This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the 1800s there was something called a Christmas side hunt where people would choose sides and go out during the ...

National Geographic shared the firsthand account of how soldiers celebrated far from home in France. Nearly every billet in France where American soldiers last year celebrated their Christmas had ...

National Geographic's enterprising photographers have helped readers explore and learn about our beautiful world through their images for more than a century. Here is their best work from the past ...