Thinking charitably (and what is a gift exchange if not charitable), the other family may have picked out the secondhand gift as something your son would like, a unique, even considerate gesture. But maybe they’re just inconsiderate gift-givers. Such is the risk we take when giving and receiving gifts.

Christmas is a great time to look for a telescope for your budding amateur astronomer. But there are some things to keep in mind when buying a telescope. Here are some tips and features to consider when looking for astronomy telescopes and binoculars.

For most theme parks, Christmas is a distant memory. However, one park's Christmas celebration only finished at the end of last week and there's good reason for this.

The Christmas debt hangovers that will last until May 2025 - People are taking over four months on average to clear Christmas debts, and some will still be making repayments in Christmas 2025, a survey reveals.

The failure to collect bins since before Christmas is "an environmental emergency", frustrated residents have said. People in Colne in East Lancashire said there were bin bags and litter strewn all over the streets since Pendle Council started missing collections.

A high school teacher didn’t know it at the time, but she received a very valuable Christmas gift last year — a winning Virginia Lottery ticket. Kayten Stroop later checked the numbers in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle and learned she had won a second-tier prize of $100,000, the Virginia Lottery said Jan. 22.

Mason Sayer Lubitz, 31, is accused of fatally shooting Trevor Beeman, 24, at a San Antonio apartment on Christmas Day in 2021.

The person hit by the truck lost their leg. After the crash, the victim’s family rallied together to get answers and offered a $10,000 reward, which police say made a “big difference” in the investigation.

William Bush's family had been waiting for him to come home for the holidays but it was a police officer who knocked on their door

Associated British Foods downgraded the annual sales guidance for its Primark budget clothing business on Thursday after disappointing results in the Christmas quarter in its main UK and Ireland market.

Robert Eggers is reteaming with Focus Features for his next film 'Werwulf,' a werewolf horror feature that he co-wrote.

November, if you'd like to be among the earliest seasonal visitors, but whenever you hope to do, do consider this: 2025 Cambria Christmas Market lodging packages are now available, should you have a particular date,