Christmas

Macy’s said Santa Claus won’t be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago.

Christmas may be a ways off, but the folks at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, are announcing a new drive-through holiday light experience. “Magic of Lights” will feature LED technology and digital animations in a mile-long drive through Gillette for the first time, event organizers said in a press release Tuesday. While socially distancing inside their vehicles, guests will be…

The coronavirus has hit one part of the arts and entertainment world especially hard, and that’s performances of “The Nutcracker.”

A Bristol, Va., man decided to put his Christmas lights back up to cheer people up during the coronavirus pandemic. “If I’m driving by, it makes me excited, so imagine what a kid is going to be like if they see this popping up,” he said.

Baby, a 15-year-old cat who was adopted after being a hospice resident at a Massachusetts animal shelter, is loving life and no longer needs medication after Bjarna O’Brien welcomed her into her family.

Police have arrested a man they say stole a trailer filled with toys for needy children just one week before Christmas. According to an arrest report, 50-year-old Oscar Gomezguerra was caught on surveillance video taking the trailer from St. Kevin’s Church located in Southwest Miami-Dade. Just two days after the trailer was stolen, an anonymous caller tipped off police...

Debbie Reynolds had everything prepared to celebrate Christmas 2016 with her family when her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, suffered a heart attack aboard a flight on Dec. 23, NBC News reports. Fisher died four days later, on Dec. 27. Her mother, Reynolds, passed away the following day from a stroke. Her son, Todd Fisher, blamed heartbreak for his mother’s death. Sue Cameron,...

A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing, and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

Christmas produces a lot of joy…and garbage. Americans produce 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and Christmas, according to the EPA. Learn what should go into the recycle bin and what might be better suited for the landfill — or swapped out completely.

Now that holiday gifts have been opened, it’s time to take a moment to say thanks with a handwritten thank you note.

Reenactors will take to the Delaware River on Christmas to recreate George Washington and his troops daring 1776 crossing.

A real Grinch trying to steal Christmas at one Massachusetts fire department was stopped in time by quick-acting firefighters. The Hanover Fire Department posted photos of the “unwanted guest” at headquarters and released surveillance footage of the thief’s sly attempt to jokingly take a mini Christmas tree and gift. In the video, the green creature could be seen looking...

A Philadelphia mailman delivered more than just letters and packages when he dressed up as Santa Claus and spread Christmas cheer along his route.

Cardinal Seán O’Malley held his annual Christmas service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

The Grinch, himself, was caught trying to steal a bit of Christmas at a Hanover fire department.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley will once again host his annual Christmas mass in Boston’s South End neighborhood.

Twas the night before Christmas, only an hour to go. Were there any stores still open? Sadly, no.

Pope Francis assured the faithful on Christmas Eve that God loves everyone — “even the worst of us” — as he celebrated the joyous birth of Christ after a less-than-joyful year of scandals and opposition. With a choir singing the classic Christmas hymn “The First Noel,” Francis processed down the center aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica late Tuesday and unveiled…

If you put off shopping until now, you have just minutes left.