Data shows that about 80 percent of all toys and 90 percent of Christmas goods sold in the US are manufactured in China. Workers produce plush toys for sale to countries along the Belt and Road at ...

While children are told stories about elves and reindeer, the truth is that hundreds of thousands of people work year-round to make sure Christmas feels magical. From factory employees in China ...

Of all infidel holidays, Islamic authorities most detest Christmas, when Christians believe God became man. As historian Raymond Ibrahim has noted, these theologians, who believe that polytheism ...

On Christmas Day in 1647, a riot broke out in Canterbury, a city 60 miles southeast of London. The inciting event? Mayor William Bridge had ordered the arrest of a shop owner and attempted to clap ...

The couple and their seven kids shared scenes from their Christmas celebration, two days after the official end of the Rust criminal case Hilaria Baldwin/Instagram After a stressful year ...

Those in search of last-minute gifts or who find that they're missing a Christmas dinner ingredient may be in luck if they're located near one of the few retailers and chains that are open today.

Here’s why—and the history of its iconic symbols from Christmas trees to Santa Claus. There's no more recognizable Christmas symbol than Santa Claus—a jolly bearded man who also goes by ...

Pope Francis’ Christmas message was a plea for reconciliation, peace and care for others. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo is a reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican and ...

Last-minute errands often seem to pop up on Christmas and Christmas Eve, whether it’s buying a quick present or picking up one last ingredient. Many stores and offices are closed on the two ...

Andrew Ridgeley finds “Last Christmas” as inescapable as you do at the holidays. The Wham! star is calling via video from Central London, where “the pedicabs are playing it, so it’s a ...

Getty Images U.S. stock and bond trading will shut down early on Christmas Eve, and remain closed on Christmas. Bond trading also will end early on New Year's Eve. Both markets will be closed on ...

The title page of the first edition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Public domain via Wikimedia Commons In the preface to his novella A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens wrote that he ...