Tips to Avoid Family Holiday Drama

In today's highly politicized media climate, various opinions surround several ongoing conflicts. These conflicts include the ongoing war in the Middle ...

25% Of Americans Have Holiday Debt from Last Year

For some shoppers, the upcoming holiday season may lead to piling on more debt. About 25% of Americans are still paying off holiday debt from 2022, according ...

The Elf on the Shelf Now Has a Santa Cam

Todd Brewer writes in an edition of Mockingbird:

Happy Holidays! Happy Advent! Happy Elf on the Shelf? Ha, there’s nothing happy about that Elf reporting ...

Christmas Spirit Enfolds Tourists During Blizzard

Traveling from Niagara Falls to Washington D.C., a tour group of 10 South Koreans got stuck driving in a blizzard near Buffalo. Two of the group went ...

Man Supports Neighbor with Christmas Lights

It started in November with a single string of Christmas lights on a Baltimore County street. Kim Morton was home watching a movie with her daughter when ...

Big Sandwich Night: One Family's Tradition

When I was a child, my dad made up a fake holiday called Big Sandwich Night the weekend after Thanksgiving. On that night we got the longest bread we ...

Most People Prefer ‘Merry Christmas’

Debates about acceptable holiday greetings occasionally roil American retail stores and cable news shows. But when it comes to cards, most people prefer ...

All I Want for Christmas Is a Song that Mentions Jesus

Jesus is the reason for the season. But he doesn’t show up much in the top Christmas songs played on Spotify. According to October 2021 data from ...

No One Took Christ Out of Christmas

In a recent issue of CT magazine Tim Larson reflects on Christ in Christmas:

Some of us are worried about others experiencing doubts: children, siblings, ...

The Sale that Stole Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving tells of survival against imponderably difficult odds and the celebration of Native Americans and English settlers alike around ...