Celebrities including Laurinda Ho have fun with the Tiffany vending machine

Christianity in Xi Jinping’s China is thriving, despite growing attacks on the faith under a sinicisation campaign.

Chalet with spectacular views of the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps, costs at least US$45,000 per week, when available

Chinese traditional values and culture are unique and enduring, they have strong roots and are irreplaceable. Enriching the variety of cultures enriches our lives.

Jimmy Osmond, the youngest of the Osmonds family troupe, is taking time away from the stage after suffering the stroke during a performance of ‘Peter Pan’ in Birmingham.

If you are dining out consider the likely of traffic jams, or if you are entertaining at home, opt for the less-expensive Prosecco over Champagne, make sure you have Spotify, and when the times comes for people to leave, give your building’s guard a call to help sell a fake noise complaint

There’s no telling what mall operators will do to draw shoppers and visitors; this year there is everything from Cocoa Monsters to inflatable characters drawn from Alice in Wonderland.

German boy dials emergency services hotline because he had not received any of the gifts he had requested for Christmas.

Festival a ‘burning shame’ to Chinese people, principal tells pupils but public disagrees, forcing post praising the speech off social media within 24 hours.

French culinary artist, who owns the likes of Sketch in London, Pierre Gagnaire in Paris and Tokyo and Pierre in Hong Kong, was as one of the first to embrace the idea of food as art

Twitter erupted after US President Donald Trump gave a reality check to a girl named Collman, who had called a NORAD hotline to check on Santa’s progress.

Some favourite Christmas tunes are actually real downers, whether you realise it as you’re singing them aloud or not. Here are the best ones to have you reaching for the tissues.

Pontiff said the universal message of Christmas is ‘God is a good father and we are all brothers and sisters’.

Royal source insists the 97-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth is in ‘perfectly good health’.

Traditionally, Jewish Americans have flocked to Chinese restaurants at Christmas, but in places such as Los Angeles, it’s at the deli where they party; for the family running Canter’s Deli it means days of extra cooking, and chaos.

The Defence Department is able to follow Santa’s journey thanks to satellites that pick up heat from lead reindeer Rudolph’s bright red nose

Most families have left marina or will do so before end of year due to cost concerns and strict requirements for extension of stay.

The two NBA legends, and formers Lakers teammates, locked horns for the first time on Christmas Day in 2004 – but which other moments make our list?

Bespoke pieces from her haute jewellery brand have appeared in films including ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and ‘Da Vinci Code’

Regardless of their religious significance, Christmas and the New Year easily and continuously bring the best of traits of humankind to the forefront.

Christmas celebrations still can be found in Beijing – with either a religious or commercial tone – while some other Chinese cities are banning them.

More than half a million visitors enter the city ahead of Christmas Eve, marking a three-year high.

Her annual festive television appearance will give the 92-year-old monarch a rare chance to share some personal thoughts about Britain’s exit from the EU

Seasonal humbug appears not to be centrally organised but a spreading resistance to foreign festivals by local authorities.