Christians all over the world celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. The holiday season also includes gift-giving, music, shared meals, festive movies and so much more.

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the email about US politics for global readers. Next year will bring new strains to the transatlantic alliance, with ...

Dale Mabry Field soldiers work on their marksmanship after the Pearl Harbor attack. On December 7, 1941, the joy of the Christmas season in Tallahassee was shattered when Japanese aircraft attacked ...

WASHINGTON – Imagine how tiresome it would be to have, at Christmas, a houseguest of whom your spouse disapproves and who you have met only twice before, the first time 23 years ago (annoyingly, your ...

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined” (Isaiah 9:2). More than 80 years ago, the United States was ...

Youngsters residing at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School “cardiac cottage” in Normal received a special treat for Christmas 1941. L.N. Duryea of Glen Ellyn donated this model ...

The Christmas spirit was building in the Wildwoods as the calendar turned in 1941 from November to December. They were singing Christmas carols and decorating their homes and businesses in wreaths and ...

The Hilton Park Christmas tree, 75 feet tall and normally lit with 2,500 lights, was darkened Rationing was commonplace, reducing use of "luxuries" such as gas, soap, and makeup Store sold bestsellers ...

Set in Chicago 1941, this jazz infused version follows the tightfisted Ebenezer Scrooge as he is visited by the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. A Christmas Carol reminds us that in the ...