holidays

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

A FedEx driver allegedly dumped hundreds of packages in a wooded area in Alabama, according to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO).

Michigan has issued an indoor mask advisory for everyone over the age of two ahead of the holidays, regardless of vaccination status.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), dismissed suggestions that Dr. Anthony Fauci can give or take away permission for Americans to celebrate the holidays with their families, calling it “insane that the government thinks it can tell people how to live.”

The shortage of toys, holiday gifts, Halloween costumes, and Christmas decorations is threatening the Christmas joy from the growing supply chain shortage.

After a nearly four-hour meeting on Monday, the Randolph School Board in New Jersey reversed course and added official holidays back to the district’s calendar after replacing them with a simple “day off” label.

Randolph, New Jersey’s School Board announced that all holidays would only be referred to as days off on the official school calendar.

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) app will work as a ‘vaccine passport’ for British travellers to prove that they have been vaccinated when they go on foreign holidays, the government has confirmed.

People in England can start thinking about foreign holidays, the transport minister has said. However, there will be mandated covid tests and potentially costly quarantining on return from higher coronavirus-risk nations.

About 8,000 foreign tourists are arriving in the UK every day according to Border Force figures, as Brits are barred from going abroad.

The government is reportedly working on a “vaccine passport” in anticipation that holiday destinations like Greece will demand proof of immunity before granting entry to visitors.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) is the latest state leader to urge residents to drastically limit their holiday gatherings by spending them only with members of the same household, signing an executive order limiting indoor public events to ten.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is urging Americans not to see their loved ones for the holidays, warning that celebrations “cannot be business as usual this Christmas.”

Britons should avoid gathering around the Monopoly board, singing with family members, or hugging loved ones during the Christmas season, the government’s scientific quango has warned.

Retailers advertising big Black Friday sales do not appear to be drawing quite the same crowds traditionally seen in past years as the coronavirus continues to affect the holiday season, including the busiest shopping day of the year.

Community members in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, are showing appreciation for their local police officers in a unique way.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Tuesday called on New Yorkers to avoid traveling for the holidays, suggesting they risk bringing back the Wuhan coronavirus to the city and infecting other residents. 

Philippine Interior Secretary Eduardo Año announced on Tuesday that police would enforce a ban on Christmas and other holiday parties this year in the greater Manila area, known as Metro Manila.

Hundreds of rescue pets found new homes last week after an animal shelter in Hazard, Kentucky, asked for community help.

Employees of a Baltimore, Maryland, real estate firm got a surprise bonus for Christmas this year.

An anonymous donor couple in Big Lake, Minnesota, is making sure their neighbors enjoy the Christmas season this year.

A businessman in Cary, North Carolina, recently made it his mission to ensure service members spent the holidays with their families this year. 

Environmentalists slam Thanksgiving and Christmas tradititons, including holiday travel and meals they claim are worsening climate change.

Laura Landerman-Garber has transformed a family tradition into a project that will ship 100,000 cards this holiday season.

With the holiday season only weeks away, online retailer Amazon and its oft time shipping partner UPS have announced new job fairs to hire 130,000 seasonal employees.

The quintessential American holiday bookends are Memorial Day, kicking off the summer, and Labor Day, marking the back-to-work and school season.

A Syrian refugee living in Germany complained on social media about not being able to go on holiday to Syria because he had “something important” to do.

The organization is instructing parents that suggesting to a child that she give a thank-you hug to a relative for a gift may plant the seed that she owes sexual favors later on in her life when someone takes her to dinner.

“Why are we having holiday parties at all?” complained Weiner to Gayle King on Monday morning. “Wouldn’t you rather have an extra $100 in your paycheck than have to put on the Spanx, put on the heels, be social with the guy with, like, the stale coffee breath who’s looking at your backside every time you go to the copier. You know how that is.”

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wished Jews a “Happy Hanukkah” on Sunday, just before families and communities gathered to light the first candle of the eight-night holiday.

President Trump praised the men and women of the American armed forces who are overseas during the Christmas season, expressing that “every American heart is thankful” for their service to the nation.

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis began a pre-holiday tour of military bases at the American Navy facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, offering holiday cheer to the troops tasked with operating the jihadi prison on the island and urging them to be ready for war.

The Commerce Department said Thursday that retail sales rose by more than expected in November and October sales were revised up.

First Lady Melania Trump dazzled in a winter wonderland ensemble by Max Mara and Hervé Pierre as she made a pre-Christmas visit Thursday to Children’s National Hospital.

A humanist, atheist organization is demanding that a local Texas courthouse remove a Christmas nativity scene display, saying it unconstitutionally endorses Christianity. The organization claims the nativity was bought with taxpayer dollars and clearly endorses the Christian faith.

GRANT PARISH, Louisiana – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is attacking a public Christmas display, this time targeting a small, Louisiana town’s nativity scene.

The Indonesian city of Banda Aceh has banned celebrations of Valentine’s Day this weekend, arguing the holiday violates Islamic law.

After reporting severely disappointing holiday sales figures, Macy’s is undertaking a plan to close dozens of stores and fire more than 4,800 workers.

Long Island’s Roosevelt Field Mall and Charlotte’s SouthPark Mall decided to use glacier decorations for their Santa pictures instead of typical Christmas items in order not to offend anyone.