The season of Advent, says Rachel Campos-Duffy of Fox News, is a critical time of preparation for the joy and gifts that Christmas brings each year. In her bestselling book "All American Christmas" of ...

To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the first Nativity scene created by St. Francis of Assisi, your gift for the second week of Advent is an interactive Fontanini Nativity village populated with the ...

Wreaths, candles and calendars. These are sure signs of Advent for many Christian groups around the world. But what is Advent exactly? The word Advent derives from the Latin adventus, which means an ...

In a corner of Ohio’s Maria Stein Shrine, a child kneels on the floor and carefully re-creates the scene of Christ’s birth using painted wooden cutouts of the Holy Family, shepherds and animals. Tim ...

Card show at Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church raises funds for Cub Scouts troop 6000 Collectors and families packed Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church for a card show aimed at raising money for the ...

Have you heard of the “Cherry Tree Carol?” Bridget Retzloff, the curator of the Christmas exhibit Joy to the World!, explains the story behind this Christmas carol and how it relates to the largest ...

In the Velasquez family, we have learned that the more fully we prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of Jesus, the holier our Christmas celebration becomes. Advent helps push back the creeping ...