Sometimes the smallest Santa letters — printed with painstaking care by hands still learning their curves —carry the biggest ...

An Ocean City lifeguard has answered nearly 1,000 letters to Santa each year, building a beloved holiday tradition across the ...

On Christmas Eve, 1907, Mary McGann, 10 years old and living in an apartment in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York ...

I am astonished at the negative feedback floating in social media over the Knox County school board passing a resolution supporting education for all children in Tennessee in opposition to HB 0793.

On this heartwarming Christmas Eve, we refer you to a “Letter to the Editor” written in 1897 by a precious little 8-year-old girl named Virginia O’Hanlon who had this to say in her short, handwritten ...

I want to extend my congratulations to the Naples Children Foundation on the exciting launch of your new name, brand and website. Naples Children Foundation might be shorter, but the impact behind it ...

It's the time of year when we send or get the most fun mail. What is it about getting something in the mail? Sara Algoe, a professor at the University of North Carolina, researches social interactions ...

My grandson is being bullied by another little boy who says he is too fat to play with their group. At first my grandson tried to hide it, but then at night he cried and said he didn’t want to go to ...

- December 8, 2025 The holidays are upon us. (Jerry Zezima/TNS) Since I am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

In this huge attractive new selection of his letters, Updike’s appreciative readers can now pass amiably through the corridors of prose that Updike wrote to friends and family when he wasn’t writing ...

The story of one boy has turned into hundreds of stories for kids in the hospital this holiday season. Kase Curtis, a sixth ...