Christmas - Page 17

Extremely favorable consumer sentiment level poses a challenge for Democratic presidential hopefuls who the economy is struggling.

A seven-year-old Texas boy living in a domestic violence shelter with his mother temporarily around the holidays wrote a letter to Santa, asking for something money and presents cannot buy.

A donor in Aurora, Colorado, presented a school district with a much-needed gift to help students and their families this holiday season. 

A Florida man who once spent Christmas without power is literally paying it forward by paying off the power bills for 36 families with accounts that were past due.

First Lady Melania Trump stepped out in a pair of red velvet stilettos and a 1970s-inspired coat as she and President Trump greeted the president of Guatemala and his wife to the White House on Tuesday.

Teen Vogue is recommending Christmas gifts for transgender friends that include chest binders and scar cream for post-op sex change.

President Donald Trump will not require federal employees to show up for work on Christmas Eve in 2019. The president issued the un-Scrooge-like executive order on Tuesday. 

Christian rap superstar and fashion mogul Kanye West is openly expressing his Christian faith in the holiday season and is set to bring his opera production Mary to the Lincoln Center in New York City, just three days before Christmas.

An online petition protesting a Netflix Christmas special that portrays Jesus Christ as a gay man has reached two million signatures, putting pressure on the streamer to pull the show.

A cardiologist is turning into Santa this holiday season to bring some Christmas cheer to premature babies in the neonatal unit at the Mayo Clinic Hospital.

An unnamed Melbourne suburban couple recovered wedding and engagement rings in time for the holidays thanks to the goodwill of local sanitation workers.

A U.S. Army veteran in East Peoria, Illinois, is giving back to his fellow servicemen in a unique way this Christmas season.

Christmas came early for more than 300 Baltimore families in need thanks to 250 donors who did their part to spread Christmas cheer through the spirit of giving.

A Florida mother claimed that a neighbor’s Christmas light display inspired her nonverbal daughter with autism to speak her first phrase.

First Lady Melania Trump was an angel in the White House as she and President Trump welcomed guests to one of their many Christmas parties this holiday season. 

Axios identified six House Democrats at the White House for the annual event who had voted to begin the impeachment process in October.

A generous Secret Santa paid off $20,000 in layaway accounts at an Auburn, Alabama, Walmart on Monday morning, focusing on accounts with children’s toys.

A secret Santa in Rigby, Idaho, is making the holidays a little easier this year for a widow and her teenage grandson. 

Christians don’t lop off people’s heads, which is why it is always open season on us, which is to our credit.

A mystery woman recently made the Christmas season a little easier for a single mother of three in Warrington, Pennsylvania.

The holiday season and surging consumer sentiment is not pushing up prices. Prices received by U.S. businesses were unchanged in November, indicating extremely low inflationary pressure in the economy despite very low unemployment, recent tariff hikes, and rising wages, according

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

A woman’s Christmas light display in Lenexa, Kansas, is rubbing neighbors the wrong way because of its graphic nature.

Tariffs weren’t the Grinch who stole Christmas after all. Prices of phones, computers, televisions, and toys are down while wages are up.

A homeowner in Fort Wayne, Indiana, shot at Christmas carolers who allegedly tried to kick in his door last Thursday.

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

Spoiler alert warning for Hallmark Channel’s A Christmas Love Story, starring Kristin Chenoweth. She said her new Christmas movie reflects her own life story of her birth mother giving her life and allowing her to be adopted so that she could have “the right parents.”

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro delivered his annual Christmas message on Sunday, with wife Cilia Flores declaring a “climate of union, happiness, and peace” despite widespread hunger, disease, and general societal collapse.

A poll has found that a majority of people in Germany would scale back or scrap their festive Christmas lights altogether to combat allegedly man-made climate change.

First Lady Melania Trump handed out gifts for Christmas as she visited children for the United States Marine’s annual “Toys for Tots” event in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Walmart is apologizing after it made a Christmas sweater for sale that appeared to look like Santa was doing drugs.

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

A primary school teacher in the United Kingdom came under fire last week over his decision to ban Christmas cards. The teacher argued that Christmas cards have a toxic impact on the environment.

An organization that provides funding for abortions is showcasing its Christmas theme on Facebook: “Abortions Are Magical.”

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

An elderly man in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, is making sure children in his area receive a special handmade toy for Christmas.