We all know that Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Christ, but where did all our weird and wonderful traditions come from?
Singing carols, putting up a tree and pulling crackers – these are all things we ‘just do’ on Christmas.
But why, and when did this start?
Travel through time with us to the very beginnings of Christmas, where we find out…
A Pagan Christmas
We truly have the Pagans to thank for many of our Christmas traditions.
The Romans celebrated their seven-day winter festival, Saturnalia, on 17 December – all work would stop during this period, except for looking
