Growing up in Burney, Mike Vessels associated Christmas with snow and snowmen, but down in Chico there was a gap. It didn’t ...

Johannes Albl (left) and members of his family (including his brother, Markus, and his parents, Josef and Barbara Albl) pose ...

Harvey's Nativity Scene out at Centennial Park was a beloved Christmas tradition from 1953 to 1967. It's been decades, but the magic still endures for many. And thanks to a new book, it may continue.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Each Christmas season, Marybeth McCarthy’s Oakwood home becomes a quiet tour of the world, told through ...

It’s a well-known origin story: how the young and wealthy Francis of Assisi freely abandoned his noble patrimony to serve Christ’s Church as a poor, itinerant preacher. One of the world’s most beloved ...

It’s officially Christmas, which can only mean one thing: it’s time to revisit the festive films we love most - and Nativity! is always high on the rewatch list. Starring Martin Freeman, the feel-good ...

The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees Christmas as an octave, an eight-day celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The ...