My mother always knew her name to be Belen, that is, until she needed a Philippine Statistics Authority-certified birth certificate to renew her passport. No birth record could be found, prompting us ...

10:13, Tue, Dec 23, 2025 Updated: 10:14, Tue, Dec 23, 2025 The Christmas season is officially in full swing with viewers keen to squeeze in as many festive films as possible, including Martin ...

The pups at this English doggy day care were in full costume for the scene. A dog day care in England recently re-created a Nativity scene with pups dressed in full costumes. Cheshire Dog Lady, a home ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Each Christmas season, Marybeth McCarthy’s Oakwood home becomes a quiet tour of the world, told through dozens of creches displayed along her fireplace mantel and throughout her ...

Her life has been a well–documented rollercoaster of scandals and celebrity break–ups but now I can reveal Kate Moss has taken up a surprising – almost pious – role in her community. I hear the ...

Activists have recreated the nativity scene in Dublin to draw attention to the conflict in Gaza. The Gaza Solidarity Nativity, organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was enacted ...

SAN ANTONIO — Across the country this Christmas, nativity scenes are being reimagined—not just as symbols of faith, but as reflections on immigration, fear and family separation. From Illinois to ...

A Dallas church has caused some controversy after it used its nativity scene as a powerful statement on immigration, refugees, and the unhoused. Outside of Dallas' Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, ...

Oak Lawn United Methodist Church’s Nativity scene depicts silhouettes of Mary and Joseph surrounded by chain-link fencing topped with razor wire. “I feel it doesn't make the story more political, it ...

Learn how to build a beautiful DIY nativity scene stable using a Kreg pocket hole jig. This step-by-step guide shows how to assemble a sturdy and festive wooden stable, perfect for holiday decorations ...

A church in Texas is sparking debate after erecting a nativity scene that depicts Mary, Joseph and Jesus as modern-day immigrants locked in a metal cage wrapped in barbed wire. Oak Lawn United ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 25-meter (82-foot) Christmas tree that towers above it in St. Peter’s Square as a band, chorus and dancers in traditional ...