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Soon after the time when John the Baptist was born, Joseph the carpenter of Nazareth had a dream.
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Richard Malone stared hard through the windshield, trying to see past the fog on the glass, past the twitch of the wipers, past the streaks of snow and into the glare of the headlights, which scraped the top of snowbanks at every twist of the road.
Read moreI finally got around to decorating my house for Christmas this past weekend. The ordinary knick-knacks got carried to the dining room table in prep for being wrapped and placed in crates as they were emptied of their Christmas content.
Read moreI’ve long thought of Christmastime as a season of mostly pleasant intrusions: thirty or so days of remembering to tend, checklist style, to the latest pressing bit of Yuletide business that comes racing back to you.
Read moreA Christmas trees are a strange tradition, if you think about it: Every December, people in regions around the world head to the nearest forest, chop down a tree, drag it into their homes, adorn it with lights, baubles, and tinsel—then unceremoniously drag it to the curb in January.
Read moreChristmas as we know it today is a Victorian invention of the 1860s. Probably the most celebrated holiday in the world, our modern Christmas is a product of hundreds of years of both secular and religious traditions from around the globe. Discover the origins of Christmas traditions from around the world, like the Yule log, caroling and how Christmas is celebrated “Down Under.”
Read moreMore Americans than ever before are now older than 65, and in just four more decades, for the first time in history, there will be more seniors in the U.S. than people younger than 18, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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