holidays

Dozens of rideshare drivers are refusing to pick up passengers from the Atlanta airport just days before Christmas in protest of unfair wages, leaving many holiday travelers stranded.

Christmas holiday travel is soaring in Europe as travellers defy government security warnings and admonitions to fly less in the name of saving the environment.

The Satanic Temple set up a holiday homage to the occult “deity” Baphomet in the Iowa Statehouse, drawing concerns about the “evil” display.

Donations dropped into the Salvation Army’s red kettles across two southern Indiana counties will be doubled over the next three days, thanks to two “longtime local donors.”

A petition to boycott this year’s pro-LGBTQIA2S+ Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has amassed more than 17,000 signatures since it launched.

A memo from a Wisconsin deputy city administrator discouraged employees from putting up “religious decorations” in “red and green colors” for the holidays in public buildings in order to be “inclusive.”

Students in a New Jersey school district have been barred from Halloween festivities during school hours in the name of  “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

More than half of Americans say motherhood is the “most important role for a woman to fill in today’s world,” a Rasmussen Reports poll found.

Once again, Americans rank Christmas as their favorite holiday, and half of U.S. adults plan to attend religious services this season.

Most believe Americans have forgotten the “real meaning” of Christmas, a recent Ipsos poll released ahead of the holiday found.

A majority of Americans still believe Jesus Christ — not Santa — is the reason for the Christmas season, a new poll found.

One-third said Thanksgiving has been impacted by inflation, a survey from The Economist/YouGov found.

Nearly half of U.S. consumers say they will spend less this holiday season, data from DealAid’s 2022 Holiday Shopping & Inflation report found.

A decline in dairy production is contributing to a surge in butter prices as American families prepare for the holiday baking season.

Hershey announced Thursday the company anticipates a candy shortage for Halloween due to issues with the global supply chain.

The Jewish festival of Passover begins Friday evening at sundown, marking the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago — an event that every Jew is meant to observe as if he or she had personally experienced it.

Children across the country were treated to shopping sprees with police officers on Saturday during local “Shop with a Cop” events.

A FedEx driver allegedly dumped hundreds of packages in a wooded area in Alabama, according to the Blount County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO).

Michigan has issued an indoor mask advisory for everyone over the age of two ahead of the holidays, regardless of vaccination status.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), dismissed suggestions that Dr. Anthony Fauci can give or take away permission for Americans to celebrate the holidays with their families, calling it “insane that the government thinks it can tell people how to live.”

The shortage of toys, holiday gifts, Halloween costumes, and Christmas decorations is threatening the Christmas joy from the growing supply chain shortage.

After a nearly four-hour meeting on Monday, the Randolph School Board in New Jersey reversed course and added official holidays back to the district’s calendar after replacing them with a simple “day off” label.

Randolph, New Jersey’s School Board announced that all holidays would only be referred to as days off on the official school calendar.

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) app will work as a ‘vaccine passport’ for British travellers to prove that they have been vaccinated when they go on foreign holidays, the government has confirmed.

People in England can start thinking about foreign holidays, the transport minister has said. However, there will be mandated covid tests and potentially costly quarantining on return from higher coronavirus-risk nations.

About 8,000 foreign tourists are arriving in the UK every day according to Border Force figures, as Brits are barred from going abroad.

The government is reportedly working on a “vaccine passport” in anticipation that holiday destinations like Greece will demand proof of immunity before granting entry to visitors.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) is the latest state leader to urge residents to drastically limit their holiday gatherings by spending them only with members of the same household, signing an executive order limiting indoor public events to ten.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is urging Americans not to see their loved ones for the holidays, warning that celebrations “cannot be business as usual this Christmas.”

Britons should avoid gathering around the Monopoly board, singing with family members, or hugging loved ones during the Christmas season, the government’s scientific quango has warned.

Retailers advertising big Black Friday sales do not appear to be drawing quite the same crowds traditionally seen in past years as the coronavirus continues to affect the holiday season, including the busiest shopping day of the year.

Community members in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, are showing appreciation for their local police officers in a unique way.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Tuesday called on New Yorkers to avoid traveling for the holidays, suggesting they risk bringing back the Wuhan coronavirus to the city and infecting other residents. 

Philippine Interior Secretary Eduardo Año announced on Tuesday that police would enforce a ban on Christmas and other holiday parties this year in the greater Manila area, known as Metro Manila.

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

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