Chu...

This year, Christmastide will be extra special for glassblower Shayla Toselli who lives in Canterbury Corner, England. The town square will ...

History Extra Professor Arthur Purdue takes a look at our fascination with 'Christmas past' and how the celebration has evolve...

History Extra Christmas is, notoriously, a time for nostalgia and for many ‘Christmas present’ is considered never to be quite the sa...

History Extra Who do we have to thank for the Christmas cracker? Traditionally the credit goes to london confectioner Tom Smith. In 1...

History Extra The festive season is well and truly upon us, but how much do you know about the history of Christmas? Here, we bring yo...

History Extra Thanks to his seminal 1843 novel A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens is often credited with inventing winter festivities ...

Ancient Origins Hanging a Christmas tree from the ceiling makes some sense – it can keep your floor space clear and may protect your pe...

History Extra Christmas was a challenge for the wartime chef on the home front, with food shortages and high prices, even for basic i...

History Extra © Alamy On 23 December 1951, the Catholic clergy at Dijon organised an execution of Santa Claus. An image of him was ha...

History Extra Three medieval carol singers depicted in a card from 1911. (Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo) 1) The Twelve Days of Christma...