Overview
- Photo reports show Christmas services and public gatherings across time zones, from India, China and Pakistan to Australia, Europe and the Americas, with renewed festivities in Nazareth and Belén highlighted by regional outlets.
- Decades-old recordings again dominate playlists and social feeds, with Brenda Lee marking 65 years of Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree after the song’s 2023 No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Holiday programming spans major platforms, including Netflix’s The Secret of Santa and La Navidad en sus manos 2, Disney+ titles such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer and Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas, and Prime Video’s documentary Los mercaderes de la alegría.
- Explainers trace traditions to their roots, noting Santa Claus’s evolution from St. Nicholas and the red‑and‑white image popularized by Coca‑Cola, plus the stocking custom linked to a medieval St. Nicholas legend.
- A Christmas Eve column by Mario Vaquerizo asserting that disliking the holiday is a personal problem drew online indignation and sustained reaction on social media.