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95-year-old craftsman Ed Higinbotham works year-round in his home workshop making 300 wooden toys as gifts for local children.

KFC is striving to ensure that it will meet its typical high demand in Japan for Christmas Day by urging customers to pre-order, avoiding the creation of the usual long times that now violate coronavirus social distancing measures, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden joked about inflation and supply chain disruptions on Wednesday, admitting it would “cost Santa some money” to get gifts out to children this year.

The Salvation Army went woke and now, at least in certain parts of the country, it’s going broke.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Tuesday canceled White House Christmas parties over coronavirus omicron variant fears.

Durham Cathedral is insisting on Covid passes for its Christmas services. But some are asking whether this is what Jesus would have wanted.

A 13-year-old girl is working hard to make foster children’s Christmas a special one this year, WXII reported Thursday.

Pope Francis said Monday that the European Union’s recent attempt to cancel Christmas is an “anachronism” more worthy of a Napoleon or a Hitler than modern Europe.

Children across the country were treated to shopping sprees with police officers on Saturday during local “Shop with a Cop” events.

Pop star Mariah Carey’s jolly, love-it-or-hate-it tune “All I Want for Christmas is You” is the first-ever holiday song to go from Platinum-selling to Diamond, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Following Googled-owned YouTube’s decision to hide dislikes on the platform, viewers have taken to the comment section beneath each video to express their displeasure. But on some videos, like the recent trailer for Seth Rogen’s TV show Santa Inc., YouTube has disabled comments, removing viewers’ ability to negatively react altogether. Now, a browser plugin called “Return YouTube Dislike” can show you just how negatively the general public feels about a video.

Black Lives Matter is calling for supporters to do their holiday shopping at black-owned businesses to “end white-supremacist-capitalism.”

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden displayed Christmas stockings for their six grandchildren inside the White House but apparently excluded their son Hunter Biden’s illegitimate daughter. 

Britons should keep away from the mistletoe this year, says a government minister who told the public to not kiss “people they don’t know”.

“I think it’s possible [Chris Cuomo] will be back in January,” reports Brian Stelter (D-CNN).

COPENHAGEN (AP) – At least 50 people in and around Norway’s capital have been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant and the cases are connected to a Norwegian company’s Christmas party in an Oslo restaurant, officials said Thursday.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has denounced a European Union communication manual barring the use of “Merry Christmas” in favor of “Happy Holidays,” Vatican News reported this week.

Americans gearing up for the holidays will face inflation at a new level when buying decorations as inflation and the supply chain crisis causing Christmas trees prices to skyrocket.

For four years running, an annual chorus of unfounded criticism beat like a drum over former First Lady Melania Trump’s Christmas decor. Now, it’s First Lady Jill Biden’s turn, but where have all the critics gone?

The establishment media is hungrier to describe concerned parents as domestic terrorists than accurately cover the Waukesha massacre, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said during a press conference in Orlando, Florida, on Monday.

The prime minister’s office has clashed with the UK’s Health Security Agency chief over her recommendations for people to socialise less before Christmas — going beyond the official guidance — with a Number 10 spokesman stating “she is not a government minister”.

An internal European Commission communications document has advised bureaucrats to avoid terms like “Christmas time” to be more inclusive.

Children of military families were forced to wear masks and stay socially distanced Tuesday at the White House as First Lady Jill Biden read them a children’s book.

President Joe Biden has returned to the White House after his five-day Thanksgiving vacation with plans to address the country on critical issues.

Cheer up! President Joe Biden wants you to forget about inflation, supply chain shortages, the migrant crisis on the southern border, vaccine mandates, and outbreaks of civil disorder. Instead he is ready to celebrate a first Christmas in the White House and wants everyone to feel the love when he reveals “Gifts from the Heart” as the theme for his Yuletide season.

A man in St. Petersburg, Florida, is keeping up his tradition of donating bicycles for children in the area who are in need during the holidays.

UK Civil servants have axed the word ‘Christmas’ from a proposed government campaign, for fear the term will offend minorities.

The UK Health Secretary has told Brits not to change their holiday plans, but avoided promising there wouldn’t be a lockdown this Christmas.

The Norwegian postal service Posten has released an annual Christmas video featuring Santa Claus falling in love with another man to mark the anniversary of Norway’s decriminalisation of homosexuality.

GoFundMe accounts have raised upwards of $1.3 million for victims and their families in the aftermath of the Waukesha Christmas Parade.

Ty Warner is trying to save Christmas from the supply chain crisis by hiring planes to pick up Beanie Babies in China.

Darrell E. Brooks Jr., the lone suspect in the Waukesha massacre, was charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide. 

The horror of the Waukesha Christmas parade massacre continued on Tuesday when prosecutors announced that an 8-year-old boy died.

Pope Francis sent a telegram Tuesday offering prayers and condolences to the victims of Sunday’s Christmas parade massacre in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

The Christmas parade massacre over the weekend was not only preventable, but it was also predictable.

President Joe Biden was silent on Monday morning after a vehicle plowed into a crowd at a Christmas parade in Wisconsin, killing at least five people.