Why, every Christmas, do so many people endure the mess of dried pine needles, the risk of a fire hazard and impossibly tangled strings of lights? Strapping a fir tree to the hood of my car and ...

When you think of Christmas, is it more likely to conjure up images of a lulling Jesus or a laughing Santa, gift-bearing wise men or bargain-hunting shoppers, a bright star in the East or blinking ...

In a recent conversation, a church organist and teacher bemoaned the fact that Christmas seems to be losing its sacred feel. “People,” she said, “are just trying to make Christmas such a generic, ...

The Question of the Week was about Christmas and what terms should be utilized; Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas. It might help to have a background on the derivations of both phrases. To understand ...

So it’s the week before Christmas, and you’re driving home from work/school, and suddenly you notice, arrayed in front of your city hall/town square/police station, a Christmas tree/menorah/crèche ...

For most of the nation’s history, public religious displays were not controversial. But in recent decades, a growing number of citizens and civil liberties groups have sued towns, cities and states ...

America’s “War on Christmas” has been raging for over a decade, inciting controversies over nativity scenes, Christmas lights, holiday cards and even Starbucks cups. Everyone from The New York Times ...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump, escorted by the Rev. James R. Harlan, arrive for Christmas Eve service at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Fla. (Carolyn ...

(RNS) — On Mike Huckabee’s “Christmas in America” TV special, which aired on NewsMax this week, the talk show host interviews Donald Trump about the former president’s supposed Christmas miracle: ...