Christmas News
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For the past three years Digital Journal has showcased some of the top iTunes giveaways from Apple during the 12 days following Christmas. Not this year, however, since Apple has called time on the promotion.
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Veteran country music star Glen Campbell celebrated the Christmas holiday with his family in Nashville, Tennessee, yesterday.
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Monrovia -
The Ebola epidemic has cast a dark shadow over Christmas this year in Liberia, where small businesses are especially feeling the pinch."This is the worst Christmas we have ever seen," said Isaac G. Chea, a trader. "Because of the Ebola crisis...
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Toronto -
The excitement and activities of holiday season creates a timely opportunity to review safety strategies, like the buddy system, with parents and children. Two Canadian organizations have combined efforts to offer some timely advice.
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Pope Francis on Thursday roundly condemned jihadist violence and the "brutal persecution" of religious minorities in a Christmas message to the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and millions of others.
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The NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite, has allowed NASA to identify how patterns in nighttime light intensity change during major holiday seasons.
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At this time of year many homes, workplaces, shopping malls and the like are decorated with tinsel, a sparkling type of decorative garland material. Why do we do this? Where did the tradition come from? A new video reveals all.
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Pope Francis will celebrate Christmas on Thursday by sending the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and millions of others his traditional "urbi et orbi" message at the close of a year plagued by war and religious fundamntalism.
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Pope Francis led Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican calling for "tenderness" and "warmth" after a violence-plagued year as millions of Christians began marking the holiday.
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Bethlehem -
Millions of Christians around the world began Christmas celebrations Wednesday, with worshippers in the Middle East marking the occasion after a violence-plagued year that brought suffering to many.
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Havana -
Cubans prepared Wednesday to celebrate Christmas, a resurgent holiday banned for 38 years by the communist government, with an early gift from US President Barack Obama: a historic rapprochement.
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There is something magical about lights and trees during the holiday season. Digital Journal paid a visit to London to explore some of the sights and the best bits are captured in this photo essay.
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Gaza -
A garland in hand, 11-year-old Sara decorates the family Christmas tree with her parents. But this year, the young Gazan will be spending the rest of the holiday alone.
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A new study has shown that rather than taking part in the festivities or helping with the cooking this Christmas, many will be taking to their phones to participate in an online shopping frenzy as the sales open throughout the big day.
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To close out an interesting year in science, Digital Journal brings you another round of the "science behind Christmas" features.
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At this festive time of the year, sparkling lights adorn many neighborhoods across the globe. A standard display doesn't cost a lot to run across the season but one village pub in England is spending £1000 ($1700) a week on power to keep its array alight
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Grammy-nominated a-cappella vocal group Pentatonix have announced their U.K. and European leg of their "On My Way Home" tour.
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Toronto -
Christmas songs can be two-a-penny at this time of year. However, this year one song stands out from the others: an infectious dance number from Canadian pop pioneers Lola Dutronic.
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People leaking Madonna's new music off her 13th album hasn't stopped her, as she recently, surprisingly, released six new songs off her forthcoming album, Rebel Heart.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darlene Love performed her holiday classic on "The Late Show with David Letterman" for the final time.
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I went to a Vancouver mall seeking an interview with Santa Claus last week only there were too many bleeping kids about for us to talk. But Santa told me he'd parked his sleigh up on Grouse Mountain and then invited me to join him on his hike back to it.
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Courtenay -
Like-minded musicians in Winter Harp are continuing a medieval legacy with annual pre-Christmas concerts complete with unique instruments and compelling narration.
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Toronto -
Wonder, whimsy, delight, and fantasy — The National Ballet of Canada’s annual production of 'The Nutcracker' is sheer delight. The production retains its splendor and beauty close to two decades years after making its debut.
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London -
Kew Gardens in London is holding a special event in the run-up to Christmas. Each evening the gardens are lit up along a mile-long walkway. As visitors wander through there are various entertainments, food, drink and plenty of Christmas cheer!
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I am grateful for the goodness Christmas brings and while I've advocated it come but once each four years, like the Olympics, I paradoxically wish it were Christmas every day. Because to those who celebrate it, it can have a marvelous and peaceful effect.
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San Francisco -
It looks as if California got its wish for rain as a storm hit the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday night. Rain and wind continued all day Thursday and is expected to let up by the weekend.
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Petaluma -
For many believers in the Christian message, Christmastime is something special. This is especially so for the members of Eastside Free Will Baptist Church in Petaluma. The emphasis for them is to move away from the commercialism of the holiday season.
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Christmas is a hulking thing that careens willy-nilly about and it is at once both exhilarating and completely and absolutely exhausting. It is not a picnic, not Christmas, it is one holiday that demands real effort.
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Hurricane -
One Utah family's decision to cancel Christmas gift-giving for their three children has raised eyebrows across the nation. The decision has also sparked a conversation across the Internet on the subject of parenting and entitlement.
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Sacramento -
Workers in California who work on Thanksgiving and Christmas may get a bit of financial relief if a California lawmaker has her way. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez plans to introduce a bill doubling the pay of employees who work on the two holidays.
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Houses in Ashbury, Sydney decorated for Christmas.
Trees Ontario in celebrating the spirit of the holiday season at Lowe's Toronto Christmas Market held December 2nd - 18th at the Distillery Historic District. Shane Mullins/Newz4u.net
Pitt Street Mall in Sydney outside Myer department store during the Boxing Day Sales.
Second-hand house hold electricals: fridges, TV sets, irons, washing machines.
Commercial banks at the Idi-Ape end of Iwo road
Winter Harp is on an annual pre-Christmas tour ending Dec. 21. Winter Harp
Building materials: bathtubs, kitchen sinks, floor ceramic tiles, pvc pipes etc.
Elk Grove Food Bank worker Jeff Dixon (left) and Keller Williams Realtor Samantha Cooper (right) deliver food and a Christmas gift to one of the many shut in residents.
Family searching for the perfect tree
UPS delivery man Vinny Ambrosino is seemingly rushing to deliver Christmas packages while wearing a Rudolf nose and antlers in New York With permission by Reuters / Carlo Allegri
Christmas caroling for Laney, a terminally ill girl who wished to have people sing Christmas carols outside the front of her house Screengrab / Brian jwphotography
Traffic jam at Basorun Market.
Cover for the new Lola Dutronic Christmas Disco track. Lola Dutronic
Christmas tree display in a Target store
108th annual Santa Claus Parade comes to Toronto with floats, clowns, spectacles, cheers and laughter.
Early morning buying and selling
Eben Fast Food really is an event planner. This is the season for weddings.
A spoof was made of the advert for Spain's Christmas "El Gordo" Lottery. YouTube
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