The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas as an octave, an eight-day celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The ...

Christmas movies are more than just a few hours of cheery plot, silly jokes, and heartfelt messages. Christmas movies are members of our families. More so than any other film genre, the movies we ...

Christmas is over, so why are 12 percent of the world’s Christians waiting until January 7 to celebrate? Orthodox Christmas is celebrated by approximately 260 million people worldwide, both in ...