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Celebrating a white Christmas on Wachusett Mountain
Everyone is in the holiday spirit and expecting a great ski season ahead.
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Christmas Day: The forecast looks good for travel, rest, visiting and more
With 4 inches of snow on the ground at Boston Logan, we can officially call this a white Christmas. And the forecast looks good for traveling, resting, enjoying and visiting.
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Cities worldwide hold subdued Christmas Eve celebrations amid conflicts
Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza.
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Hundreds attend Mass on Christmas Eve at Boston church
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston was packed for Christmas Eve Mass Tuesday.
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Christmastime giving in Boston: 1,000 gifts, 1,000 hot meals
The holidays are a time of giving, and two events on Christmas Eve in Boston aimed to provide for hundred of people at a time. Hundreds of children from across the city got to check a few items off their wish list Tuesday at the annual Menino Family Toy Drive, which gives out more than 1,000 gifts to over 400...
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Travelers hit the road on Christmas Eve
Many traveled on Christmas Eve as they planned to reunite with loved ones for the holidays. Some of those plans got disrupted early Tuesday morning by snowy wintery weather. “This morning, it was bad, so it delayed my travel,” said Arthur Dunn, who was driving from Worcester to Boston. Dunn had been putting off holiday shopping until Tuesday. “Everything is...
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Is this a white Christmas in Boston or not? It depends
There’s different ways to interpret how snow turns Dec. 25 into a white Christmas — meaning there’s different years for the last white Christmas in Boston, ranging from 2009 to 2019. Meteorologist Pete Bouchard explains. ...
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Boston's annual Menino Toy Drive giving out over 1,000 gifts for Christmas 2024
Kids from all across Boston got Christmas gifts one day early thanks to the Menino Toy Drive — we saw a lot of happy faces at the wholesome event.
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How NFL teams fared on Christmases past
Christmas Day 2024 will feature four NFL teams — take a look at how these teams have fared in Christmas games past.
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The best NBA Christmas Day performances of all-time
The NBA on Christmas Day has brought out some of the best ever on-court performances from triple-doubles to monster scoring.
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The origin of NORAD's Santa tracker
Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the globe, delivering presents and defying time. Here’s how the tradition began.
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WATCH LIVE: Where is Santa now? NORAD is tracking him around the globe
Now in its 69th year, the holiday tradition lets children watch or call in to get updates on Santa Claus as he makes his way around the globe.
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All about the ‘Tom Cruise cake': Who gets it and how to order it
The white chocolate coconut cake from Doan’s Bakery is the talk of Tinseltown every year around the holidays.
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A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know
The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years.
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Santa Claus joins sharks for a holiday swim at a Rio de Janeiro aquarium
Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro — under water. Starting on Saturday, he’ll be spotted at AquaRio Marine Aquarium swimming with sharks during their daily fish feeding sessions as part of the city’s Christmas festivities.
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Santa's little helpers in Bridgewater handing out presents to children in need
A couple from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, have again taken on the roles of Santa’s little helpers this Christmas, handing out hundreds of presents to economically disadvantaged children. Their holiday deeds began when Stephanie and Mark Sabourin bought a decorative holiday mailbox from Lowes last year, which people began filling with letters to Santa. “What we didn’t expect was that people would...
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Brockton holiday event for kids in need canceled over finances
A holiday event serving homeless children in Brockton, Massachusetts, has been canceled due to financial challenges, school committee members say. Over the years, Brockton’s Dinner for Champions grew so much that it moved from Brockton High School in 2018 to Lombardo’s Event Center in 2022 — and to Gillette Stadium last year. “It started off with 100 families and it...
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The truth behind Santa Claus, as seen by grown-ups: To tell or not to tell?
It’s that time of year filled with Christmas cheer, presents, and the ever-present parental question: Do we tell the kids the truth about Santa Claus?
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A guide to an NFL Christmas 2024 featuring Beyoncé
Who, when and where to watch. Here’s everything you need to know about the NFL slate on Christmas Day.
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What's a reasonable number of gifts to give a child for the holidays? One expert says as few as possible
We love spoiling our kids, but how much is too much? Dr. Gene Beresin, director of the Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Mass General Hospital, says there’s always pressure to buy more, and that’s a problem. He says giving as few as possible gifts that are meaningful is the answer.