The Official Hometown of Santa Claus Rovaniemi, nestled in the heart of the Arctic Circle, proudly holds the title as Santa ...

Michael Leunig, one of Australia’s most loved cartoonists for more than half a century, is farewelled at Melbourne’s St ...

A lustrous scion of fin-de-siècle Vienna, she was born Alma Maria Schindler, the daughter of the operetta singer Anna Bergen ...

Around Thanksgiving, I sent out cards with Emily Dickinson’s “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” poem, which reads ... me a bit to embrace the spirit of Christmas. I jumped into mailing ...

Tomorrow, we go back to “ordinary time.” The Christmas decorations will be dismantled, but Christmas, the spirit of Christmas, should not end. Just as Jesus was initiated in His mission with His ...

Hope is crucial for those of us with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or any cancer, helping us navigate the disease's ...

In an age of ideological conformity and technological brain-suck, the world needs more disobedient artists and thinkers.

Some fear we’ll be buried in brimstone; others expect to be extinguished by A.I. But is there comfort to be found in our ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol ... Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit-----Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation ...

I received in the mail a CD from Germany. Titled “Transfigured Tchaikovsky,” the recording features 16 piano transcriptions ...

Officials in the Ministry of Creative Industries commended all participants for maintaining the Christmas spirit and contributing to the island’s festive atmosphere. Winners who were present at ...

The Tasmanian government expects advice by the end of the month on whether its new Spirit of Tasmania ferry ... had resumed following a shutdown over Christmas. "Pile work is nearing completion ...