Christmas News

Award-winning Christian singer-songwriter Francesca Battistelli released her "Christmas" album via her label, Fervent Records.

Today is Cyber Monday, another industry-created day of hot deals. However, I have no plans to point my browser to retailers and let my mouse do the shopping.

Hull - Where the US goes the UK often follows. This is especially true of negatives. If the US has extreme weather we usually experience similar a few days later. If violent crime increases across the Pond likewise in the UK. Then there is shopping madness.

Decorating the Christmas tree is an activity enjoyed by the whole family, and in Virginia and other parts of the South, tradition holds that on Christmas Eve, Mom or Dad will add one last ornament, the Christmas pickle, to the tree before going to bed.

Edmonton - Christmas decorations have started to appear throughout the city of Edmonton since even before Halloween. In the McCauley neighbourhood, public streets now have bright decorations thanks to revitalization efforts.

It happened: That moment where the timing of today's date (Dec. 1) caught me completely off guard. It's December and like so many who can relate, I'm already feeling the time crunch, with Christmas only a few weeks away.

San Francisco - "Food Glorious Food!" That is one of the songs from the Broadway musical "Oliver" and according to historians that is very appropriate because Victorians were "foodies," especially Charles Dickens.

Hanover - A 62-year-old man who was working at a Massachusetts mall was arrested after allegedly pinching the rear end of an 18-year-old woman who was working as an elf.

McDonald's is advising its poverty-wage employees to break their food into smaller pieces in order to feel more full and to sell Christmas presents for sorely needed extra cash.

The holiday season just got a little more twang added to the festivities with the announcement that singer Kelly Clarkson will host an NBC Christmas variety show in December.