US President Joe Biden and his incoming successor Donald Trump issued starkly contrasting Christmas messages Wednesday, with the latter doubling down on recent comments about seizing the Panama Canal,

The soon-to-be 47th president of the United States wished almost everyone a Merry Christmas on Wednesday, even the “Radical Left Lunatics” and the “wonderful soldiers of China.” Presidents and politicians have delivered holiday well wishes for decades — former President Calvin Coolidge issued the first official greeting in 1927 — but President-elect Donald Trump’s unique holiday greeting style

The Republican’s messages were in stark contrast to US President Joe Biden’s post emphasising ‘kindness and compassion’.

There is Christmas music for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling it into one Christmas songs list is impossible ... but we tried anyway.

From Nat King Cole and Bruce Springsteen to Brenda Lee and a certain Queen of Christmas — Mariah Carey — these 10 yule tunes never fail to turn up the holiday spirit. If you’re going to anoint a song as the Christmas song,

Surrounded by floating candy canes and a makeshift snowman made out of stowage bags, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station gathered together to wish a Merry Christmas to everyone back on Earth.

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore won't be back on Earth before March, but they've got candy canes and Santa hats to celebrate the holiday.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will be spending the holidays aboard the International Space Station, with their extended stay pushed back due to concerns over the safety of the Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

While the Princess of Wales will no doubt be in the mood to celebrate the festive season after what Prince William has described as a "brutal" year, following her cancer diagnosis