Christmas crackers date back to the mid-1800s, when a London confectioner named Tom Smith first began adding paper mottos (originally short love poems) into packets of sugared almonds that he sold ...

For decades, a debate over whether real or artificial trees are better has raged among those who love decorating for Christmas. According to the co-owner of Wallitsch Gardens in Louisville, Jeff ...

Smoothing down the copper traces with a guitar pick. Take this Christmas tree for example, which uses a 555 timer and a CB4017 decade counter in order to drive some blinking LEDs.

The limited-edition paper purportedly tastes like KFC’s Original Recipe Chicken “with a refreshing hit of cranberry sauce and an aromatic pinch of sage from the sage and onion stuffing patty ...

Embossed paper ornaments from Dresden, Germany, were some of the first retail decorations to hang from Christmas trees. Bonus: you could make your own with scraps of paper and bits ...

Trump encouraged fans to buy the only wrapping paper "authorized by President Trump himself!" in a Christmas drive to fundraise off his mug shot.

Two songwriters had filed a $20 million lawsuit accusing her of infringing on their copyright of a song with the same name: “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” ...

A poll of 2,000 adults by GP Batteries has found that British people will throw away the equivalent of 108 million rolls of wrapping paper this Christmas, with most of us simply throwing our ...

Brits will bin around 108 million rolls of wrapping paper per year (Picture: Getty) Now that the Christmas shopping period is upon us, it’s time to think seriously about how our gift-giving ...

Copy editors at The Times of London (or sub editors, for our brethren across the pond) have created the following Christmas card chronicling every redundant phrase they’ve pruned during this year.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me four paper clips, three Black Wings, two Magic Rubs, and a Webster’s and O.E.D. On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me five ...