Death proves oblivious to Christmas
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A widespread belief that dying people are able to postpone death until after important dates is simply not true, according to a US study of cancer patients.
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CAMP ISTIQLAAL, Iraq -- Even when you're a soldier far from home, a few of your buddies have died, and there's a chance you'll never return, Christmas must go on.
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With the lighting of a candle for peace in his window, Pope John Paul began Christmas holiday celebrations that posed a new test for his frail health not long after visitors celebrated in Bethlehem.
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The health-care products specialist has more than one Christmas gift under the tree.
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Science & environment: Bad science: Christmas is a time for harmless lies, the chocolatey indulgences of the thought world
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A SERIOUSLY ill pensioner abandoned at a hospital casualty department by his family before they flew back to Spain was yesterday unaware of the fuss surrounding him.
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'It'll be lonely, this Christmas, without you to hold...'
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- In all the excitement of the holidays, families can overlook the fact that the more frail and elderly among them are no longer able to take part in traditional holiday tasks, such as decorating or cooking.
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In a nation where obesity is the  second-leading cause of death, 33 million Americans don't know  where their next meal is coming from -- a year-round paradox  that only becomes more pronounced during the holidays.
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Parishioners of St. Mary s Ukrainian Catholic Church did not know in the fading warmth of autumn that they would celebrate Christmas Day in another congregation s church.
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By Stan Finger, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Dec. 15--NO RELIEF FOR PARCHED REGION   It's too soon to know whether Wichita will have a white Christmas -- but unless something significant changes soon, it's going to be a brown winter.   And that spells trouble.
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You officially less than two weeks until Christmas. Great.  Don't feel guilty if that totally bums you out. It's the gift-giving that makes single people hate this time of year.
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There can be no stranger box-office week than one in which Christmas falls on a Saturday, like this year, or a Sunday. You have heavily publicized movies opening midway through the weekend.
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Bear with me a moment and take part in a bit of holiday whimsy. Close your eyes and think about Christmases past. What do you see?
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There are probably turkeys with a shrewder idea about the meaning of Christmas than there are ex-professional soccer players who truly know their game.
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If you are the sort of magnanimous or insane person who worries about the steadily declining state of Ben Affleck&#39;s career, Surviving Christmas is not going to set your mind at ease.
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Subscribers to Idahoâs Lewiston Tribune  did not need to be the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree to notice something odd on the front page Dec. 13.