In my family, kufta became a Christmas Eve tradition. The meatballs were offered along with ham, turkey and yalanchi, lemony grape leaves filled with onions and rice.

Its origins are mysterious, but many Italian-American families adore the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. Lightning strike kills one, injures 14, including 8 children in Jackson, NJ ...

Every year growing up, there was an orange in my Christmas stocking. It commemorated an occasion I do not remember: my first Christmas, when my Jewish father and Catholic mother, newly married ...

There are four public services being held at Home Moravian Church on Christmas Eve. The first is just for children, at 11 a.m. Then, the "family" lovefeast and candle service is at 2:30 p.m.

Every year in my family, we always manage to play a game of cards, with beans as currency. It could be Slap Jack, blackjack, B.S., or Go Fish. We manage ...