"Take my Christmas tree down with me because there's no point my kids don't have anything to open under my tree for Christmas morning," the TikTok video begins, showing the mom disassembling the tree.

The tree is purple with butterflies, in honor of Summer. All kids need a Christmas tree. All kids need to be celebrated, and just because these kids are not with us right now and we can't find ...

All. Amen. (Sprinkles tree with holy water.) Then the family can sing a song, an Advent carol, if it knows one, then it is time to bless the crib and eat Christmas Eve supper.

Along the way, Michael took another precautionary move. Because the farm is so remote – the town has no paved roads – he bought an automated external defibrillator, or AED, a device that can help ...

Christmas can be particularly hard for younger autistic children who may not understand why there are suddenly lights and decorated trees and why they may be asked to perform in a nativity play in ...