Real Beards, All Heart: What It Takes to Be a Santa Claus

TEMPE, Ariz.—One Christmas shopping season, a young boy sat on Tim Connaghan’s lap and asked Santa for a very special gift: To bring his mother back from heaven.

This Maine School Swapped Detention for Hikes. We Visited to See If It Works.

Disruptive students put away their phones, walk in the woods, and talk about life for a while.

As Gold Prices Rise, a New Scam Is Targeting Retirees

SHOW LOW, Ariz.—The coin shop owner had seen his share of hefty deals, but this call caught him off guard. An elderly man from nearby Snowflake, Arizona, wanted to purchase gold coins valued in the tens of thousands.

Why We Still Make Christmas Gifts by Hand

It’s the time of year when we start thinking about Christmas gifts.

Fire wipes out family's home with 'nothing left' except for one treasured item: See the video

A Catholic woman in Ilocos Sur, Philippines, discovered that her family’s Bible survived a house fire that destroyed everything else on November 27. She returned to the burned home and found the book completely intact amid the melted debris.

Fun Fact: Lightning can fuse sand into glass tubes called fulgurites

Did you know that lightning can melt sand into glass, and that the foods of Hanukkah are fried for a reason?