Christmas Archives

Tech & Science

This holiday season, a new malware comes a-calling

The Christmas-themed SantaStealer is just the tip of the iceberg...

Dr. Tim SandleJanuary 2, 2026

Burberry is in the midst of a turnaround plan aimed at boosting sales and cutting costs as the global luxury sector struggles with weak consumer demand and the impact of US tariffs

Life

Cost of the Holidays: Is it easier for Londoners?

In the run-up to festivals such as Christmas and Hanukkah, habits change. Households spend on average 29% more than in a typical month.

Dr. Tim SandleDecember 28, 2025

Christmas Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes

Entertainment

Review: ‘Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes’ celebrates its 100th anniversary at Radio City Music Hall

The 2025 “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes” is being performed at the iconic Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Markos PapadatosDecember 27, 2025

Britain's King Charles III recorded his Christmas message in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey in central London

World

King Charles calls for ‘reconciliation’ in Christmas speech

Britain's King Charles III called for "compassion and reconciliation" at a time of "division" across the world in his Christmas Day message Thursday.

AFPDecember 25, 2025

Christmas Eve mass at the ancient rock church brings together Antakya's scattered Christian minority

World

Last Christians gather in ruins of Turkey’s quake-hit Antakya

Saint Peter’s, one of the world’s oldest rock churches, is a sacred rallying point for the isolated Christians still left in quake-hit Antakya in...

AFPDecember 25, 2025

Indonesia's Sumatra islands was hard-hit by floods and landslides this month

World

‘Starting anew’: Indonesians in disaster-struck Sumatra hold Christmas mass

At a church in Sumatra, dozens of worshippers sang hymns at a Christmas mass, gathered together for their first service since deadly floods swept the...

AFPDecember 25, 2025

Christian scouts march during Christmas eve celebrations at the Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

World

Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war

Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday, as the Palestinian city emerged from the shadow of the war in Gaza...

AFPDecember 24, 2025

Syria's Christian community is believed to have shrunk from one million in 2011, when the war began, to around 300,000 today, with many seeking refuge abroad

World

Festive lights, security tight for Christmas in Damascus

Christmas lights illuminate Damascus’s Old City while government forces patrol its shadows as security fears haunt Syria’s Christian community. They recall the shooting and...

AFPDecember 24, 2025