Christmas - Page 14

Heavyweight world title contender Bryant Jennings has slammed people wishing Muslims a “Merry Christmas” or even “Happy Holidays” as ignorant, idiotic, and disrespectful.

Pope Francis has again snubbed the Uyghur Muslims in his Christmas blessing Friday, calling attention to suffering and injustice around the world while omitting any reference to those suffering under China’s Communist regime.

A veteran and his family in Tarboro, North Carolina, settled into their mortgage-free home Wednesday thanks to two generous organizations.

Pope Francis has given the poor and homeless of the city of Rome an unusual Christmas present: 4,000 free coronavirus tests.

LONDON (AP) — Around 1,000 British soldiers were spending Christmas Day trying to clear a huge backlog of truck drivers stuck in southeast England after France briefly closed its border to the U.K. then demanded coronavirus tests from all amid fears of a new, apparently more contagious, virus variant.

Since October, government scientists have threatened death and further waves of lockdown if citizens tried to enjoy the holy season too much.

Open Doors, an international Christian aid organization, told Breitbart News in a recent interview that the Chinese coronavirus pandemic has allowed repressive forces to more ably target vulnerable Christians, from denying them health care to offering to trade their faith for food.

Bethlehem on Thursday ushered in Christmas Eve with a stream of joyous marching bands and the triumphant arrival of the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, but few people were there to greet them as the coronavirus pandemic and a strict lockdown dampened celebrations in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

On Christmas Eve Rev. Franklin Graham asked Christians to pray that America will be spared “from the evil that is before us.”

Although corporate media who praise Wikipedia as a counter to “fake news” have simultaneously criticized it for perceived gaps in coverage on gender and race, the site also shows a gap in its coverage of Christmas, the most widely-celebrated holiday on Earth other than New Year’s Day. In contrast to the generally under-developed nature of the site’s Christmas content, articles covering video games and the show South Park are generally more developed.

An East Idaho Secret Santa surprised the wife of a terminal cancer patient with a car and $6,000 on her birthday.

An Arkansas woman gave numerous shoppers a huge surprise at two Kroger grocery stores in Little Rock and North Little Rock on Tuesday.

A family in Elk Grove, California, got a huge surprise on Wednesday when a loved one who serves in the military returned home for Christmas.

If it’s Christmas Eve, it must be time for another Keven Spacey video in what has become a Yuletide tradition for the disgraced Hollywood star.

The El Paso, Texas, Police Department Gang Unit loaded their squad cars and an armored vehicle on Tuesday not with weapons, but with Christmas gifts to give to children.

President-elect Joe Biden and First Lady-to-be Dr. Jill Biden sang “Happy Birthday” to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday, marking his 80th birthday.

“During this sacred season, Christians celebrate the greatest miracle in human history. More than 2000 years ago, God sent his only begotten son to be with us,” he said.

A former British diplomat has started a campaign to send Christmas cards to two Canadians imprisoned in China.

Pizza Hut Japan has seen reservations for Christmas meals skyrocket in part due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, which has kept many from traditional dinners at restaurants, Japan’s Kyodo News noted Thursday.

China’s state-run Global Times gushed Wednesday that foreign-born Christians are celebrating Christmas freely in China thanks to its amazingly effective coronavirus response, thankful they are not trapped in the hellish, virus-riddled Western nations where the holiday season is filled with lockdowns and fear.

Miami’s National Weather Service (NWS) issued an unofficial warning recently to look out for falling iguanas on Christmas Day thanks to a cold front.

The ongoing collapse of this country has irreparably damaged people’s ability to partake in Venezuela’s Christmas traditions.

An armed group of protesters carrying Antifa and Black Lives Matter gear denied supporting President-Elect Joe Biden. Instead, the Lansing, Michigan, protesters said they support Karl Marx.

“Feliz Navidad” singer José Feliciano celebrated 50 years of his hit Christmas classic, explained God’s goodness as well as his pro-life conversion in a recent interview, in which the singer said that he considered himself pro-choice until he heard his unborn daughter’s heartbeat.

Actor Kirk Cameron is taking criticism for sponsoring an outdoor Christmas carol singing event at The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks, California.

Two kids in California who call themselves the “cookie ninjas” are secretly leaving holiday treats on their neighbors’ porches to spread holiday cheer during the pandemic, according to surveillance video from one of their neighbors.

The great American sportsman Ricky Bobby once claimed that the Geneva Convention clearly states that after one says “with all due respect,” he can basically say whatever he wants.

A customer recently surprised a struggling Mexican restaurant in Washington state with a $1,000 tip just in time for Christmas.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that the Tier 4 lockdown will be extended to other parts of the country the day after Christmas. He also revealed that scientists have discovered another new Chinese coronavirus mutation.

Robots may achieve many things, but the one thing they will never be capable of is tenderness, Pope Francis proposed in his weekly General Audience Wednesday.

More than one-quarter, 27 per cent, of respondents to a poll said they would not be seeing relatives this Christmas, while 41 per cent were worried about loved-ones becoming isolated during the holiday season.

An unnamed person recently left a sparkling Christmas surprise inside a Salvation Army kettle in Tennessee.

Welsh Assembly leader Mark Drakeford has targetted children’s Christmas presents by banning supermarkets from selling toys in his latest extreme lockdown.

A group of Ohio restaurant employees received a surprise early Christmas gift after a customer left a $5,600 tip on a bill for the staff to split.

There was no day out for Wallace and his mute mutt Gromit on Monday, grand or otherwise, after a screening of Britain’s beloved claymation creations was cut in favour of a Covid conference.

Monday, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski issued some guidance heading into the Christmas holiday as the nation continues to deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.