Christmas

A woman poses for a photo surrounded by red Christmas ornaments in Bangkok, Thailand.

Photos: The world celebrates Christmas

What does Christmas look like around the world? Here's a peek from Thailand, Pakistan, Iraq, Australia, China and several other countries.

Photos: The world celebrates Christmas
Hazel Bethel is a Manischewitz wine devotee. She's originally from Trinidad and was introduced to the wine by friends who worked in Jewish homes in New York.

Is that Manischewitz? The Kosher wine is a hit in some Caribbean communities.

Is that Manischewitz? The Kosher wine is a hit in some Caribbean communities.
A Hallaca is a typical Venezuelan dish made out of cornmeal and stuffed with beef, pork, chicken, raisins, capers and olives and then wrapped in a banana leaf and traditionally served on Christmas and New Year's Eve.

For this Venezuelan, Christmas isn't Christmas without hallaca

For this Venezuelan, Christmas isn't Christmas without hallaca

A Guide to 2015's Alt-Holiday Music

A Guide to 2015's Alt-Holiday Music

Jenny Slate Picks the Most Wonderful Short

Jenny Slate Picks the Most Wonderful Short

Your Wonderful Holiday Shorts

We asked you to distill the holidays into a 30-second short film, and we've received some wonderful entries. 

Your Wonderful Holiday Shorts

Jenny Slate Presents: It’s a Wonderful Short

All Jenny Slate wants for Hanukkah is for you to make a 30-second holiday film about old people, animals, and/or feasts.

Jenny Slate Presents: It’s a Wonderful Short
A photo of Tam Duong's family during Lunar New Year in the early 1990s. Tam, on the right in the red dress, is from Los Angeles and now lives in Boston. Her parents are from Vietnam and Duong says she was confused as to why Santa never came to their home.

There's nothing traditional about an immigrant Christmas

Christmas feels unavoidable in the United States, but not all Americans celebrate the holiday. Many non-Christian immigrants develop their own take on the day, while others simply avoid it altogether.

There's nothing traditional about an immigrant Christmas
A statue of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas outside the Dylan Thomas Theatre in Swansea, Wales.

A Christmas classic by Dylan Thomas is set to music

"A Child's Christmas in Wales" is a holiday classic by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Now the book comes to life in a new version set to music by Welsh singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews.

A Christmas classic by Dylan Thomas is set to music
A nativity scene in Bay Lake, Florida.

Five fantastic versions of 'Silent Night'

You've heard "Silent Night" hundred of times in your life, but here are five versions that breathe new life into the classic carol.

Five fantastic versions of 'Silent Night'
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Renting a Christmas tree can keep the holiday alive until next year

Real of fake? In Southern California you hear that question a lot. But at Christmas it applies to trees. Which kind of tree is better for both expressing the spirit of the holiday and for the environment? A new company has a solution that doesn't make you have to choose one over the other.

Renting a Christmas tree can keep the holiday alive until next year

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

A graphic novel made out of animated GIFs, inspirational quotes from Werner Herzog, and heavy metal Christmas music. 

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

Have Yourself a Scary Little Krampus

St. Nicholas has long rewarded kids who are nice, but did you know he has a counterpart? Krampus the demon punishes naughty tykes.

Have Yourself a Scary Little Krampus

A Guide to 2014's Alt-Holiday Music

Diplo, The Killers, Liz Phair, and even Mark "Ebenezer" Kozelek release Christmas music this season. And it's good!

A Guide to 2014's Alt-Holiday Music
Cho Mei and her parents, refugees from Burma, bought their first Christmas tree this year. Mei says she's even participating in a 'Secret Santa' gift exchange with her family-- something she learned from her Burmese church group in Oakland.

These Liberian and Myanmar refugees cook up old, and new, Christmas traditions

Who says you have to be Christian to celebrate Christmas in America? Since most everyone has the day off on December 25th, refugee communities often come together and create their own holiday traditions.

These Liberian and Myanmar refugees cook up old, and new, Christmas traditions