Christmas looms large on the American horizon. It is so much more than a high feast day or a commemoration of the birth of Jesus for faithful Christians. It is a cultural phenomenon, engulfing ...

Christmas music is everywhere. But looking at the crowds rushing about with grim looks on their faces, you’d think their theme song is: “I’m dreaming of a blue Christmas.” But Advent pictures the ...

One of the most well-known American poets, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, penned the words to the familiar Christmas carol, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” which was adapted from his 1864 poem, ...

In a land far away but in a not-so-distant time, Zhang Jian dreams. Not the kind of dreams when you close your eyes — Jian dreams of the past. Now an old man, the once master artist of interior glass ...