holidays
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Faith
Celebrating the Stars and Their Maker on Māori Ne…
The appearance of the Matariki star cluster (also known as Pleiades) in the New Zealand sky just before sunrise in…
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Life Style
Easter 2024: What stores are open
Get your pastel-colored eggs and pricey chocolates ready — Easter is here. While many Americans will be celebrating the resurrection…
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Faith
How the Gaucho Stole Easter in Uruguay
This week, millions of Latin Americans are attending worship services observing Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday.…
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Life Style
My sons have both isolated themselves from our family, I don’t know what I did
DEAR ABBY: Eight years ago, my oldest son, a police officer, quit talking to us. We had no fights, no…
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Faith
Family, Dumplings, and Jesus? Christians Navigate Mongolian New Year
Before college students travel home to celebrate Tsagaan Sar, Mongolia’s Lunar New Year, Dagdansengee Delgersaikhan, the general secretary of the…
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Business
US retail sales rose 3.1% this season — down from 7.6% last year
Inflation-battered shoppers cut back on their holiday spending this year — opening their wallets mainly for “big deals,” according to…
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Business
Ozempic, Wegovy and other weight loss drugs present holiday challenges
Celebrating the winter holidays for many means buying presents, arranging travel and planning hefty menus for meals with loved ones. However, this…
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Life Style
Four sisters gave birth within four months of each other, now they’re celebrating their babies first holiday season
The Thiem household is much busier this holiday season than it was last year thanks to four new additions. Thiem…
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Life Style
Texas community mistakes Christmas light show for UFOs
His Christmas spirit is out of this world. A Texas man routinely draws a crowd of onlookers to his home’s…
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