Most of the time, Advent calendars involve opening a little cardboard window and devouring a piece of candy in one quick bite. And that's great but it's also fun when there's a longer interactive ...

It’s hard to wait for the holidays to arrive — especially when you’re a kid. But Advent calendars can be a fun way to count down as a family, while sprinkling in small bits of whimsy along the way. In ...

In our advice column, “Ask the Strategist,” we take your most burning shopping questions and survey friends, call up experts, and draw on our own personal experience to answer them. If you have an ...

Hang a stocking for Jesus. Fill it with notes and prayer intentions during Advent. You can pray for those intentions in the stockings every night. Make a manger. Use pieces of straw or cut them out to ...