Christmas

At Bonton Farms in south Dallas, old Christmas tree branches become animal feed, and another nonprofit turns what's left into walking canes.

Only a hundred or so people attended the service, and they wore masks and socially distanced. The Mass began two hours early so all could make it home before Italy's virus curfew.

The Dallas Arboretum opened two large-scale holiday exhibits that run through December 31.

Many who stayed home during Thanksgiving to keep safe already experienced the restfulness of opting out of holiday madness, said Maryanna Klatt, a professor of clinical family medicine at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and a facilitator of mindfulness classes.

First responders and frontline workers being challenged by the deadly coronavirus pandemic are highlighted in White House Christmas decorations that also give a special nod to Melania Trump's redesigned Rose Garden.

Many holiday activities are on hold thanks to surging COVID-19 cases — but some seasonal attractions are determined to adapt to the pandemic era.

Health experts worry that an influx in traveling and mingling over Thanksgiving and into the December holidays could exacerbate an already dangerous situation as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising across Texas.

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It's not fair that Christmas "becomes this embodiment where we as a people project all of this expectation and hope on this one day," says songwriter Kirby Brown. So he wrote a song about it.

The end of the year is a traditional time for gift-giving — lots of gift-giving. Americans typically spend between $800 and $1,000 on holiday gifts ....

Programmers have banned the song after fielding listener complaints that the song is offensive, only to face a backlash against that decision.