Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Halloween, everyone's attention quickly turns to Christmas. Among the traditions associated with the lead-up to Christmas is ...

For many people who observe Christian traditions, Advent is a special season that begins on Dec. 1 and lasts until Dec. 24, leading up to the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth at Christmas. As 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 ...

When we focus on survival, life becomes pretty straightforward. Food, water, shelter, health, and hopefully the warm embrace of a loved one. That's what we truly need. If we are blessed to have all ...

Christmas joys are a taste of our hope of heaven. That’s an experience many of us see and even smell in these holiday weeks, with lights on the snow, mace and cardamom in certain recipes, scents in ...

JERUSALEM — In December 2023, the Advent season in Fassuta, a Melkite Christian village about nine miles from the Lebanese border, was solemn and fraught with danger. While the war raged between ...

For Christians, the season of Advent, the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, is the season of hope and anticipation. It is a glorious time, one seemingly at odds with the calendar itself because it ...

LOS ANGELES — As the season of Advent begins, many Christians turn toward quiet reflection and preparation for Christmas. But in several Southern California congregations with large immigrant ...

Advent is a peculiar season, one that might only be known by those who attend liturgical churches that closely follow the Christian calendar. Some people put up Christmas decorations and trees before ...

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