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Kimmel to Give 'Alternative Christmas Message' in UK

US host to denounce fascism in Channel 4 broadcast

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel is taking a little break from late-night duties in Britain this year, where he's taking on one of the country's quirkier Christmas traditions, the New York Times reports. Channel 4 announced that the American comedian will deliver its "alternative Christmas message" on Dec. 25, using...

Trump Makes Christmas Eve, Dec. 26 Federal Holidays

Move for this year gives many federal workers a 5-day Christmas weekend in 2025

(Newser) - Federal workers can look forward to an unusually long Christmas break this year. President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order giving federal employees Dec. 24 and Dec. 26 off, effectively shutting most government offices from Wednesday through Friday next week, with Christmas Day already a statutory holiday, per the...

Cops: 4 Hurt in Family's Christmas Dispute at Airport

3 people were injured by gunfire, another by a stabbing at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport, per police

(Newser) - Police are investigating a Christmas shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix that left three people injured by gunfire and another person stabbed. Phoenix police said the evening shooting happened around 9:45pm local time at an airport restaurant outside the security checkpoints in Terminal Four. An adult female and...

This Year, Christians and Jews Celebrate in Unison

The start of Hanukkah coincides with Christmas

(Newser) - Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged "all people of all nations" to find courage during this Holy Year "to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions" plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa, and Asia. The pontiff's "Urbi...

Toddler Opens All Family's Gifts at 3am: 'No Present Spared'

Hilarious X thread shows what happens when a 3-year-old has free rein under the tree

(Newser) - As a science fiction and fantasy author, Scott Reintgen is used to probing Q&As . Over the Christmas weekend, however, the North Carolina resident held an impromptu one on social media after he and his wife made a rather jolting discovery early Christmas morning. "Yall. My three year old...

Buffalo Blizzard May Be Worst in City History

Christmas storm is 'like a Category 3 hurricane with a bunch of snow mixed in'

(Newser) - The greater Buffalo region is currently doing anything but waxing poetic about a white Christmas, dreaming instead of simpler things like power and heat as the winter storm that battered the nation takes an especially brutal swing at Western New York. Buffalo, no stranger to snow, is currently enduring what...

Family Gathered to Exchange Gifts. Then Gunshots, Death

Austin Alvarez arrested on suspicion of double homicide in California

(Newser) - A Christmas Day party ended in tragedy for one California family, with a 23-year-old arrested for allegedly murdering his grandmother and his dad's girlfriend. Detectives say family members had assembled at the Reedley, Calif., home to exchange gifts when Austin Alvarez arrived. Per a press release from the Fresno...

Even More Xmas Day Tragedy for George Michael's Family

Sister Melanie Panayiotou dies at age 55 on 3-year anniversary of pop star's death

(Newser) - Christmas will never feel the same again for George Michael's family after the pop star died on that day in 2016 at the age of 53. Now, even more tragedy associated with the holiday for the Panayiotou clan: Melanie Panayiotou, the 55-year-old sister of the singer (birth name: Georgios...

What Rift? Royals All Smiles on Christmas

The family has walked their Christmas walk, no signs of discord among younger royals

(Newser) - The British dog-and-pony show known as "watching the royals walk to church on Christmas" is over, and watchers could detect no hint of a reported rift between Prince William and Prince Harry and their wives , reports People . Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle "chatted happily," the mag reports,...

Not So Silent Night in Bethlehem
Not So Silent Night
in Bethlehem
Dec 25, 2018 5:35 AM CST

Not So Silent Night in Bethlehem

Biblical city hosts largest Christmas celebration in years

(Newser) - Pilgrims from around the world flocked to Bethlehem on Monday for what was believed to be the West Bank city's largest Christmas celebrations in years. Hundreds of locals and visitors milled in Manger Square as bagpipe-playing Palestinian Scouts paraded past a giant Christmas tree. Crowds flooded the Church of...

Cops Plead for Help in Tracking Down $30K Worth of Veal

Meat was stolen in Toronto

(Newser) - Cops in Toronto are pleading with the public to help them solve a hefty Christmas Day heist. The Daily Meal reports on the theft of an "extremely large quantity" of veal, as it's worded in a police release . The meat (and the 48-foot refrigerated trailer it was being...

As Typhoon Hits, Philippines Dangle Roast Pig to Evacuees

Locals need incentive to leave over Christmas holiday

(Newser) - A powerful typhoon blew ashore in the eastern Philippines on Christmas Day as officials struggled to divert people's attention from celebrations and travel with promises of roasted pigs, reports the AP . Typhoon Nock-Ten packed maximum sustained winds of 114 miles per hour and gusts of up to 158mph—the...

Ill Queen Skips Christmas for 1st Time in Nearly 30 Years

Suffering a cold, 90-year-old monarch misses church

(Newser) - A heavy cold is keeping Queen Elizabeth II from attending the traditional Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate in rural Norfolk, England. It is extremely rare for Elizabeth to miss the service, which is a cornerstone of the royal family's Christmas celebrations and brings the monarch into...

Francis to Christians: Celebrate 'Authentically'

Emphasizes plight of children in Christmas message, especially those 'not allowed to be born'

(Newser) - Pope Francis has wished Christmas peace for people scarred by wars and those who lost loved ones to terrorism that he says is sowing "fear and death" in many cities and countries, reports the AP . Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica Sunday, Francis cited those...

Whoops: Malaysia Airlines Plane Flies the Wrong Way

Pilot noticed plane out of New Zealand was flying south instead of north

(Newser) - Searchers are still looking for the rest of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 , while the airline's Flight 17 downed in Ukraine remains the subject of a criminal investigation . Now a new incident has come to light, and it isn't likely to help the airline's reputation: A Christmas Day...

In Restive Bethlehem, an Uneasy Christmas

Fighting casts a pall on West Bank town as it celebrates signature holiday

(Newser) - Christian faithful from around the world on Thursday descended on the biblical city of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations at the traditional birthplace of Jesus, trying to lift spirits on a holiday dampened by months of Israeli-Palestinian violence. The fighting cast a pall. Crowds were thin and hotel rooms were...

Cops Deliver Christmas Baby
 Cops Deliver Christmas Baby 
Dec 26, 2014 1:00 AM CST

Cops Deliver Christmas Baby

Montreal officers bring teddy bears to newborn boy

(Newser) - A baby boy making an unexpected entry into the world early Christmas morning was delivered by two police officers in Montreal. They were flagged down by the frantic father around 3am and helped the mother deliver the 32-week, premature boy in the family car, reports the CBC . They helped them...

Francis Condemns ISIS' 'Brutal Persecution'

Derides 'contemporary Herods' with blood on their hands

(Newser) - Pope Francis focused his second Christmas address on the "so many tears" being shed on Christianity's biggest holiday, blasting in particular the "brutal persecution" being suffered at the hands of the Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. "I ask him, the savior of the world,...

Father, Son Drown in Dangerous Cave Dive

They were testing out new equipment given as a Christmas gift

(Newser) - A father and son are dead after attempting an advanced Florida cave dive using the brand new equipment the teen had received as a Christmas present, Fox News reports. Darrin Spivey and his son, Dillon Sanchez, 15, were last seen alive while suiting up for a dive down to Eagle...

Christmas Fire Kills 3 Siblings in Louisiana

10 family members, including 6 kids, escaped with minor injuries

(Newser) - It was a Christmas morning that nightmares are made of: A fire ripped through a mobile home in Louisiana in the early hours yesterday, killing three siblings and landing their parents in a hospital burn unit, WDSU reports. The fire started in the kitchen and living area where four children,...

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