Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

With no confirmation of Jesus' birth and no mention of Christmas itself in the Bible, you may be wondering how the holiday ...

Long before Christmas became a Christian holiday, people in ancient Rome and across Europe celebrated the winter solstice, ...

Was there really a Roman census at the time of Jesus' birth, or is this detail in the Gospel of Luke historically inaccurate?

DALLAS — Today, most babies get a birth certificate, making it easy to prove what day you're born on. But in the time of Jesus, it didn’t work that way. So, was Jesus actually born on Dec. 25? For ...

One of the problems about the development of traditions around Christmas is that people writing hymns or plays set Jesus' ...

The exact date of Jesus' birth is unknown, though it is estimated to have occurred between 6 and 4 B.C. December 25th was chosen as the date to celebrate Jesus' birth centuries after his death, ...

Does the Gospel of Luke really tell the truth about the Nativity? Was Quirinius really the governor of Syria at the time of ...

Scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 BCE in the town of Bethlehem, located in the modern-day West Bank. The Middle Eastern territory is located in what is now Palestine, though Israel has ...

It’s Christmas, but not as you know it: a new book released this week by Pope Benedict XVI looks at the early life of Jesus – and debunks several myths about how the Nativity unfolded. In “Jesus of ...

DALLAS — Today, most babies get a birth certificate, making it easy to prove what day you're born on. But in the time of Jesus, it didn’t work that way. So, was Jesus actually born on Dec. 25? For ...