Christmas - Page 17

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly planning to throw Britons trapped under coronavirus laws a little “sweetener” in advance of announcing further restrictions, in the form of letting families have Christmas dinner together.

An Austrian skier’s life was saved Wednesday in what rescuers are calling a “Christmas miracle,” after an avalanche trapped him under the snow for five hours.

A Washington state police officer had a touching reaction when a family gave him a Christmas gift to cope with the loss of his beloved K9 companion.

A 12-year-old girl fatally struck by a car while crossing State Road A1A in Central Florida on Sunday afternoon donated her organs three days later, in time for Christmas.

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to pursue anti-Brexit barrister Jolyon Maugham for his allegedly “unnecessary and cruel bludgeoning of a trapped and scared fox” in Central London on Boxing Day.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lee Mendelson, the producer who changed the face of the holidays when he brought “A Charlie Brown Christmas” to television in 1965 and wrote the lyrics to its signature song, “Christmas Time Is Here,” died on Christmas day, his son said.

An illegal alien has been arrested after allegedly murdering a woman in Cobb County, Georgia and shooting her teenage son days before Christmas. 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing, and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

The Christmas-week episode of Showtime’s “The L Word: Generation Q” featured a lesbian minister who tells her female lover she has an “open relationship, sexually” with Jesus.

Arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby celebrated the birth of Jesus in full-page newspaper ads during Christmas week.

On Christmas Day, South Bend, Indiana Mayor and 2020 Democrat Pete Buttigieg declared Jesus Christ an impoverished “refugee” without ever explicitly mentioning his name.

Albert Septien was surprised by a man-made white Christmas Eve in Tampa, and the fulfillment of his last Christmas wish.

Hong Kong’s anti-government protests continued on Christmas, with some reports of confrontations between police and demonstrators but not the general chaos government officials seemed to be expecting. 

A nine-year-old pit bull mix was adopted from an animal shelter after five years, just in time to spend Christmas with his new family on Wednesday.

Two brothers decided to donate their Christmas gifts to children displaced by a fire that broke out in a Minneapolis, Minnesota, building that houses the homeless on early Wednesday morning.

An alleged bank robber in Colorado Springs, Colorado, wanted to make sure others shared in his newly acquired cash Monday.

Islamist terror group Boko Haram, an affiliate of the Islamic State, attacked a largely Christian village new Chibok in northeastern Nigeria on Christmas Eve and killed seven people. A teenage girl was also reportedly abducted from the village.

Pope Francis called attention to a series of afflicted areas around the globe in his annual Christmas blessing Wednesday, conspicuously omitting any mention of Hong Kong’s mounting crisis.

Kanye West has delivered a Yuletide present for all mankind in the form of a new album, Jesus Is Born, which the hip-hop megastar and fashion brand mogul dropped on Christmas Day.

Pastor Darrell Scott ridiculed Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s Christmas greeting as a “load of crap” on Wednesday after the South Bend mayor claimed Jesus came to earth as a refugee.

Giana Bartolucci, 14-years-old, was in the car with her father, Tony Bartolucci, on December 24, 2015, while driving to pick up their family’s Christmas tree when an illegal alien crashed into them.

President Donald Trump slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom in a Christmas Day tweet for doing “a really bad job of taking care of the homeless population in California.”

President Donald Trump celebrated Christmas with his family this week at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

The remains of an American soldier who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this week were transported home to the U.S. on Christmas morning.

Police were on hand to deliver a very special gift in time for Christmas on Interstate 93 near Concord, New Hampshire.

First Lady Melania Trump was bejeweled for Christmas Eve mass at the Family Church Downtown in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday evening. 

An 11-year-old known as “Sam the Bottle Man” is making a difference for sick children in need one nickel at a time.

President Donald Trump delivered his Christmas message from the White House on Wednesday, calling for the country to foster a greater sense of “understanding and respect.”

Self-professed Remainer and former speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has criticised populism in his Alternative Christmas Message, and said that adults should take cues from children on good behaviour.

Her Majesty The Queen marked the 50th anniversary of the moon landings and the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in a Christmas messsage which stressed reconciliation, and the beginning of great things from small steps.

Left-wing Hollywood actor-director Rob Reiner spent Christmas morning chiding Christians celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, conflating that world-changing event with the Trump administration’s border enforcement policies. 

It has been a year of Brexit battles these past 12 months, but it finally looks like the end is near and the UK will leave the EU, more than three and a half years after the historic referendum.

Pope Francis made migrants the centerpiece of his Christmas blessing Wednesday, addressing the topic of immigration a remarkable three times in an 865-word message.

Christmas is a time for tradition – midnight mass, giving gifts… and being encouraged to cheat on your husband by a national newspaper.

Boise, Idaho, law enforcement spend a couple of weeks each December handing out treats instead of fines for minor violations.

KFC is preparing for Wednesday, typically among its most profitable days in Japan as a bucket of fried chicken has become – through savvy marketing, lack of cultural awareness, and some deception – a traditional Christmas dinner.