CHRISTMAS

A breakdown of the national and regional restaurant chains that will be staying open for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2014.

Did you wait too long to get Christmas gifts? Don't worry! Check out these nine last-minute gift ideas to make your holiday season merry and bright.

Get your friends and ugliest sweaters together for a jolly time.

Ho, ho, ho-ld on before you send that letter snail-mail style to Santa Claus. Several websites allow people to get instant responses from the jolly old elf.

These five websites let you send Christmas e-cards for free.

Would-be Santas from across the country gather at "Santa University" each year to learn how to be the consummate Mr. Claus.

From catnip candy canes to an airplane cat house, these holiday treats will be sure to please your finicky feline.

Several pagan legends are associated with the modern incarnation of Santa Claus.

Florida's Department of Management Services approved a holiday display from the Satanic Temple to appear for a week in its Capitol building.

The White House Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony is a 92-year-old tradition.

Google and NORAD have both launched this year's versions of their wildly popular Santa Claus tracker apps and websites, which allow children to follow St. Nick's path around the globe as Christmas Day nears.

From scents to touching to music, retailers have tried-and-true ways to persuade you to buy.

Many Americans, tired of Black Friday's commercialism, are purchasing locally, thrifting and crafting -- and sometimes buying nothing.

A new promo for the "The Fosters" Christmas episode features Brandon and Callie. The special will pick up right after Brandon and Callie's kiss in the summer finale.

Kris Jenner teases whether or not the Kardashian family will be putting out a 2014 Christmas card.

"Downton Abbey" actors let a few details slip about George Clooney's Christmas appearance. Find out who is kissing him and how the crew reacted.

Every 35 days, thousands of Indonesian Muslims head to a mountain known as Gunung Kemukus to indulge in a mass ritual of adultery.

Aria, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and the rest of the Rosewood gang are back in new photos from the "Pretty Little Liars" Christmas special.

Is it a Christmas miracle? Damon and Elena might be getting back together in the holiday episode of "The Vampire Diaries" Season 6.

The "Chasing Life" Season 1 Christmas special will reveal if Leo is dead or alive -- but photos seem to have answered the cliffhanger early. Find out Leo's fate!

The protesters said the "Black Pete" character popular in the Netherlands and Belgium is racist.