Italy bans midnight Mass at Christmas, bishops support stricter measures

Often at Christmas, we fill our bellies with food and drink a little more than usual, which is just one of the many reasons this time of year is extra exciting. From mince pies to Bailey’s, there are a fair few classics associated with this festive time of year.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership staff have been working hard to help provide some Christmas cheer for some of North Ayrshire's most vulnerable families.Children and Families staff in Kilwinning and the Three Towns have organised a ‘Chicken Dinner’ fundraiser, with the money raised being used to provide a festive meal for some of the families they have been working with throughout

Flip or Flip star Tarek El Moussa and Selling Sunset‘s Heather Rae Young have jetted off to Mexico for a romantic Cabo getaway. The blonde beauty, 33, and her fiance, 39, were seen soaking up the sunshine at a luxe hotel on December 18.

Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young hang out by the pool in a cabana while enjoying the sunny weather on Friday (December 18) in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Production has wrapped on Mike Flanagan’s high-profile Netflix horror series Midnight Mass for Netflix. In a series of tweets early Wednesday, Flanagan announced the news, spoke about how the show was able to pull off an uninterrupted shoot of 83 days amid the pandemic and thanked his cast and crew.

Glasgow hospital. The young fans were given the chance to chat to their Hoops heroes as they brought smiles at the Royal Hospital for Children.

link.Procast asked the service to encourage their youngsters to write down their Christmas wish and pledged to help make their dreams come true.In an effort to help these youngsters – who carry such heavy family responsibilities – feel like kids at Christmas, Procast handed over the gist to carers project team leader Carla Maguire.She told the News: “We really appreciate all of the lovely Christmas gifts Procast have donated.“We were overwhelmed by the amount of gifts, all of which have been

COVID guidelines twice recently while helping to gather hundreds of people for in-person Christmas caroling. Over the past weekend, the "Growing Pains" star teamed up with an organization called Sing It Louder USA to protest California's stay-at-home orders, which are being done to curb the spread of coronavirus. Kirk first partnered with the org on Dec. 6 in which several hundred people huddled up and gathered in a mall parking lot to belt out some holiday classics.

The death of country music legend Charley Pride is being questioned by several of the genre’s stars, who are wondering whether his performance at the County Music Association’s indoor awards show a month before he acquired Covid-19 may be connected.

The Late Late Show Country Music Christmas Special will take over our screens this Friday, featuring the one and only ‘First Lady of Country Music’ Dolly Parton.

Stacey Solomon is the crafting queen, but as well as dressing her home with items she made this Christmas, she has also bought some fabulous decorations. The Loose Women panellist has cherry-picked a selection of very unique and personal festive delights to transform the Essex home she shares with her boyfriend Joe Swash, their baby Rex, and her sons Zachary, 12 and eight-year-old Leighton.

Circa Waves have shared a new Christmas song – listen to ‘Miss Christmas’ below.The track is the latest in a host of new music from the band in 2020. Releasing their latest album ‘Sad Happy’ back in March, the four-piece then shared a surprise new EP called ‘Sadder Happier’ and an Alfie Templeman collaboration called ‘Lemonade’.Discussing ‘Miss Christmas’, frontman Kieran Shudall said: “As no one’s been able to hug their family for half a year we wanted to give you this song.

this holiday season: the time-tested tradition of baking cookies at home with your family. And once you've assembled the basic cookie ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder) and yummy add-ons (chocolate chips, frosting, crushed candy canes), it's time to make sure you have all the kitchen tools you'll need.From the right measuring cups to the perfect festive cookie cutters, there's actually a lot to think about when it comes to cookie baking.