Results for
christmas
197 Results-
Australia’s Sydney eases coronavirus restrictions for Christmas
Sydney on Wednesday eased lockdown restrictions for Christmas after Australia’s largest city reported a second day of new coronavirus cases in the ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: See each other by video call this Christmas, Merkel tells Germans
Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Saturday to avoid visiting family members over Christmas and to use video calls instead for greetings, the ... Coronavirus -
Trained American Santas hit Jerusalem for Orthodox Christmas
Dozens of Santa Clauses turned heads in Jerusalem on Sunday, catching a ride on a sightseeing tram and parading in its walled Old City in a visit to ... Variety -
Muslim women spread Christmas cheer in Gaza
Muslim women in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have been hand-crafting gifts for the approaching Orthodox Christmas as part of a project to empower a ... Features -
Palestinians in Bethlehem spread Christmas cheer with tradition, music, prayer
Hundreds of people gathered in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas in the city believed to be holy by Christians, Muslims and Jews alike. The ... Features -
Trumps wish Americans ‘Merry Christmas’ as they mark holiday
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are wishing Americans a Merry Christmas as they celebrate the holiday with their family in Florida ... Variety -
‘We're all family now’: Protesters gather for free Christmas dinner in Hong Kong
Hundreds of anti-government protesters and their supporters gathered outside a tiny restaurant in Hong Kong for an unconventional Christmas dinner, ... Variety -
Pope defends migrants, calls for peace in Christmas message
Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the “darkness in human hearts” that leads to religious persecution, ... World News -
Thousands mark Christmas in West Bank town of Bethlehem
Thousands of Christian pilgrims on Tuesday flocked to the West Bank town of Bethlehem, celebrating Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of ... Middle East -
Notre-Dame misses Christmas mass for first time since 1803
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was unable to hold Christmas Eve Mass for the first time in more than 200 years -- after a fire ravaged its structure in ... Variety -
Thousands of Christians celebrate Christmas in the Arab world
Thousands of Christians were seen celebrating Christmas across the Arab world. Some flocked to churches at the dead of midnight, while others carried ... News -
Trumps attend music-filled church service on Christmas Eve
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended a music-filled Christmas Eve service at Family Church in West Palm Beach, Florida. Pastor ... World News -
Trump’s Christmas Eve admission: No gift yet for Melania
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had not yet bought a Christmas present for the first lady, just a day before the holiday that could ... Variety -
In the face of adversity, Holy Land Christians unite for Christmas
Threatened with extinction and political conflict, Christians in the Holy Land are using Christmas as an opportunity to promote unity among their ... Features -
Israel reverses ban, Gaza Christians can visit Christmas sites
Christians in the Gaza Strip will be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas, Israel authorities said on Sunday, ... Middle East -
Carols and bells in Bethlehem as Christmas draws near
Christmas cheer rang out through Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Monday as pilgrims and worshippers flocked to the city revered as Jesus’s ... Variety -
Macron calls for Christmas truce in French pension strikes
French President Emmanuel Macron called on transport unions to suspend strikes over pension reform during the Christmas holidays to avoid travel ... World News -
Christmas in Lebanon not so merry as economic crisis bites
Rafi Tabakian’s clothing store in a Beirut suburb is usually buzzing with customers during the holiday season, but with Lebanon’s economy ... Business -
Berlin police give all-clear after closing Christmas market
Berlin police gave the all-clear on Saturday after earlier evacuating a Christmas market that was the scene of a fatal attack three years ago to ... World News -
Pope denounces ‘rigidity’ as he warns of Christian decline
Pope Francis warned Saturday that “rigidity” in living out the Christian faith is creating a “minefield” of hatred and ... World News -
Venezuela Christmas decorations light up anger over blackouts
Venezuela’s government has sparked a holiday controversy by hanging Christmas lights in major cities, decorations that many say have no place in ... World News -
Spontaneous protest hounds former Lebanese PM from concert
Outraged concert-goers shouting “revolution, revolution” hounded former Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora from a Christmas concert at ... Variety -
People dressed as Santa in Glasgow take part in charity run
The streets of Glasgow’s city Centre were painted red on Sunday with thousands of runners dressed as Santa Claus.The runners took part in an ... Variety -
Christmas gifts delivered to the ISS
SpaceX made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing muscle-bound “mighty mice,” pest-killing ... Variety -
Iraqi Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with protests
The head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church announced on Tuesday that the community would not hold public celebrations of Christmas out of ... Middle East -
Hundreds gather for Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Bethlehem
Hundreds of people packed Bethlehem’s main square on Saturday for the annual Christmas tree lighting. The event took place in Manger Square, ... Art and culture -
Wooden relic of Jesus manger on pre-Christmas display in Jerusalem
A fragment of wood reputed to be from the manger where Jesus was laid after his humble birth went on display in Jerusalem on Friday, ahead of its ... Variety -
Fragment of Jesus manger arrives in Bethlehem
A wooden fragment believed to be from the manger of Jesus arrived in his birthplace of Bethlehem on Saturday amid great ceremony after more than 1,300 ... Variety -
Egypt beefs up security around churches ahead of Coptic Christmas
Egyptian security forces reinforced their presence around churches in the capital and surrounding cities, in preparation of the Coptic Christmas ... Middle East -
Orthodox worshippers mark Christmas in Bethlehem
Hundreds of Orthodox Christians began marking Christmas in Bethlehem Sunday, as protesters demonstrated against the sale of church land to ... Features