Santa Land Parade kicks off holiday season in Prospect Heights
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Brooklyn’s fourth annual Santa Land Parade took off in...
Rare polychoral music from 1600s coming to Brooklyn cathedral
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The rarely-performed, majestic sound of polychoral music dating from...
Brooklyn’s tallest Christmas tree to be lit Wednesday
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — This giant fir tree at Brooklyn Commons (formerly called MetroTech...
Who is at the manger? Nativity sets around the world show each culture’s take on the Christmas story
For many Christians around the world, celebrating the Nativity, or the birth...
How an American magazine helped create one of the UK’s favorite Christmas Carols
In 1906, a new carol appeared in “The English Hymnal,” an influential...
A Brooklynite Abroad: Tasting Christmas beers on a tiny island in Iceland
I recently found myself on the tiny Icelandic island of Hrísey...
The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas
Why, every Christmas, do so many people endure the mess of dried...
A new holiday tradition sprouts in Greenpoint
GREENPOINT — What has been termed a “new festive tradition for the neighborhood...
Still jazzy after all these years: ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ rocks
The Mendelson family would love to find the envelope where their father...