The Advent season is about preparing our hearts, minds and souls to welcome the birth of the King of Kings. It is those magical and mystical weeks after Thanksgiving that lead to Christmas — and as ...

Christmas is believed to have first been celebrated in 336 AD by the Romans, but it did not become a widespread Christian festival until the ninth century. It is held on December 25 each year to mark ...

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The story of Jesus Christ’s birth is one of the most well-known in the world, but few have heard it from the perspective of a piece of hay in the manger. “Herbie the Hay” was written by Catt B.

Christmas is the most magical time of the year, fondly looked forward to as an opportunity to reconnect with family and friends. But Christmas is, of course, most strongly linked with religion, with ...

Why did God have to send his Son to be born of the Virgin Mary, to a carpenter named Joseph, in a manger, in a city where the poor like Mary and Joseph could not afford a decent hospital for the child ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It's Christmas, a day to be with friends and family and remember the true meaning of the holiday. With that in mind, as we do every year, we thought a proper way to mark the occasion ...

There are a number of readings that you might hear today, but there is a common theme in all of them: God’s plans defy human expectations. In Jesus’ time people were awaiting the Messiah, but they had ...

This story appears in the Christmas 2015 feature series. View the full series. Pope Francis deliver his Christmas blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at the Vatican Dec. 25. (CNS/Paul ...

On the surface level, Jesus Christ and Dionysus are probably the last divine figures you would compare, as they seem ...