Dec 10 Column: How to avoid overspending this holiday season By Tanja Hester When you focus on what you value most about the holidays, it’s far easier to moderate your spending, writes Tanja Hester who subscribes to a frugal lifestyle. Continue reading
Dec 26 Christmas blizzard blankets Northeast, breaking records in Pennsylvania By Molly Finnegan If snow was on your holiday wishlist, you should have been in one of these places. Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 9:58 How ‘the war on Christmas’ became a political rallying cry By PBS News Hour President Trump wrote on Twitter Monday that he was proud to have led the charge against the "assault" on the phrase "Merry Christmas." Why do some feel that there is a "war on Christmas"? William Brangham discusses how Christmas, politics… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch 4:10 Christmas is here and these military musicians are bringing good cheer By PBS News Hour The NewsHour continues a Christmas tradition by asking members of the U.S. military to sing and perform a holiday song. This year, musicians from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard present "Carol of the Bells."… Continue watching
Dec 25 Pope Francis offers Christmas blessings to children ‘wherever peace and security are threatened’ By Molly Finnegan Speaking to an estimated crowd of 50,000 from a balcony above the Vatican's St. Peter's Square, the pope called for a two-state solution in the Middle East, and an end to conflicts on the Korean Peninsula, in Myanmar, Syria, Yemen,… Continue reading
Dec 25 Trump’s busy Christmas Eve included calls to troops, talk of Santa By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s first Christmas Eve in office was a busy one that unfolded like this: tweet against perceived adversaries, cheer U.S. troops spending the holidays overseas, play golf, chat with children anxious to know when Santa will bring their… Continue reading
Dec 24 Trump sends Christmas greetings to U.S. troops abroad By Associated Press President Donald Trump is sending Christmas greetings to U.S. troops stationed around the world. Continue reading
Dec 23 Christmas earworms: the science behind our love-hate relationship with festive songs By Alexandra Lamont, The Conversation If you find yourself humming White Christmas this year don't worry ... you're not alone – and the science of earworms suggests why. Continue reading
Dec 22 Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas movie? 5 great (but debatable) holiday films By Alison Thoet What makes a holiday movie? We asked a pop-culture blogger for non-traditional holiday recommendations. Continue reading
Dec 21 The best gift ever, according to 13 writers, musicians and podcasters By Elizabeth Flock, Anne Azzi Davenport Jonathan Franzen, Renee Fleming, Ken Burns and others share the best gift they've ever received. Continue reading