Christmas is approaching and pilgrims and tourists have begun to arrive, crowding the souvenir shops that line the narrow streets and alleys of Bethlehem, the biblical town revered as Jesus’ birthplace.
On the latest edition of In Contact with Maduro, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s television show, the socialist food distribution groups known as the CLAP debuted a personalized Christmas carol celebrating Maduro’s decision to allow Venezuelans to use 100 bolívar bills through January.
66% of Democrats support stores using “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” during the Christmas season, while the majority of Americans are also in favor of ditching the Christmas greeting.
In sunny southern California, a couple is celebrating the election of President-elect Donald J. Trump with their Christmas tree, despite a potential backlash. They already have plans for a re-election tree in four years.
After beating Colgate 77-62 Monday, there was a big a surprise waiting for Notre Dame junior guard Matt Farrell. Matt’s older brother, Bo, a U.S. Army Lieutenant on deployment in Afghanistan, appeared on the video board congratulating Matt for his victory and
Christmas markets are closed in Germany today and police in the UK, France, Norway, Austria, Denmark, Italy, and other European nations are tightening security at festive events, with the terror threat at its highest level across much of the continent.
Students at a Texas high school made one special needs student’s Christmas by giving him a properly-fitting pair of shoes.
British police were forced to defend sending visibly armed officers to guard a Christmas market – days before the Berlin truck attack – after anti-gun members of the public and activists caused a social media backlash.
A dozen individuals were involved in a fight at the Christmas market in a small German town at the weekend, as migrant youths and locals apparently came to blows over anti-social behaviour.
The anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has hit out at German Chancellor Angela Merkel after Monday’s Christmas market attack, saying the victims are “her dead”.
A new poll asking whether Americans feel businesses should wish patrons “Merry Christmas” or rather should say “Happy Holidays” found a major divide between Republicans and Democrats.
Actress Lindsay Lohan will reportedly spend the Christmas holidays working and visiting with refugees in Turkey.
Christmas is closing in fast, and many of us could use some last-minute shopping ideas.
A school in Norway has been forced to deny censoring references to ‘Santa’ and ‘elves’ from Christmas songs in a bizarre attempt to avoid offending atheists.
Campus Reform took to the University of Virginia dressed as “The Hipsters Who Stole Christmas” to see if students would sign their petition to ban Christmas. Reporters Amber Athey and Cabot Phillips, claiming to be members of the fake group “Students for
The French Front National has begun a campaign to install nativity scenes in French town halls over the Christmas period. Marion Maréchal Le Pen, niece of party leader Marine, has proposed a motion in the parliament of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region calling for nativity scenes to be allowed in all town halls of the area.
The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has issued a religious decree (fatwa) prohibiting the use of Christmas-themed attire or accessories that recall a tradition foreign to Islam.
The BBC, the most mainstream of mainstream media outlets, has been caught up in a “fake news” controversy after reporting that Christmas was set to be cheaper than ever – only to decide just three days later that costs had in
Berlin voiced outrage Sunday over an alleged decision by a German-backed international school in Istanbul to scrap Christmas festivities, although the claim was swiftly denied in Turkey.
First Lady Michelle Obama and TV/Radio host Ryan Seacrest experienced several uncomfortable moments while reading the classic Christmas tale, The Night Before Christmas, to a group of children at the heart and kidney unit at Children National Health Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday.
“The President-elect will be in Mar-a-Lago this evening and I would expect him…to be in Palm Beach for most of, if not all of this next week,” Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller told reporters on Friday morning, adding that Trump will spend Christmas with his family.
A sex shop in Spain has been condemned by Christian groups after displaying a “nativity scene” showing the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and the baby Jesus painted on ceramic dildos. Non Sit Peccatum (Latin for ‘not a sin’), which is
Critics of Angela Merkel’s open borders policies can now take solace in the fact that despite the social impact of hundreds of thousands of migrant arrivals, the stale hegemony of traditional Christmas food has been broken by the arrival of North African fare.
As the snow falls tonight upon Mankato, Minnesota, MILO takes the stage to deliver a last college lecture before the Christmas break.
Tuesday at a stop on his “Thank You” tour in West Allis, WI, President-elect Donald Trump opened up his appearance by fulfilling a campaign promise regarding the use of “Merry Christmas” as a holiday greeting. “So when I started 18
Per a WBTV report, a man in Gaston County, NC called into Walmart wanting to buy a large amount of toys to donate to needy children. “When I took the initial call from the gentleman, he said he wanted to
Students at a West Virginia elementary school were surprised when they showed up for school one morning last week to find a life-sized Elf on the Shelf sitting on the roof, says a WPXI report. Shawn Adkins was sitting on
The Venezuelan government has seized nearly 4 million toys from a private company in order to hand them out to poor children this holiday season.
As part of its yearly Nativity scene, the Vatican has included the spire from the Basilica of Saint Benedict in Norcia, one of the dozens of church buildings damaged or destroyed in recent Italian earthquakes.
A secret Santa, known only as “Santa B,” offered a Pennsylvania Walmart store manager a deal he could not refuse.
A Texas school principal forced a staffer to take Charlie Brown Christmas decorations off a school door because it included a quote from Linus which had the word “Christ” in it.
An active-duty Marine battling blood cancer in a hospital in Oregon will have his final wish granted to spend Christmas with his son.
San Bernardino police and the FBI are pointing to the Christmas theme at a work holiday party as one spark that two terrorists latched onto as a motive for their long-planned Islamic terror attack.
Europol has found a novel way to mark the festive season: it is releasing an “advent calendar” of its most wanted criminals, publishing a picture a day in the run-up to Christmas.
Employers who ignore Christmas because they are worried about offending Muslim and Jews are infringing the “religious freedom” of Christians, the government’s equalities chief has said.
As Christmas season begins for countless millions of Christians in America and across the globe, Bloomington, Indiana, announced that it will no longer recognize Good Friday because doing so is insensitive to others.
The American government has revealed they have “credible information” Islamic State and al-Qaeda are planning to attack Christmas celebrations in Europe this year.
2ndVote, a conservative watchdog group for corporate advocacy, is launching a campaign — #AnywhereButTARGET — ahead of Black Friday and the holiday shopping season.
Per a KOIN report, a Florida mall Santa was removed and sent to HR counseling after he joked to a little girl that Hillary Clinton is on his naughty list. According to a mother visiting Seminole Towne Center in Sanford, FL,
Fox News host Todd Starnes is outraged after an Army band said they couldn’t perform at his Fox Radio Christmas Show because the event is religious, the Daily Mail reports.
