Holguin, December 1956. As the island prepared for Christmas Eve, a chill unlike any other swept through northern Oriente province.

It was more than a decade after the end of World War II, and America was booming back and becoming rich and powerful. The wealth of the newly prosperous country had not yet reached the young veterans ...

It's easy for Christmases to blend together for most people, especially after they experience 88 of them. But Margaret Irwin remembers the Christmas of 1956 like it was yesterday. After all, how could ...

It has just been announced that Harper Lee — the famously private author who wrote the classic “To Kill A Mockingbird” — is coming out with her second book. Titled “Go Set a Watchman,” the novel is a ...

The first year John King's Christmas lights were put on the tree, Johnnie Ray was top of the pops and Stanley Matthews had just won the inaugural Ballon d'Or award for best football player in Europe.

The Christmas of 1956 was a special year for me. I was 7 years old. I was the kind of child that always wanted more than I received in the gift department. Year after year I complained that I didn't ...