Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking ...

Every year, a new Christmas beverage goes viral because people are looking for delicious and easy ways to celebrate the ...

Former President Barack Obama is in Chicago this week to review progress on the Obama Presidential Center, which is set to ...

With Christmas party season on the horizon, it’s also time to run the annual workplace Secret Santa gauntlet. Get it right ...

I asked Santa what was on his wish list this year. There was a long pause. I was about to ask if he was still there when he ...

Our secular Santa has long been hijacked by marketeers who stimulate our desires and, in turn, their money-making businesses.

Pet owners are getting creative this holiday season, printing images of their furry friends on wrapping paper to include them ...

ALBANY — On Saturday afternoon, Albany residents Riley Ackley and Julia Mason took to Lark Street were wrapped in green tulle ...

Elfster was created by two sisters who just wanted to make gift giving work for their family, who were spread out over three ...

On Dec. 9, Obama donned a Santa hat and visited the Bessie Coleman library in his former city. Students from Burke Elementary ...

Ray Hulse, 81, has given out thousands of presents and never missed a single year of donning the red costume and beard ...

Since retiring as The Columbian’s editor in January, I’ve had some time on my hands. I was thinking about this the other morning as I realized I was old, gray and what could kindly be described as por ...