Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated.

In 1192, a Papal bull by Pope Celestine III created the "Ecclesia Scoticana", making the Scottish Church separate from the ...

The rites, ceremonies, and festivities of Yule were rife with references to important gods of the old Norse and Germanic ... possibly directly inspired by pagan calendars. But while missionaries ...

Nicholas was one of the most popular saints in the Christian calendar with over 400 churches ... It’s fairly obvious that part of Santa resides in the pagan past. One of the reasons why many ...

by the time Pope Liberius formalized Dec. 25 as the date of Christmas in the Roman calendar. It was a date associated with the winter solstice, which marked the rebirth of the sun, explaining the days ...

Pagans have many different beliefs. Rider believes in Norse traditions with an emphasis on gods like Odin and Thor. Others ...

In October 2022, I took an eight-hour red-eye flight with Norse Atlantic Airways, an airline I'd never heard of. Norse Atlantic Airways is a budget airline that started flying in 2022 with nonstop ...

Update, Dec. 18, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 17 now includes a new attack warning from Check Point researchers about an ongoing threat that is targeting Google users via Calendar ...

Right now, choosing which calendar you want a new event added to requires tapping through to a list of all available options. Google appears to be considering a change to this mechanic that would ...