Tis the season for peace on earth and goodwill toward men ... unless you use the word Xmas instead of Christmas with the wrong person. What does Xmas mean, when did we first start using it and why do ...

Starting from the night of December 24th, Christian communities celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Numerous gifts, luminous trees as well as family gatherings are just some of the highlights that ...

Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. Read previous columns here. The holiday shopping season has been, as usual, full of online exhortations: “Xmas sale!” ...

“Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” by John Lennon is one of the most famous Christmas songs of all time. It came out of a cultural context that a lot of younger people probably don’t know. During an interview ...

Eric Clapton has announced his first Christmas album Happy Xmas, a collection of seasonal songs that arrives this October. “I had in my head that these holiday songs could be done with a slight blues ...