In pictures: Christmas celebrations from around the world

Priests led congregations across India as worshippers thronged churches for morning mass.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2018 · 09:17 pm

Old manuscripts, letters show how Christian influences were depicted in Mughal art and life

A document talks about Christmas celebrations in Lahore in 1597.

Ursula Sims-Williams

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Malini Roy

· Dec 25, 2018 · 01:30 pm

How ‘Silent Night’, the Christmas carol that paused World War I, came to be a cultural landmark

The tranquillity of Joseph Mohr’s original German lyrics and the intimacy of Franz Xaver Gruber’s music have ensured its enduring popularity.

Martin Clarke, The Conversation

· Dec 23, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Charles Dickens did not invent Christmas. But his seasonal ghosts are still relevant

Just what kind of critique of capitalism is the beloved novel, really?

Christopher Pittard, The Conversation

· Dec 25, 2017 · 05:30 pm

’Tis the season: Pictures of Christmas cheer from across the world

In Mumbai, a 65-feet tall pine tree was tagged as India’s tallest fully decorated Christmas tree.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2017 · 04:36 pm

Video: December 25th is not the day Jesus was born so why is Christmas celebrated on this day?

A brief history of how Christmas came to be celebrated on this day.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2017 · 04:00 pm

Watch this adorable video of animals celebrating Christmas at a London zoo

Asiatic lions, squirrel monkeys and penguins among others are seen enjoying their Christmas treats.

Reuters

· Dec 25, 2017 · 11:41 am

Video: A Mumbai choir celebrates the spirit of Christmas by singing carols for charity

The story of Stop Gaps, and its conductor Alfred J D’souza, whose ‘Festival of Festive Music’ brings together choral groups from across the country.

Shibika Suresh

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Venkataraghavan Rajagopalan

· Dec 25, 2017 · 08:45 am

Christmas in India: Today’s saffron mobs should read this Kipling poem from 1886

Cultures blending like rum in a good plum cake have often made rabid nationalists nervous.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Dec 25, 2017 · 06:30 am

East India Company gave away gifts on Christmas. What happened when the Crown took over in 1858?

It had been the Company’s custom to distribute sums amounting to 24 pounds and four shillings.

Margaret Makepeace

· Dec 24, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Watch a 360 degrees video of Christmas preparations at Santa Claus’ home in Finland

At Santa Claus' Lapland home in Finland, his helpers sort out piles of letters from around the world, each detailing children's requests for this Christmas.

Reuters

· Dec 24, 2017 · 04:00 pm

JRR Tolkien’s Christmas letters to his children bring echoes of Middle-Earth to the North Pole

The creator of ‘Lord of the Rings’ wrote letters to his children from Father Christmas every year for 23 years.

Dimitra Fimi, The Conversation

· Dec 23, 2017 · 05:30 pm