This has been irritating me for several years now, so I decided to air my views. Why is it that the holidays we have, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Easter, Independence Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, ...

I will be saying 'Merry Christmas.' Deal with it. Re "Get over yourself and say 'happy holidays,'" Dec. 24: Columnist Pamela Hilliard Owens could not be more wrong when she mentions that we should say ...

RedwolfOgilvy’s “A letter with a special mission” Christmas CSR campaign has concluded with a three-digit number of entries, confirming that even a small act can make a significant social impact.

Data center projects in DeForest, Mount Pleasant, and Port Washington have raised understandable concerns from residents. It makes sense to be skeptical of big companies claiming job and revenue ...

I loved Ben Crandell’s story about him playing Santa Claus for special needs students in Fort Lauderdale (“What you learn as an unlikely first-time St. Nick in South Florida,” Dec. 25). This is what ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Proof that Christmas leftovers reach their peak when pressed between bread, fried until golden and dunked in gravy (Maldon Salt) Christmas Day is many things – generous, joyful, faintly chaotic – but ...

"Christmas 2025: May your mornings sizzle with perfect eggs, your evenings crackle with stories, and your heart overflow like spilled chai.""Wishing you a holiday where the tree tilts just right, ...

Merry Christmas from the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Many of these same people who bristle when greeted with “Happy Holidays” voted to end the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies, which made health ...

As we Christians celebrate Christmas, it’s good to once again reflect on the real meaning of this celebration. God, the creator of the universe, reached out to humanity by sending his human ...

– Emma, Belfast Merry Vet-mas “Friends had arrived for drinks on Christmas Eve, and one kindly left a large, wrapped box of dark chocolates under the tree. Unfortunately, she hadn’t reckoned on our ...

Mr Trump has often marked Christmases past with criticisms of his political enemies, including in 2024, when he posted, “Merry Christmas to the Radical Left Lunatics.” During his first term, Mr Trump ...