No Christmas Service At Notre Dame
Notre Dame Cathedral did not hold Christmas mass for the first time in more than two centuries. NPR's Noel King talks with Vivienne Walt of Time magazine.
Europe
Why More People In Germany Are Renting Potted Christmas Trees
In Germany, Baumscham, or tree shaming, is leading more and more people to rent potted Christmas trees rather than buy cut ones. But keeping these potted trees alive is a challenge.
Britain's Labour Party Faces A Tough Climb Back From A Damaging Election
The opposition party had its worst election result since 1935. Now its members are split over how to bounce back.
British Girl Finds Christmas Card Message From Shanghai Prisoner
Inside a box of Christmas cards belonging to a 6-year-old girl, was one that read: We are foreign prisoners in China and forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights group.
News Brief: Boeing's Issues, Card Message, Catholic Church Abuse
Boeing has a new CEO but the same old problems. British girl finds message inside holiday card written by prisoner in Shanghai. Catholic order in Mexico reveals sexual abuse of minors in a report.
Supermarket Holiday Card Found With Message Allegedly From Prisoner In China
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with journalist Peter Humphrey about a holiday card found by a girl in the U.K. with a message allegedly from a prisoner in China, claiming he was forced to make the cards.
6-Year-Old Finds Message Alleging Chinese Prison Labor In Box Of Christmas Cards
"We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu prison China," the note said in English. "Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization."
Newly Obtained Emails Shed Light On U.S. Aid Delay To Ukraine
NPR's Noel King talks to R. Jeffrey Smith of the Center for Public Integrity, which filed the Freedom of Information Act request regarding details about the aid delay to Ukraine.
Ho Ho, Oh No! Germany Has A Santa Shortage
Across Europe and North America, throngs of Santa impersonators have been busy preparing children for Christmas. But in Germany, there's a lack of interest among people to play the jolly character.
Refugees Spend Another Winter In Squalid Camp On Greek Island Of Lesbos
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Marco Sandrone of Doctors Without Borders about how dire conditions at a refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece are affecting the thousands of children living there.