As you go about preparing your home for the Christmas season, remember, there is a wealth of beauty, tradition and meaning in even the simplest decorations of the season.

The symbols of Christmas enrich the holiday season, offering more than just festive decorations. Each symbol, whether the wreath, Christmas tree, or candy cane, connects deeply to the birth of ...

Happy Holidays: Six symbols of Christmas Google-style Google has Happy Holidays doodle. This doodle celebrates the season with a two-dimensional holiday light display.

These lesser-known Christmas symbols were actually traditional 19th-century stocking presents, and in the original St. Nicholas stocking folktale, sometimes it’s said that he left oranges ...

Their website offers "the Christian meaning" behind 44 common Christmas symbols. Gingerbread men, according to the site, are like human beings; they do not create themselves but are created.

The large Christmas village is the 12th of 19 symbols hidden in the Quirk House, representing the holiday activities of ice skating and sleigh riding. STAFF PHOTO/EMILEE KLEIN.