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

Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, had expressed anti-Islamic views and described himself as a Saudi ...

People in Germany are mourning the victims and their shaken sense of security after a man intentionally drove into a ...

Outdoor Christmas markets are a beloved German tradition and tourist attraction, but the large crowds they attract have made them targets. Although the police do not yet know the motive for the ...

And this is because every year the royals exchange gifts a day earlier, on Christmas Eve, which is a festive tradition from parts of mainland Europe including Germany. Royal commentator Richard ...

A Berlin church choir whose members witnessed a previous Christmas market attack in ... a festive event that's part of a centuries-old German tradition. Bystander footage shown on German news ...

Some thermal security blankets still lay on the street. Christmas markets are a German holiday tradition cherished since the Middle Ages, now successfully exported to much of the Western world.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People lay flowers in the cathedral square of Magdeburg, Germany, ...

King Charles III will spend Christmas with Prince William and Princess Kate during a celebration steeped in tradition, but also in the wake of recent scandal.

Christmas markets are a huge part of German culture as an annual holiday tradition cherished since the Middle Ages and successfully exported to much of the Western world. In Berlin alone ...

Christmas markets are a huge part of German culture as an annual holiday tradition cherished since the Middle Ages and successfully exported to much of the Western world. In Berlin alone ...