Every year, as Christmas approaches in Owatonna, 198 flickering lights serve as testimony to lives that were cut tragically short. Community members gathered Monday at the Orphanage Museum for the ...

Community members gathered Monday at the Orphanage Museum for the customary votive lighting ceremony, honoring the children buried on the grounds of the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected ...

The First Lady and I send our warmest wishes to all Americans as we share in the joy of Christmas Day and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The story of the Christmas miracle ...

The official White House Christmas portrait is out — and it’s a formal affair. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are both wearing black and standing before Christmas trees, decor and lights ...

Whether it's a carton of milk or a gift for your cousin who has just decided to come home for Christmas, there are always last-minute items you need to make your holiday complete. Several U.S. stores ...

From department stores to grocery stores, most retailers across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours. But there’s ...

It's Christmas Week! Do you have everything you need? If that question sent a little jolt of panic through your body, let me assure you — there's still time to pick up everything you need. That said, ...

Will it be a white Christmas where you live? The best chances for a white Christmas this week in the U.S. are across the northern halves of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and the northern Great ...

Christmas Eve is almost here, but now, you can look forward to the day as another federal holiday. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, Dec. 18, making Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) ...

President Trump issued an executive order making Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 federal holidays for the current year. The order applies to federal government employees, though some may still work for national ...

Use the search bar below to see if your city is forecast to have snowy conditions on Dec. 25, 2025. If you live in the eastern half of the United States or Canada, you might have been teased. An early ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...