St Aloysius Catholic Church in Hickory, NC is selling Christmas trees and wreaths on the weekends of December 2008 to support the youth on their 2009 mission trip.

It's that time of year. Yes, besides the sales and crowds at the malls, there are the familiar Salvation Army bell ringers, clanging their bells to get people to donations. Except perhaps at Valley Mall in Hagerstown, MD, where mall vendors complained about that the bells were too loud.

Believe it or not, Christmas is just around the corner which means the time for gift shopping is almost upon us! Nintendo makes picking the right gift easy with its new Nintendo DS Lite bundles, set to ensure the entire family is suitably entertained over the festive season.

Armenians in their homeland and around the world lit candles and attended church services to mark the festival of the Holy Nativity of Christ, or Christmas, on Sunday, January 6.

Parents’ uneasiness about Chinese lead recalls may have affected week before Christmas sales --- But many US consumers still unaware about where toys are made.

A day of communal rallies and demonstrations in the Kandhamal district,Orissa India that experience two simultaneous bandhs called by two different organisations. The tribals owing allegiance to Kui Samaj had earlier given the call for a 36 hour bandh starting from Christmas morning.

Thousands of pilgrims joined local Palestinians in celebrating Christmas Eve in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. As Robert Berger reports for VOA from Bethlehem, the observances were more cheerful than in previous years.

A group of leading Muslim scholars has sent holiday greetings to Christians worldwide.

Dear Brothers and Sisters - “The time came for Mary to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn” (Lk 2:6f.). These words touch our hearts every time we hear them. This was the moment that the angel had foretold at Nazareth: “you will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High” (Lk 1:31).

Since the moment I wok up today (Christmas Eve) I have had my daughter talking non-stop about how excited she is that it's Christmas day in the morning. Norad Santa Tracker was certainly in her mind.

As Christmas is rapidly approaching, Swedes are wondering what Italy has against a major Swedish holiday treat.