May Day ushers in summer and is an important cross-quarter day − just like Halloween − falling midway between an equinox and ...

How would this rather unusual claim [of a resurrected Messiah] or message have fallen on the average pagan ear? That's the most difficult question of all. This is obviously an interpretation which ...

Easter eggs have a long and storied history. These are the early origins and symbolism of eggs throughout history as we head towards the celebration.

Regardless though, folks who are comfortable with Halloween will argue for its pagan origins, and will say that the things that are celebrated at Halloween are representative of things that are not ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Dressed in pagan folk costumes, Latvians gather on a square in the centre of Riga for a ceremony that some historians see as the ancient precursor to the Christmas tree tradition. But these ...

Who invented Christmas? Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter ...