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A Kentucky Veteran delivered thousand of presents to children impacted by the storms and tornadoes that ripped through America’s heartland.

Pope Francis launched an appeal on behalf of families Sunday, calling for greater efforts to overcome selfishness to preserve family unity.

Border Patrol agents spread Christmas cheer in communities along the southwest and northern borders in the days leading up to the holiday weekend. While most American families gathered to celebrate the birth of Christ, Border Patrol agents continued their vigilance to protect our nation’s borders.

Queen Elizabeth II’s annual Christmas Day message to the Commonwealth was the most watched program on UK TV, with 7.4 million people tuning in and millions more viewing online.

The White House did not explain why the Bidens skipped Church on Christmas, as the president typically attends Catholic Mass with regularity.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden issued their Christmas message on Saturday, as they spent Christmas at the White House.

A Christmas Story, released in 1983, has become an American classic for the Christmas season — a colorful depiction of life in Hohman, Indiana, in the 1940s unlike any other. Decades later, the man behind the film saw a much darker fate.

Establishment media claimed on Friday a “right-wing slur” was hurled at President Biden during a Christmas Eve call.

Government ministers are to meet as early as Monday in order to discuss implementing new lockdown in England in response to omicron.

Orange County sheriff’s deputies in Florida surprised a single mother and her children with Christmas presents before the holiday.  

An armed intruder has been arrested after breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle with a weapon on Christmas day.

Officers with the Fremont Police Department in Nebraska handed out $100 bills to drivers during routine traffic stops Tuesday on behalf of an anonymous donor.

Queen Elizabeth II mourned the death of her husband but said the story of Christ’s birth represents a “new dawn with endless potential”.

Dec. 24 (UPI) — Alec Baldwin released a pre-Christmas video online thanking supporters for their well-wishes in the wake of the fatal shooting on the set of the movie Rust.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is using his Christmas sermon to tell the public to welcome illegal migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats and praise Border Force personnel and volunteers helping to ferry them across.

A transgender paedophile who identifies as a 5-year-old girl has attended court dressed as an elf following a breach of his sexual harm order.

The media blitz to make sure everyone knows the government wants them to take a booster continues unabated.

From the Gospel according to Luke, in the days after the birth of Jesus Christ on the first Christmas:

And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett issued Christmas greetings to Christians worldwide along with a message of brotherhood and unity.

A Secret Santa contractor renovated a Michigan family’s basement free of charge after a different contractor failed to do the work.

A local news crew is helping an anonymous man give $1 million to deserving neighbors in Idaho, and one of them is named Tanya.

A Secret Santa in east Idaho paid a year’s rent for a man named Phil and his wife Debbie, who is battling cancer.

Of all the folk tales, pageants, legends, and fables to accompany Christmas, few have achieved the level of immortality as “The Nutcracker.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) released a Christmas message ahead of the holiday,  reminding Americans how blessed they are to live in a country that “protects our right to celebrate the birth of Christ freely.”

Audi is gifting a new luxury SUV to a Wheel of Fortune contestant who lost out on the prize during the bonus round due to a technicality.

A video of nurses dancing and singing “We Need a Little Christmas” during the celebrity-studded White House Christmas special is getting roasted on online. “Freaking weirdos,” one Twitter reacted. “I cannot but marvel at how out of touch this administration is,” another said.

More Americans plan to attend a religious services this Christmas after attendance waned during the coronavirus pandemic last year.

The results come after the Norwegian postal service released an annual Christmas video showing Santa Claus falling in love with another man.

Campus Reform’s Logan Dubil went to the University of Pittsburgh to ask students about whether or not the classic Christmas song “Frosty the Snowman” is inclusive enough, as the song assumes Frosty’s pronouns without taking into account that the snowman could be gender non-binary.

The governments of at least 12 countries worldwide have vowed to impose various restrictions on Christmas or New Year’s festivities in an effort to curb Chinese coronavirus transmission over the winter holiday season.

The Czech village of Poniklá has produced Christmas ornaments made by hand from blown-glass beads since the early 20th century. The practice continues to thrive today after surviving decades of communism that nationalized the Czech glass-making industry from about 1948-1989

CARACAS — Venezuelan citizens prepare themselves for another diminished Christmas in 2021. After a year full of political stagnation, sham elections, ongoing gasoline shortages, collapsed public utilities – and every other symptom of the country’s larger condition, socialism – it’s time for a moment of respite, brief as it may be.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that “Getting jabbed… not just for ourselves” but for others as well is “the teaching of Jesus Christ” in a Covid-heavy Christmas message. 

Americans are prepared to defy the challenges posed by coronavirus, crowded roads and packed airport terminals to visit their friends, family and loved ones this Christmas, statistics released Thursday confirm.

Republican congressional candidate Martin Hyde faces daily fines from his Homeowner’s Association (HOA) after installing Christmas lights that read, “Let’s Go Brandon” on his home’s balcony.

A Secret Santa had the East Idaho News team bring early Christmas presents to a young man named Kohner, who is hard of hearing and has had a tough time since the inception of the pandemic.