MY PRIEST THE OTHER SUNDAY preached about Advent—no surprises there—and the tension between Advent’s waiting-period approach to Christmas, and America’s no-holds-barred commercialized celebration.

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It's Christmas! As traditions get under way, the Royal Family gathered at Sandringham for annual festivities - all before we ...

There are still folks to whom my yearly holiday greeting is “Merry Krimble,” a classic onomatopoeiacal Beatle-ism uttered on ...

We are in this period – the days immediately following Christmas – December 25. The intense religious and festive two days ...

Christmas can be an awkward time of the year, but it doesn’t have to be. With the growing number of blended Jewish families, ...

Surprisingly enough, a song about an elderly woman getting attacked by a wild animal became one of the most popular Christmas ...

For me the two words 'bauble' and 'tinsel' signify beauty and excitement - and who cares if stylish folk call sparkles and ...

There’s a temptation to write cleanly and sequentially, when explaining the main narrative beats of someone’s life: A ...

A “special” piano duet by Princess Kate and her 10-year-old daughter Princess Charlotte at a Christmas carol service has delighted fans of the British royalty on social media, who said the performance ...

On Friday morning, hundreds of surfers and swimmers in the community joined in a “paddle out” to “spread light, love, ...

Seeds grow in the dark soil. Babies grow in the quiet of the womb. Dreams are formed in the stillness of the night. And faith grows in the silence — when God feels distant but is actually very close.