Everything you need to know about Christmas, and how it has evolved into a global holiday
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FILE - Christmas trees and Santa Clauses decorate the entrance to the beach in Haffkrug, northern Germany, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst, File)FILE - Decked in a Santa outfit and holiday lights, a child bolts from the starting line of the annual Christmas run in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)FILE - A Nativity scene is illuminated by a Christmas tree on Payrow Plaza in Bethlehem, Pa., known as "Christmas City, USA," on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao, File)FILE - A woman walks across a bridge decorated prior to Christmas and New Year festivities in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)FILE - Katherine McPhee and David Foster perform during the 90th annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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FILE - Christmas trees and Santa Clauses decorate the entrance to the beach in Haffkrug, northern Germany, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst, File)