To many on the tiny German island of Borkum, the Christmas festival of Klaasohm is a harmless nod to their pagan roots. But the annual chasing of women down the streets with cow horns is facing ...

Woodcarving has a centuries-long tradition in the Ore Mountains region in Saxony. Smoking men are an integral part of Christmas decorations far beyond the borders of the federal state and have ...

Forget Santa: Icelandic children are visited at Christmas by 13 mischievous trolls or “Yule Lads”, the offspring of a murderous ogress called Grýla. Every year, children leave shoes in their ...

The suspect, who moved to Germany from Saudi Arabia in 2006, allegedly drove a car through a Christmas market packed full of families on Friday night. At least five people are now known to have ...