Christmas

Shoppers At Roosevelt Field Mall Dec. 26, 2012 (credit: CBS 2)

Shoppers Flock To Stores For Post-Christmas Bargains

Holidays sales numbers so far have been disappointing, but people appear to be ready for the post-Christmas bargains, and even the tourists know to wait if they want to save money.

2012/12/26

Don’t Want That Present? Re-Gift It To Someone In Need

“There’s always that gift you find that you’re never going to wear or you’re never going to use and it winds up going in the drawer or in the closet,” said Dennis McKeon, Executive Director of Where To Turn.

2012/12/26

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Day message to the faithful from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on December 25, 2012 in Vatican City. (credit: Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict Prays For Peace In Christmas Day Message

Pope Benedict XVI prayed that God “grant Israelis and Palestinians courage to end long years of conflict and division, and to embark resolutely on the path to negotiation.”

2012/12/25

Timothy Cardinal Dolan At Christmas Day Mass (credit: CBS 2)

Cardinal Dolan, Faithful Celebrate Christmas At St. Patrick’s Cathedral

“Christmas happens to be all about repair, restoration, and renewal,” Timothy Cardinal Dolan said. “Today, bells chime in joy rather than toll in sorrow. Terror is quelled by truces, as even war pauses.”

2012/12/25

Santa With Boy At Christmas Party In Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (credit: CBS 2)

New Yorkers Help Make It A Merry Christmas For Those Less Fortunate

A Christmas Day party and gift exchange went off as planned in the basement of the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn just two days after a fire broke out inside the Episcopal church.

2012/12/25

Young Judaea Volunteers On Staten Island On Christmas (credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

Volunteers Spread Holiday Cheer In Areas Still Reeling From Sandy

In Belle Harbor, volunteers pitched in to help the Red Cross feed Sandy-affected residents on this Christmas.

2012/12/25

A Christmas tree ornament reads "America is Thinking about you!" at a memorial for those killed in the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School (credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Overflow Crowds Fill Newtown Church For Christmas Day Mass Less Than Two Weeks After School Massacre

The pastor of a church in Newtown that was attended by eight of the child victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has told parishioners that this Christmas Day “is the day we begin everything all over again.”

2012/12/25

Christmas In New Dorp Beach (credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

Christmas Takes On New Meaning For Residents In Storm-Ravaged Communities

For some, all they want from Santa this year is a check from FEMA and their insurance company to help cover the damage sustained to their homes.

2012/12/25

Rev. Al Sharpton Serving Christmas Meal (credit: twitter.com/thereval)

Sharpton, Kelly Join Forces To Call For Assault Weapons Ban

The unlikely duo said they are dedicating this holiday and the New Year to achieving a national assault weapons ban.

2012/12/25

Volunteers help out at the launch of the New York Cares Coat Drive on Christmas day, 2012. (credit: CBS 2)

Volunteers Kick Off New York Cares Coat Drive On Christmas Day

Volunteers of all ages packed the New York City Rescue Mission for New York Cares. The organization is committed to keeping New Yorkers warm this holiday season.

2012/12/25

The remains of the Breezy Point neighborhood following a fire that broke out during Sunday as seen from Chopper 880 - Nov. 2, 2012 (credit: Tom Kaminski / WCBS 880)

Somber Christmas Marked In Breezy Point, Rockaways After Sandy

“For many of them, there’s a loss of faith perhaps. A loss of hope. A loss of concern. A loss of the sense of the future,” Father Michael Gribbon of Blessed Trinity Parish told WCBS 880′s Peter Haskell.

2012/12/25

As New Yorkers are finding out, live trees inside building lobbies are considered fire hazards and the FDNY will remove them, regardless of your Christmas spirit. (Photo: CBS 2)

Share Your Christmas Photos With CBSNewYork!

We’d like to see how you’re celebrating Christmas. Show us your holiday cheer and then come back later to see if we use your photo on our site – or on air!

2012/12/25

Matthew Badger with his daughters (credit: Lily Sarah Grace Fund)

Stamford Fire Father Wants Kids Remembered With Donations To Dyslexia Fund

The father of the children killed in the Christmas day fire in Stamford a year ago today has shared his reflections and how he wants them remembered.

2012/12/25

Colleen Blanco and her baby (Credit: CBS 2)

A Christmas Miracle: Queens Baby Miraculously Survives Despite Mother’s Rare Condition

This is a Christmas full of special meaning for a young family in Queens. They’ll be spending a quiet holiday at home with their first baby. But it took a series of miracles — and a painful loss — to get there.

2012/12/24

Christians Flock To St. Patrick’s Cathedral For Prayer, Strength In Difficult Times

Christians around the globe are gathering on Monday night to celebrate one of the most important holy days of the year. And in New York, they are flocking to St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

2012/12/24

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