Christmas Customs: The Pantomime Sinbad in Nanaimo

A Christmas custom unique to England and some former colonies is the pantomime.  This British tradition has its early roots in the Middle Ages, but by the early 1700s evolved into the form that we see...

Christmas Customs Boxing Day

"Good King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen ..." One of the enduring Christmas customs is Boxing Day.  It's traditionally celebrated as the day after Christmas, December 26(Julian calendar). ...

Christmas Customs: Santa Claus

Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus .... Ever wonder how a fat man in a red and white suit came to be a central figure in the Christmas celebrations?  People in Santa suits are everywhere at...

Christmas Customs: The Twelve Days of Christmas

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... Twelfth Night or the Twelve Days of Christmas is celebrated in the popular song about gift giving and true love.  We often think of the Twelve Days...

Christmas Customs: The Three Wise Men

We three kings from orient are ... For Christians celebrating Christmas customs, one of the central ones is the story of the Three Wise Men.  Our Bible states that three wise men approached King Herod the...