Feliz Natal — Merry Christmas in Portuguese. As Christmas approaches, the Sousa household on Calypso Avenue in Bethlehem begins to glow with holiday spirit as the family prepares for a traditional ...

A ferry wheel is seen at a Christmas market in Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 22, 2019. Photo:Xinhua A large Christmas tree is lit up for the upcoming Christmas in Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 22, 2019.

For Sharon Danker, Christmas is that special time of year when her extended family from all over the country gather to celebrate the cheer and goodwill of the season over a home-cooked feast of ...

At a hospital tucked away off one of Lisbon's main cobblestone squares, Manuela Cutileira does triage on incoming patients. "First we do a checkup, create a chart and assign a bed number — like you ...

And at Christmas the dried and salted fish is central to meals at family gatherings in Portugal, the world's biggest consumer of "bacalhau" as it is called here, just as turkey is at Thanksgiving in ...

Descendants of early Portuguese settlers in Kampung Tugu, a community in North Jakarta, are set to kick off a special tradition to mark Christmas and New Year. The traditional celebration known as ...

Welcome back to the Cape Cod Times news roundup, where we put together a list of some of the most popular stories on the Cape Cod Times website from the past week. Has there been a story you've been ...

A ferry wheel is seen at a Christmas market in Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 22, 2019. Photo:Xinhua A large Christmas tree is lit up for the upcoming Christmas in Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 22, 2019.