Bears enjoy wrestling them, meerkats use them as lookout towers, and other animals hunt for food hidden amongst their ...

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Nogales, in partnership with Child and Family Resources, stepped up to provide Christmas gifts ...

The holidays are over, Santa has come and gone, but the giving spirit remains—especially for organizations like the Philly ...

Through prayer and protest, believers struggle to interpret the promises of newly ascendant Islamist leadership.

Christian apologist G.K. Chesterton once suggested that the best way to shorten winter is to prolong Christmas. Some take ...

On behalf of the Rush City Christmas Caring Tree Program, we would like to thank all the people who took wish tags from the tree and bought gifts for 111 children this year. The Rush City Community ...

The gifts are passed around and opened in turn, one at a time. Wadded wrapping paper flies back and forth, a family duck and ...

IrishCentral Contributor Éamon Ó Caoineachán reflects on Irish poet Paddy Donoghue's debut collection "Leave Taking." ...

The first Massachusetts tree since 1959 to star as the famous Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center will be lit for the final ...

They often end up in landfills, decomposing and releasing methane, a greenhouse gas more than 25 times as powerful as carbon ...

In the past six years, the Observer’s Empty Stocking Fund has raised over $1 million, thanks to Observer readers and their ...

Traditions connect us to our roots, but do they always make us happier? Explore the psychology of tradition, its impact on ...