Using “Merry” as part of the Christmas greeting is first recorded in 1534, in a Dec. 22 letter from Bishop John Fisher to Thomas Cromwell, which closed, “and this our Lord God send you a ...

translates to "Merry Christmas." Part of Swedish celebrations is Saint Lucia's Day, the day that marks the winter solstice, celebrated on Dec. 13, according to the Visit Sweden website.

A manger and a banner reading “Merry Christmas” were removed from a public area of a VA hospital in Texas after someone complained about “overly religious and offensive” decorations.

T his free Santa Merry Christmas Banner Printable is a wonderful and super easy Christmas Project. You can use it as a Cricut print-and-cut project or print it off and cut it out by hand. This is ...

Merry Christmas, and happy birthday to a Jewish immigrant Dear white evangelicals: Christmas celebrates the birth of a Jewish child whose family then fled persecution. By .

In the beginning, Gavin’s birthday party was held before Christmas, scheduling parties before Dec. 25. But somehow the family usually ended up doing something special for Gavin on the day.

It didn't work very well as a kid," said Kosinski, now a Southwest Florida resident who was born on Christmas Eve in 1948 in Marion, Ohio. Those born on or around Christmas Day are part of a ...

The campaign against “Merry Christmas” and other uses of the word “Christmas” is a war on Christianity or, more precisely, a war on the religious nature of America.

Happy New Year. Happy birthday, Mr. King, Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Washington. Happy Valentine’s Day. Happy Presidents’ Day. Have a blessed Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Happy … ...