As Christmas approaches, the festive spirit is palpable with decorations and a shopping frenzy. The article offers a curated collection of around 80 messages for friends, family, and colleagues, ...

Since the first Christmas, there have always been two Christmases – one for the poor and the other for the elite or the rich. Christmas for the poor is the tale of Jesus being born in a manger, a box ...

"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge written in 1843, is one of the most familiar literary works in the English language. Though Eleanor Farjeon wrote in an ...

December 24 feels like a holiday to many, with its half-empty offices and the rush of a last-minute shopping crowd. Its status as an official holiday, however, isn't the same as Christmas Day.

President Trump issued an executive order Thursday declaring Christmas Eve and Dec. 26 as federal holidays this year. The order will result in federal agencies being closed and employees excused from ...

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

Emmerdale spoilers follow from Thursday's episode (11 December), which is available to watch now on ITVX and YouTube but hasn't yet aired on ITV1. Emmerdale is lining up a heartwarming Christmas ...

With its 33-foot-tall Glühwein Pyramid and craftspeople from Germany, Indiana’s Christkindlmarkt in Carmel draws hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Photograph by Roben Bellomo, Bellomo ...

History columnist Jeff Suess is on a special assignment. Please enjoy a story from the vault. This article originally appeared on Dec. 14, 2014. America in the beginning was a bit of a Scrooge when it ...

A new stage play, "A Christmas Wager," is coming to Topeka, Kansas, in December. The play explores themes of love, loss and second chances, inspired by the writer's observations of community issues.

PORTSMOUTH – Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is the most popular story about Christmas and definitely the most adapted of all time. Dozens of cinematic and theatrical versions have appeared ...

This year's tree is a 75-foot Norway spruce from East Greenbush, New York. The Rockefeller Center tree is lit and the holiday season is underway in New York City. Host Reba McEntire, Marc Anthony, ...