This light was especially symbolic at Christmas, when settlers in frontier Appalachia — many of them Scot-Irish — faced hard ...

Columnist Terry Mattingly explores Appalachian “Old Christmas,” highlighting candles, hospitality and 12-day traditions ...

Get ready to experience the true, heartfelt joy of a mountain holiday! The Black Mountain Center for the Arts (BMCA) is throwing open its doors for "Christmas in Appalachia: A Singin', Strummin' ...

The Museum of Appalachia Candlelight Christmas is filled with live music, traditional dancing and Christmas Storytelling in ...

Visitors to the museum observed the pioneer village's historic log structures adorned with handcrafted decorations in the ...

The Museum of Appalachia will host its annual Candlelight Christmas event Friday and Saturday, Dec. 12-13, from 4 to 9 p.m.

Traditions run deep into the heart of the Christmas holiday, much like the Appalachian history that fills the mountains of East Tennessee and beyond.

Sacred Heart students pack gifts and bring Christmas joy to Appalachia, continuing a 30-year Sister Brendan holiday tradition ...

The CSX Santa Train recently made its 83rd annual voyage across parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia to greet thousands ...

This year’s National Christmas Tree is a red spruce from Highland County Virginia. Spruce are a rare species of trees in ...

Michelle Yarnell gave a 5-year-old girl in North Carolina a Disney doll back in October when she joined volunteers from Schuylkill County on their initial relief trip to the devastated areas of North ...