However by the end of the century it had become the biggest annual celebration and ... moved under the tree. The Christmas feast has its roots from before the Middle Ages, but it's during the ...

Sir Keir, the first openly atheist PM, said last night: 'As Christians celebrate ... This Christmas, I will be hoping for peace, particularly in the Middle East as the birthplace of the Christmas ...

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