As we grow older, the world seems to divide more easily and, yes, more violently. Differences harden. Words become weapons.

Dec. 23 has been deemed Festivus after it was written into 'Seinfeld' nearly 30 years ago. That episode's writer tells The ...

Scrooge’s ghosts terrified him; I love mine. First, Bridget, my mother, and Aunt Emma, a child waking very early on Christmas ...

We can see with our own eyes how unmitigated ignorance, hatred and dehumanisation can turn a democratic country into a ...

I’ll share some tales below and you and your family can use the list to play a game of Christmas trivia. Let’s start with a ...

On my 11th Christmas, my parents were preparing to divorce. At the time, I didn't know that, of course, though I imagine most ...

“There’s a lot of those firsts that are happening,” Natalie Landry, 42, said as she sat in the sunroom of her Houston ranch house. Behind her, Lainey’s name, scrawled in marker, was on the family ...

Small presents and hymns offer a glimmer of holiday spirit to Gazan Christians in a devastated Gaza, where a fragile ...

Tarazi and much of the rest of Gaza’s tiny Palestinian Christian community are trying to capture some of the season’s spirit despite the destruction and uncertainty that surround them. He clings to ...

Can one good man, flamboyantly dressed, belly like Everest, fond of talking to Donner and Blitzen, sprinkle a little magic ...