From scavenging gifts for college roommates to mailing Christmas cheer to loved ones, sometimes the sweetest holiday memories are the simplest.

Mashable / Images: Shutterstock Some people get in the mood for the holidays by decorating a tree, baking cookies, or venturing out to look at houses draped in thousands of string lights. Others just ...

A Christmas Story is in many ways the perfect movie to watch on Christmas Day. It's warm and nostalgic, wacky and playful, ...

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This Kansas City neighborhood east of downtown had a reputation for crime and blight. But a broad effort to improve the local ...

Plan a festive road trip with Illinois cities known for Christmas light shows, where twinkling displays and family-friendly ...

On a recent December day, Mark Latino and a handful of his workers spun sheets of vinyl into tinsel for Christmas tree ...

From chestnuts literally roasting on an open fire in the rain to a string quartet raising money for a mission trip decked in ...

If you are like me, Christmas decorating begins the day after Thanksgiving! The joy it brings my family and my home is a breath of fresh air after a long ...

Longest Night Service: 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 815 E. 16th St., Loveland. Join several Loveland churches for the service to honor grief, offering hope and light on the longest night of the year.

We went looking for smalltown Christmas and mostly found that it had already happened. The road took us west out of Spokane, ...

My dad died three years ago. Looking at blue Christmas lights and telling family stories reminds me of him over the holidays.