Ash Wednesday can take place anywhere from Feb. 4 through March 10, and this year, it falls on the earlier side.

The White House remarked that Christmas will continue to be a holiday for Christians “celebrating the birth of their Savior” after a Washington Post article criticized the Trump administration’s ...

I will be saying 'Merry Christmas.' Deal with it. Re "Get over yourself and say 'happy holidays,'" Dec. 24: Columnist Pamela Hilliard Owens could not be more wrong when she mentions that we should say ...

While many people used the federal holiday to rest, more than 200 volunteers spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day giving back to ...

After Communist leaders suppressed religious holidays, Dec. 31 became a catchall secular holiday — with a New Year’s tree, a blue-robed Santa Claus and giant, colorful parties.

Thursday afternoon, staff and volunteers at Christian Services hosted a winter coat giveaway. Coats, jackets, blankets, socks ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is this Monday, Jan. 19. How did it become a federal holiday and who gets the day off? Here's what ...

Every year in late December, my childhood home transformed into a vision of American bliss. We’d gather to ornament a tree, drape string lights around the house, and sit down to an elaborate feast.

According to a government decree, the New Year holidays in 2025–2026 will last 12 days — from Wednesday, December 31, 2025, to Sunday, January 11, 2026 TASS-FACTBOX. On December 31, 2025, Russia ...

The federal government has formally released the list of public and optional holidays for 2026, with the Cabinet Division issuing a comprehensive notification covering national days, religious ...

SANTEE — Saint Francis Preparatory School’s girls basketball team from Queens squeezed in as much as it could during a five-day post-Christmas trip to San Diego. The Terriers hung at the zoo for five ...