Since traditional Catholics generally do not put up the family tree until just before Christmas, they sometimes add some decoration to the wreath in Advent colors, which are purple for penance and ...

Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ...

Volunteers and others place live wreaths on veterans’ gravesites in what has become a holiday tradition across the country, ...

“He wants too much for them, but I pay him anyway. It’s what you do for family.” The wreaths run from simple, green cedar rings to complicated combinations of flora and faux fauna festooned ...

When it comes to decorating for a wistful Christmas, it’s easy to get carried away. While a festive home can make the season ...

My husband, Lance, and I put them everywhere. Full-size real trees in our living room and entertaining space. Smaller versions in our bedroom and in our son Robbie’s room. Artificial trees of various ...

Ever go to make a wreath DIY and find its WAY to complicated, expensive and takes far too much time? Yeah, me too. In this ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. In the short days and long nights of Advent ...

My family is of American Gypsy descent ... I miss her terribly, but I also don’t want to keep reopening the wound. How do I respect her boundaries without giving up hope?

nor do I contact her, and I have not seen my grandchildren during all that time, nor my great-grandchildren,” she wrote. “When I pass I intend to leave her and her immediate family with ...

There's a free concert in downtown Naples and a family day at a museum. What else is happening this weekend? Check out our events calendar, where you'll find plenty of things to do, including ...

To find out how much that DNA changes, and how fast the human genome mutates, researchers compared the genomes from four generations of a single family. They found mutation hotspots in our ...