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Year-End Guides Lift Green-Wallet Feng Shui as Gold and Silver Emerge for New Year 2026

Lifestyle coverage blends color psychology with clear folk steps to help people set intentions at midnight.

Israel Opens Daytime Access for Jewish Worship at Joseph’s Tomb for First Time in 25 Years

Hiding 3D‑Printed Snowgies in Disney Parks Draws Security Warnings, Cleanup Backlash

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New Year 2026 Rituals Focus on Color, Cleansing and a Brief Boom in Lucky Goods

Argentina Sets Three 2026 Tourist Non-Working Days to Build Long Weekends

Arizona Opens New Year Fireworks Window With Strict Limits on Devices, Hours and Locations

Christmas 2025 Coverage Reprints Luke 2 Nativity Account

Wassail Finds New Life This Season With History Lessons and How-To Recipes

DHS Ends H‑1B Lottery, Adopts Weighted Selection Favoring Higher‑Paid Applicants

Pre-Christmas Crowds Pack Amapola Market for Masa as Families Prep Tamales

Festivus Returns: Fans Mark Dec. 23 With Poles, Grievances and a Seinfeld Shout-Out

Sanders Rejects Demand to Rescind Christian Language in Arkansas Christmas Office Closure

Holiday Travel Warning for Green Card Holders: Carry a Valid Card and Prepare for Tighter Checks

Jenna Bush Hager Says George W. Bush Wants 'Oh, Happy Day' at His Funeral

Hundreds Hold Mock Funeral for the Penny at the Lincoln Memorial

Pope Leo XIV Blesses ‘Bambinelli,’ Urges Prayers for Children’s Peace at Advent Angelus

Israel Police Open Second Probe Into Hanukkah Candle-Blowing Incidents

Marriott Adds In‑App Tipping at 1,500 Hotels in the U.S. and Canada