As the clocks strike midnight, we Russian-speaking Israelis raise glasses of champagne and bite on a cracker smeared with ...

In addition to the ban on images of St. Nicholas, the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied territories have ...

The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former ...

TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...

Education institutions received directives prohibiting any mention of Saint Nicholas. The ban encompasses traditional ...

BRITAIN’S remotest community will finally celebrate Christmas tomorrow. And islanders will also see in the New Year nearly two weeks after the rest of the country – because Foula still ...

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Artisans of intricate papier-mâché decorations grapple with a sharp decline in business, Danish Showkat and Mehendi Mehraj ...

More than a billion people are set to tune in to watch the Times Square ball drop tonight. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Ukraine's National Resistance Center (NRC) has reported that Russian authorities have prohibited the mention of St Nicholas ...

The love for tradition kept the Eastern Orthodox Church from adopting the Gregorian calendar though it was based on reason ...

Some 200,000 Jewish refugees came to Germany after the fall of the USSR, and brought cultural traditions — like partying hard during Christmas.