Editor’s Note: Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) wrote the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” also known as “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” in 1822. It is believed that a family friend sent a copy ...

For more than 100 years, Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley have offered accommodations for winter-weary travelers.

Associate Professor at The Hans Christian Andersen Centre, Principal Investigator of "Fairy Tales and Stories – The Digital Manuscript Edition", University of Southern Denmark Ane Grum-Schwensen ...

The mental load of the holidays can feel overwhelming, exhausting, impossible and unfair, often resting on the backs of women ...

This is the time when we are reminded that the work of Christmas now begins, carrying us into the new year and beyond.

(RNS) — A century and a half after Phillips Brooks wrote this haunting carol, there is much once again to lament, fear and grieve. (RNS) — One Sunday morning, a pastor steps up to his pulpit and — ...

Rachel Hunt's brother died of a heroin overdose in 2018. To heal, she launched Tiny Kindnesses on Instagram to share small ...

Soviet New Years, a ritual that survived the country’s dissolution, may be in danger of slipping away.

For Carlos Cervantes, it’s simple. “I want people to know me as a man of fe (faith) and alegria (joy),” Cervantes said. “And ...

The rose color is symbolic of the Latin word gaudete, which means to “rejoice.” When we go caroling at assisted living or in ...

Here, Trump is absolutely correct. But this is only part of the way immigration has factored into America’s housing crisis.

At church last Sunday, the sermon made careful distinctions between happiness and joy. Happiness is situational. Joy is not. Joy does not wait for circumstances to resolve. It does not require ...