A brief history of the holiday. The first time the birth of Jesus Christ was attributed to the date December 25 was in the 4th century, according to early Roman history. Early cel ...

A driver rammed a crowd of merrymakers at a Christmas market in a city in central Germany on Friday evening, leaving at least five people dead and more than 200 injured, nearly 40 critically, ...

The Belsnickel — wearing furs, smeared in soot and waving a bundle of birch switches — visited children in the schoolhouse during Christmas on the Farm in Kutztown on Saturday, Dec. 7. Held on the ...

Candles on a large Hanukkah menorah shine in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in 2015. Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images Hanukkah is not the Jewish ...

The suspect, who moved to Germany from Saudi Arabia in 2006, allegedly drove a car through a Christmas market packed full of families on Friday night. At least five people are now known to have been ...

Editor's Note: Read the latest coverage from USA TODAY about deaths, injuries at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. A driver killed at least two people when he rammed into a large crowd of ...

It's worth noting that the shuttle bus service costs 3€ (£2.60) per person, and the walking route can prove challenging with ...