Tag: Christmas

Giuliani: Election-Related Cases Going to ‘Blow Up’ After Christmas

Election-related lawsuits and similar matters are going to “blow up” after Christmas, President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said this week. In a self-hosted podcast episode, Giuliani told listeners that there is “considerable movement” in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin towards decertification of the election results amid a growing body of evidence of election fraud….


Spirit of Christmas Still Alive as Hundreds of Canadians Give the Gift of Giving

The most wonderful time in a not−so−wonderful year has arrived and Canadians from coast to coast aren’t letting the pandemic put a damper on their Christmas spirit. Many have found creative ways to celebrate while still in the throes of COVID−19’s second wave. In Iqaluit, Nunavut, Sheila Flaherty thawed a piece of polar bear meat,…


San Juan Capistrano’s Annual ‘Elf Crawl’ Supports Local Restaurants

San Juan Capistrano’s 10th annual Elf Crawl is looking a little different this year. For the past decade, about 100 people dressed in elf attire would stop by San Juan Capistrano restaurants the day after Christmas for happy hour and food specials, in an event organized by the Southern California city’s chamber of commerce. This…


Limbaugh Feeling ‘Extremely Fortunate’ This Christmas Amid Battle With Cancer

Rush Limbaugh said on his last show in 2020 on Wednesday that he felt especially grateful to listeners and supporters this Christmas as he faces lung cancer. “I feel extremely fortunate and lucky. And because I’ve been able to outlive the diagnosis, I’ve been able to receive and hear and process some of the most…


Limbaugh Feeling ‘Extremely Fortunate’ This Christmas After Battle With Cancer

Rush Limbaugh said on his last show in 2020 on Wednesday that he felt especially grateful to listeners and supporters this Christmas as he faces lung cancer. “I feel extremely fortunate and lucky. And because I’ve been able to outlive the diagnosis, I’ve been able to receive and hear and process some of the most…


Trump and Melania Wish Americans Merry Christmas in Video Message

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wished Americans a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, expressing gratitude to God and courageous citizens. “The President and I want to wish every American a very Merry Christmas,” they said in a video released on Thursday. “At Christmas, we thank God for sending us his son…


We’re Living ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

Commentary This year, there can be little doubt that we’ve seen the worst side of people. I’m quite certain that people have seen the worst side of me. It’s been a year of trials (to put it mildly). We’ve lost much since March of 2020, and there’s a chance we may get none of it…


Australia Set for Different Xmas in 2020

Santa may have slipped down the chimney to deliver gifts as usual in 2020, but for many Australians Christmas is likely to have a very different feel. Family gatherings across greater Sydney will be restricted for Christmas due to COVID-19, with the harshest rules reserved for the northern beaches area, where a virus cluster on…


Celebrating Christmas, French Style

Growing up with Christmas traditions in France, it took me a few years to adapt when I moved to North America. I had never tasted eggnog and had to acquaint myself with Christmas movies and setting out cookies and milk for Santa—and what about turkey being eaten a whole month before at Thanksgiving? It took…


Orange County Shopping Malls Appear Subdued Days Before Christmas

Stay-at-home orders and hard economic times gave some Orange County, California, shoppers a reprieve from the usual mall frenzy just days before Christmas. The scene at three local malls—South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Fashion Island in Newport Beach, and the Irvine Spectrum Center—appeared to reveal a more restrained approach to in-person perusing as the…