As nights start to get darker in the UK, cities are being brightened by festive illuminations, alpine chalet stalls and the icy glow of skating rinks.While Europe has often stolen the spotlight with its seasonal spectacles in cities like Bruges,

Eighty years ago, Britain celebrated its first peacetime Christmas since 1938. It was a time of hope indeed, but a look through newspaper archives reveals a complex picture. Christmas 1945 was an austerity Christmas. One in which grief and suffering, remembrance and loneliness mingled with reunions, church attendance and muted celebration.

Britain’s King Charles III has used his Christmas address to reflect on life as a shared journey and called on people to embrace values like courage, reconciliation and unity in a divided and uncertain world.

King Charles III enraged British conservatives and some MAGA adherents with his annual Christmas message, where he praised the nation's "diversity."

Britain's King Charles highlighted the importance of unity in diversity in his annual Christmas Day message on Thursday, as wars and tensions put communities around the world under strain.

The holiday season is a time for traditions, some of which are specific to individual cultures. Even people who celebrate Christmas in the United States probably don't know everything about how the holiday is celebrated in different places around the world ...

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event.

Bing Crosby dreamed of it and Charles Dickens romanticized it, but the truth about a white Christmas in Britain may surprise you. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. It’s the fantasy festive image: snow on ...

Will it snow on Christmas Day in the UK this year? See White Christmas odds 2025, city markets, weather data, and how bookmakers price snow.

Mary Ann Macham’s story is an example of a larger phenomenon of Black American refuge in Britain in the 19th century.

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla, along with members of the royal family, arrive to attend the Royal Family's Christmas Day service at St. Mary Magdalene's church, as the royals take residence at the Sandringham estate in eastern England,