Christmas

• Merz calls on Putin to halt fighting in Ukraine for Christmas - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt the fighting in Ukraine over Christmas. "Perhaps the Russian leadership has a shred of human decency left and will at least leave the population in peac
• Tennessee first lady decks governor's mansion in Christmas splendor - "Light of the World" is the theme of this year's Christmas display at the Tennessee Governor's Residence.
• Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders - The Christmas display, which replaces Jesus, Mary and Joseph with a sign saying “ICE Was Here,” has drawn criticism from Catholic leaders and immigration officials.
• Have Trump’s Tariffs Gone as High as They Can Go? Business Hope So - A wave of companies are petitioning for exemptions from the Trump administration’s high levies on foreign-made goods, saying they are hurting business and raising prices.
• JD Vance’s Hanukkah invitation says ‘Celebrating 50 years of Christmas’ in embarrassing blunder - It’s not the first time the White House has included references to Christmas while celebrating Hanukkah
• Shoppers Turn to Discounts and Debt, but Not Just for Holidays - Consumers are focusing on value and financing purchases to complete their shopping lists.
• Why Knoxville's Christmas parade vanished - and then returned triumphantly to Gay Street - It's hard to imagine the holiday season without the traditional Christmas parade on Gay Street. But for a time in the 1960s, that's just what happened