Legend has it that a European folktale credits the webs of “Christmas spiders” for the tradition of shimmery threads on a Christmas tree. Tinsel started out made of real silver as a symbol of ...

There are so many enduring symbols of Christmas ... toy soldier and the history of Christmas. While Christmas nutcrackers ...

The ilex or holly, and the ivy, both evergreen plants are traditional Christmas symbols: the holly for part of the same reason as the Glastonbury Rose is, because it represents the Crown of Thorns ...