A Christmas tradition that can be traced back to the story of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem is the exchange of gifts. The Bible records that wise men took him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Gold ...

Myrrh is a resin from the bark of some Commiphora trees, including Commiphora myrrha, a medicinal tree native to the Arabian peninsula and northeastern Africa. Myrrh has significant therapeutic ...

Christmas time brings plays by children that often focus upon the events described in the gospels of Luke and Matthew. It is a given today that the gospels were principally written as theological ...

A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration It’s very earnest down by the banks of the Potomac on Christmas Eve, 1864. Extremely earnest. In this musical from Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula ...