But, medieval Germans are credited with starting ... Once word spread, the popularity of Christmas trees took off. It became a tradition throughout England and North America.

Wrapping gifts, placing them under trees and opening them on Christmas Day are a relatively modern invention — in early medieval times, some Christian rulers thought that the story of the three ...

You may already know that traditionalists usually take their Christmas trees down on 6 January ... but doing so used to be normal practice in the medieval period.” The decorations, which ...

Christmas decorations are typically put up on Advent Sunday, the fourth Sunday before the big day and most people take them down on the Twelfth NIght (12 days after Christmas) - although some may ...