Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night; in some traditions, Christmastide includes an octave. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it.
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Pope Francis said on Sunday he will this week deliver an extraordinary "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing - normally given only at Christmas and Easter - and called for worldwide.. Reuters - Published
US-Canada border closed to non-essential trips to fight coronavirus, the Olympic flame arrives in Japan and more things to start your Friday morning.
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The Hallmark Channel is rolling out a Christmas movie marathon in order to spread some holiday cheer amid isolation and social-distancing.
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An Iowa girl spent Christmas fighting to survive after a case of the flu hospitalized her and left her blind. Now, she has regained her sight.
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Evelyn Boswell, a Tennessee toddler at the center of a new Amber Alert, was reportedly last seen the day after Christmas, authorities said this week.
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Alessandra Tarantino / AP Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen disembark from Air Force Two upon their arrival at Rome’s Ciampino airport, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Pence is scheduled to meet.. WorldNews - Published
CHENGDU, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Thomas Deshors started his "drop-in" visits to a residential community in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday after spending the Christmas vacation.. WorldNews - Published
Keepers at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago repurpose the zoo's discarded Christmas trees to give some animals a post holiday treat. (Jan. 22)
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The Moscow Zoo was given over 1,500 recycled Christmas trees from the holidays, so it gave them to its animals to play with and eat them.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It was wonderful news: Researchers reported earlier this week the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate during 2017. And President Donald Trump didn’t miss.. WorldNews - Published
It was holiday time at Hong Kong's sprawling Harbour City shopping mall, and shoppers posed for selfies next to giant presents wrapped in golden foil, while toddlers jumped into a ball pit filled with.. Reuters - Published
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan visited Canada House in London on Tuesday to thank the High Commissioner for the hospitality they received during their Christmas holiday. Reuters - Published
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, who is in the Packers Hall of Fame, banned from his kids' school after his religious followers took guns to Christmas pageant.
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Officials said the families were relocating from the East Coast when the truck with their belongings, valued at more than $100,000, was stolen in Stockton, Calif. NYTimes.com - Published
Here's the latest for Friday, January 3rd: Trump says Soleimani killed to stop a war; Ayatollah Khamenei visits Soleimani family home; McConnell has little interest in hearing witnesses in impeachment.. USATODAY.com - Published
Aston Villa lost players for nearly 500 days and Newcastle felt the force of festive fixtures, but who else now has a busy treatment room? BBC News - Published
The Helms said their oven had been snake free when they baked a ham on Christmas but plan on bringing in experts to find out how it got there.
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SAO PAULO (AP) � Heading into his second year as Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding with critics at home and abroad � an.. WorldNews - Published
Muslim women in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have been hand-crafting gifts for the approaching Orthodox Christmas as part of a project to empower a traditional community. Reuters - Published
Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in clashes.. Reuters - Published
Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in clashes.. Reuters - Published
MANILA: The number of deaths from a powerful storm that hit the Philippines on Christmas has climbed to 41, authorities said Sunday, with tens of thousands still in evacuation centres. Typhoon Phanfone.. WorldNews - Published
Police in California say McDonald's workers' Christmas Eve actions helped arrest a man who had previously abused and threatened the woman.
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Now that the ghosts of Christmas Eve 2018 are exorcised, stocks look poised to hop on Santa’s back and rally out 2019. The upward momentum continued on this low volume, post-Christmas session, which.. WorldNews - Published
If your Christmas was as wild as mine, then you too received a pair of slippers and a luggage tag. But the greatest gift of all came from Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce. The Age - Published
Andrew passed away this week (Picture: HBO) Game Of Thrones alum Andrew Dunbar sadly passed away on Christmas Eve. The extra, who was in his 30s, is said to have died suddenly in his home in East.. WorldNews - Published
Attach Main Entertaiment Image: prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-were-denied-reservation-at-a-canadian-restaurant-for-this-reason.jpg Prince Harry and Meghan Markle broke royal tradition and decided to.. WorldNews - Published
Donald Trump and first lady Melania spent Christmas in Palm Beach, the same city where John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy spent their last Christmas.
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