Maine Children’s Home in Waterville seeking new director

Richard Dorian, executive director of the 124-year-old nonprofit organization, plans to leave July 31 to pursue a job as a full time church pastor.

Tree chic: Christmas tradition keeps branching out

While many homes have Christmas trees on display, no two are quite the same.

How the world celebrates Christmas

Holiday traditions aren't all cheery. Some are weird or a bit scary.

What do kids really think about Santa?

Santa is the best part of Christmas for many children, but do they really believe in a magical man flying around the globe on Christmas Eve?

Five ways reindeer are perfectly evolved for pulling Santa’s sleigh

Millions of years of natural selection have prepared reindeer for Christmas Eve.

Is Santa’s sleigh zero carbon? The answer lies in reindeer poo

A tale of gassy reindeer and psychedelic mushrooms.

West Bethel charity turns 2 car garage into the local North Pole

Nina Wheeler and husband, Michael, have been collecting toys and clothes for needy families for 45 years

By planes, trains and boats, Santa’s arrival in Lewiston once created holiday hoopla

The Lewiston Evening Journal put ‘rosy old’ Santa on trial in 1897

125 years ago, the Journal asked prominent religious leaders in Maine if Santa Claus should be abolished. It got a spirited variety of responses.

Santa to visit Minikins Saturday