It was like Christmas morning.

On Christmas morning in 2008, the government declared a state of emergency.

He died of acute respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at his Beverly Hills home on Christmas morning 1995, at age 78.

We would spend Christmas morning exchanging gifts and letters, after which I would spend hours upon hours getting ready. The hairdo, the makeup, the new clothes. I kept on buying new clothes Christmas clothes every year until I was 28.

We ve all told stories about how, on Christmas morning, our kids end up playing with the boxes far more than they play with the toys that are inside them.

Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7.

As Christmas is celebrated throughout Latin America, families and friends get together to have dinner on Christmas Eve.

We gather there after the boring Thanksgiving family dinner or the family feasts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

Sami hung a cookie on the Christmas tree.

Christmas day it was out on the shelf edge.

Christmas cookies by Photolinda on Flickr (CC BY NC)

Merry Christmas!

The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday in the English speaking world.

Ampontan blogs a survey on how Japanese spend their Christmas.

1717 December 24 25 night Christmas flood ( Kerstvloed ) see Christmas flood 1717.

In the UK and Ireland, the Christmas shopping season starts from mid November, around the time when high street Christmas lights are turned on.

Christmas drew near.

America s Perpetual Christmas

Ukraine s Orange Christmas

Christmas in Syria.

Our Christmas Turkey.

Turku is also the official Christmas city of Finland, and 'Christmas Peace' in Finland is declared on every 24 December from the Brinkkala Hall balcony.

Christmas as an act of resistance I wasn t going to let them steal my Christmas.

Sami and Layla have been arguing on and off all Christmas day.

A Very Tolerant Christmas

Merry Christmas from Yemen!

Seven Christian Copts were shot dead on the eve of their Christmas, on January 7.

United States Kentucky based Joi's Get Cooking, provides recipes for both Christmas cookies and Christmas doughnuts.

Mohammad from Kabobfest sheds light on Christmas in a Holy Land under occupation.

We've even, on Christmas, we saw some of the kids were doing it.

JSD I discovered this country by pure chance, on Christmas Day, in 1984.

Christmas morning, where we open up our gifts, where we have special prayers, and where we get to the old upright piano and we would sing carols. It was a very intimate moment.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Santa in a traditional dhoti. At the Christmas festival on Park Street in Kolkata.

My parents had this whole elaborate story about Santa Claus how they had talked to Santa Claus himself and agreed that instead of Santa delivering our presents over the night of Christmas Eve, like he did for every other family who got to open their surprises first thing Christmas morning, our family would give Santa more time.

Will you be home for Christmas?

The Operating System that Stole Christmas

Christmas tree decorated by Thalia's mom.

In 2004, Marge appeared on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom for the Alternative Christmas message, which is annually broadcast at the same time that Queen Elizabeth II gives her Christmas message.

But despite the danger I insist on putting up a Christmas tree at my house.

Together with the Christmas tree, Sankt Niklaus, as the Germans called the benefactor, became a central figure in German Christmas habits.

Layla sent Sami an online Christmas card.

Should we consider them a Christmas gift?!

Anyone having a white Christmas this year?