There are various English-language versions of "O, Christmas Tree," each of which traces its origins to a traditional German folk song that, at least initially, was unrelated to Christmas. That ...

There's a chestnut tree in a nature reserve in Duesseldorf, Germany, and it has a mailbox. People have sent it 5,500 letters and postcards since 2007. They wrote to the spirit of the tree named ...

They can be small or tall. Real or not so real. Sedate or whimsical. Whatever their design, few things reflect on the holiday season as eloquently as a decorated Christmas tree. Children and adults ...

It’s a White House tradition, it decorates Vatican offices and brightens homes from Australia to Greenland. But it took centuries for the Christmas tree to take popular root around the world. An ...

Originally from Ohio, I moved to Berlin a year and a half ago after ten years living in New York. My parents decided to take a big trip to Europe last spring to spend time in Berlin and venture ...