At the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys and Curiosities, one-time treasures bring back memories and are a reminder of the eternal life of plastic waste.

Mary Klein had just moved to a new city when she got lost. A couple stopped to help and guided her home. They returned the next day with Christmas dinner.

NPR's Michel Martin checks in with Middle Church in Manhattan as it celebrates its first Christmas service since a devastating fire in 2020.

Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

Steve Inskeep and his brother, Bruce make a deep-fried Turkey while chatting about how their family celebrated the holidays.

DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct.

A much-delayed report shows the U.S. economy grew a robust 4.3% between July and September, fueled by consumer spending.

From Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" to John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," there's a lot of yearning in Christmas songs. But why?

Still looking for a last-minute Christmas gift? A new poll finds that most people find cash or gift cards an acceptable holiday gift.

The Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, President Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into Illinois over the objections of its governor.

Religious leaders started getting together after Oct. 7, 2023, in the hope of preventing a repeat of Arab-Jewish violence that erupted after a previous conflict in Gaza two years earlier.