The spirit of Christmas is making a mid-year appearance in the Whitsundays as a popular seasonal store reopens its doors for ...

by inviting guests in to hug the trees. In Finland, the holiday celebrations start way earlier that most, in a series of raucous and festive events called "pikkujoulut" or "little Christmas" parties.

In 1984, just after Christmas, a Soviet missile, launched from bordering Russia, misfired. It speared into a frozen Finnish lake a ... thin pine trees 30 minutes north, to where Anita Lallo ...

Scientists from Finland suggest that after the holidays everyone should drown Christmas trees in nearby water bodies. Interestingly, this practice has aroused interest abroad. The method of dumping ...

It’s a great time of year, it’s one of my favorite times of the year — Christmas, a Christmas tree, being with family ... Far from his native Finland and married to an American, he still ...

In Denmark, families embrace a joyful tradition of dancing around the Christmas tree. Holding hands ... a cherished moment for Danish families. In Finland, Christmas Eve holds a special ...

The path to the village is lined with light-filled trees and candles in the snow ... dinner for us all at the end of the day - a Finnish Christmas meal of vegetables and ham followed by ...

Their diet mostly consists of lichen, a plant-like organism that grows on rocks and trees. They also eat grass ... reindeer special flying powers at Christmas time? We’ve all heard the Christmas ...

In Finland (and many other countries around ... In Argentina, many families put up their Christmas trees on December 8 — the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary — and decorate them ...

Since the 14th century, Christmas Peace has been declared every ... award-winning photographer Meeri Koutaniemi draws strength from Finnish nature – and never stops looking for that perfect tree to ...

According to the Finnish National Statistics Centre ... is honoured by hanging goat-shaped ornaments made of straw on Christmas trees. Going one step further, residents of the town of Gävle ...

KIDS were in tears as a Christmas Lapland trip became a holiday ... 4,000 for a three-day “trip of a lifetime” to Kuusamo, in Finland, arrived to find what they describe as “dangerous ...