Home & Family

Bidding a beloved animal farewell is hard. Knowing when it’s time can be even harder.

Most Philly residents were ready to say so long to 2020. If anything, the year has taught them making plans can be a fool’s errand.

With bad pandemic news and endless social distancing, it can already feel like the longest winter ever. But keeping up nourishing bonds of human connection is possible.

For people who are generally OK — healthy, employed — there's pressure to stay grateful. But those feeling so-called smaller losses also need to grieve.

The governor is urging residents to limit gatherings to their immediate households. Some are heeding his call; others say they can keep safe while socializing.

From New York's Times Square to Sydney Harbor, big public blowouts are being turned into TV-only shows and digital events.

Early in the pandemic, people were advised to disinfect everything they touched. Now that scientists understand more about COVID, all that scrubbing may be overkill.

Delaware officials say the state recycled over 173,000 tons of yard waste in 2019.

Curfews, quarantines and border closings complicated Christmas Friday for countless people around the globe, but determination and imagination helped keep the day special.

Whether it was discovering new uses for pantry staples or learning to bake bread at home, many people got acquainted with their kitchens during the pandemic.

After being dumped and making it through heavy machinery unscathed, three kittens will spend the holidays in new homes in Burlington County.

From pozole to baccala, holiday food brings happiness in South Philly, with some residents following traditions and others trying something new.

"We're really busy, it's been unbearable," sighs Manny Huenchunir, a USPS truck driver who was unloading and reloading crates of mail at a post office outside Boston Tuesday.

Murphy noted that the increase in infections and hospitalizations after Thanksgiving was “better than we feared” but said it was no time for the state to let its guard down.

Realizing this year's unique dynamic, hospitals asked adults, organizations and schoolchildren to either make or buy holiday cards and send them to their patients.