Christmas
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World
Ukrainians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas at a Holy Site Long Linked to Moscow
The mass marked a deeply symbolic moment as the head of the church that is loyal to Kyiv delivered a sermon after months of tension with the Moscow-led branch.
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Books
SZA Spends a Third Week Atop the Album Chart With ‘SOS’
Mariah Carey led an avalanche of Christmas songs on Billboard’s singles chart as holiday music lingered into the last week of 2022.
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US
Lost Presents, Abandoned Trips: Southwest Cancellations Wreak Havoc
Some passengers slept in airports, while others desperately searched for rental cars and bus tickets as the outlook remained grim.
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US
For Sibling Survivors of a Mass Shooting, Christmas Is an Act of Resolve
Charlene and James Slaugh were both wounded at Club Q. Families impacted by hundreds of mass shootings this year face a tough holiday season.
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World
In Ukraine, Christmas lights defy the darkness of war.
KYIV, Ukraine — After hundreds of missiles and drones aimed at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure left dozens of towns without Christmas lights, some cities found inventive ways to win back the holiday season with decorations — and without wasting ...
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Newyork
Having a Hard Christmas? Jesus Did Too
Among my most treasured memories is one Christmas Day when I was around 6 or 7 years old. Christmases in my childhood were fairly magical, with good food, lots of family, presents and fun. But that Christmas I was miserable. I lay in bed at my ...
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World
In Ukraine, Christmas Lights Defy Darkness of War, and Children Ask for Peace
One town is protecting a statue of St. Nick with sandbags, another is putting its Christmas tree underground and others are cranking up noisy generators to keep the holiday spirit alive.
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World
Day 25: That Time an Orthodox Jew Celebrated Christmas
The first and only time that Alex Edelman’s family celebrated Christmas, their tree was topped not by a star, but a teddy bear wearing a yarmulke. Mr. Edelman, who was 7 or 8 at the time — he doesn’t remember the exact year — was also wearing a ...
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Newyork
Why Dickens Haunts Us
WASHINGTON — I had always been a bah humbug sort of person about Christmas. It seemed like a season of stress, as my parents scrambled to find the money to buy presents for five kids and have a big feast. I didn’t like the materialism or the ...
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Books
After 40 Years of Fa-La-Laing, a New York Caroler Hands In His Bells
A onetime Macy’s elf, Tom Andolora founded a troupe that sang Christmas carols in Victorian dress. Now he is packing it in, worried about the survival of New York caroling.