Santa Claus, toy commercials and holiday specials can muscle out the real meaning of the season for the youngsters. But there is help to get the kids focused on Jesus for the real meaning of the ...

In the last few decades, that knowledge has taken a back seat to the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and Santa Claus. Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of ...

Jesus’s birth was a silent night, when all was calm and all was bright, but there was a context to the Christmas story critical to understanding the lesson of Christmas. This context gives insight ...

This holiday season, read and share religious Christmas quotes that celebrate the true meaning of the holiday Religious Christmas quotes that remind us of the reason for the season Christmas brings so ...

I don’t care how many people judge me or criticize me for celebrating Christmas. I’m celebrating Jesus. I’m celebrating His birthday, and I’m not letting anyone take that joy from me. I know some ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Christmas is believed to have first been celebrated in 336 AD by the ...

On Christmas Eve, Ukrainian families create a living Nativity scene by spreading straw across the floor and placing hay beneath the dinner tablecloth. “This gesture connects the birth of Jesus to the ...

A few people gather outside St. Peter's Square during the Christmas Eve Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Vatican December. 24. The Mass was not open to the general public and began at 7:30 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV, front left, prays in front of a nativity scene set in the Paul VI Hall during an audience with donors of the Christmas tree and of the nativity scenes, at the Vatican Monday, Dec. 15, ...

The Trump White House marked Christmas with a formal message that celebrated “the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” extending a week of overtly religious holiday communications from federal ...