More than 90 percent of the U.N. recognized 195 countries of the world recognize Christmas as a public holiday in honor of the birth of Christ. The earliest evidence reaches back to c. AD 200, where ...

Millions of Americans go to church on Christmas Eve. They crowd shoulder-to-shoulder in pews to sing “Silent Night” and light candles and listen to soloists belt out “O Holy Night.” More than a few ...

The Middle Collegiate Church, a centuries-old space in New York City's East Village, will hold its first in-person Christmas Eve service after a six-alarm fire destroyed the building in 2020. Founded ...

With their family scattered and friends busy, David and Shari Landis were facing a quiet Christmas at home alone. They are fine with that, they said, but it just wasn’t what they wanted this year. The ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Packing Kyiv’s 1,000-year-old Lavra Cathedral for Orthodox Christmas, hundreds of worshipers heard the service in that church in the Ukrainian language for the first time in decades, a ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated with information about additional church services of remembrance. Not every holiday season is joyful for everyone. If you’re facing this holiday season ...