The Yule log, or bûche de Noël in French, is a dessert that evokes the warmth and joy of the Christmas holidays ... Yule log can be found in ancient pagan traditions, especially in winter ...

Easter Sunday has become a day of celebration for millions of people worldwide. Here's what to know about the Christian ...

Christmas and Easter are both — to some extent — rebranded versions of existing pagan holidays. Easter has managed to retain a bit of its early pastoral simplicity. We still celebrate it with ...

The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory ...

This year Easter is a different holiday for me. I have always looked forward to the Easter egg hunts, the chocolate bunnies and family gatherings that included more chocolate. But one difference ...

Is Easter a pagan holiday? One viewpoint is that Easter is rooted in the celebration of the fertility of a pagan goddess, Ishtar, who was from Babylonian times. This celebration of ancient fertility ...

The charity is accused of “whitewashing” the holiday by claiming its roots lie in a pagan festival celebrating the start of Spring. A booklet about Easter’s origins given out at several of ...

They came over for land in which to plant a theocracy. They forbade the celebration of Christmas, as a pagan holiday. They drove Roger Williams and his Baptist followers from the colony.

In 1790, the local parson tried to stop the custom due to its pagan associations ... while most European languages refer to the Christian holiday with names that come from the Jewish holiday ...