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Their furloughs aren’t scheduled to begin until January, but Christmas is already going to be sorrier and sadder for many members of Hawaii’s largest public workers union.
Read morepageants, carols and midnight Masses are being replaced during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic with fast-filling attendance registration forms, services on demand and efforts by an exhausted America to get creative for what’s usually one of the biggest holidays of the year.
Read morewere about to open when “Ride of the Valkyries” began to boom over the public-address system.
Read moreThe hopes of millions of Britons that Covid-19 restrictions would be eased over Christmas were dashed on Saturday, after scientists warned a new variant of the virus is spreading more quickly than others.
Read moreA LA real-life Santa’s workshop is churning out toys in Desert Hot Springs, California.
Read moreThe term advent comes from the Latin word adventus, which means “coming.” In the early Middle Ages, this term came to apply to a period of preparation for Christ’s birth, his “coming” into the world, on Christmas Day. One of the earliest traditions associated with this season was fasting.
Read moreThis story is about a young mother with three small children, her moments of desperation, and her love for her children during the weeks approaching Christmas.
Read moreChristmas 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.
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