Poet and fiction writer Robert Graves wrote a slightly fictionalized account of the incident. Paul McCartney based his music video for “Pipes of Peace” on it. George Lucas placed Indiana Jones ...

Our columnist's pride as “Silent Night Christmas in the Trenches 1915” pops up on the smash hit, Irish singing group Celtic Thunder. Warm greetings from a chilly Clare with the winter solstice biting ...

This Christmas marks 100 years since troops fighting in World War I put down their guns for a game of soccer, and the unique truce is being remembered in the Quad Cities this holiday season. At the ...

Christmas 1914 fell on a Friday. At the White House, President Woodrow Wilson had Christmas dinner at 7. Children went sledding on snow-packed streets in Georgetown. And umbrellas at Lansburgh's were ...

In Charles Dickens’ immortal “Christmas Carol,” Christmas becomes a time of reflection, on the present, the future, and years gone by. If Dickens’ fabled Ghost of Christmas Past was suddenly to appear ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The notion that the holiday season might bring a respite from conflict has deep roots ...

Bing Crosby recorded "I'll Be Home for Christmas" on Oct. 1, 1943, and despite its utter sadness, it remains one of the top Christmas songs of all time. Its timelessness transcends generations. Elvis ...