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Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rules vary by municipality on what you can recycle and what needs to go into the trash.

For more than 30 years, Puppetworks has delighted Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood with performances of The Tortoise and the Hare, Pinocchio, Aladdin and, during the holidays, retellings of stories like The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

Christmas is less than a week away, and many are waiting for packages to be delivered. The timing is critical, as the U.S. Postal Service has faced widely reported delays and service failures in Georgia throughout 2024.

Travel + Leisure featured Macon in a story, calling it an “underrated Southern city” that “transforms into a Christmas wonderland every December.”

If Santa Claus is the good cop of Christmas, then Krampus is the bad one: a creature from European folklore who scares children into behaving themselves, complete with goat horns and gnashing teeth.

Gov. Brian Kemp, first lady Marty Kemp, and their daughter Amy Porter Kemp lit the Georgia Capitol's Christmas tree Monday, kicking off the holiday season at the capitol.

The weeks leading up to Christmas are typically a time of anticipation and preparation for Christians, but for some immigrant congregations the mood this Advent season isn't especially hopeful.

The holidays are here, and cultural opportunities are popping up across Georgia for the month of December and beyond. GPB’s Kristi York Wooten takes us to three family-friendly options that celebrate both the darkness and light of this winter season.

Looking for holiday fun? Try these 3 uniquely Georgia experiences

If you're planning on buying an artificial Christmas tree this year, you may want to make your purchase sooner rather than later.

Christmas is the season of giving, so why not give a gift that keeps on giving. Say you’re given some legal marijuana while traveling for the holidays. Can you take it back home to Georgia with you? 

Tag along on a special holiday history walking tour through downtown Savannah.

More and more congregations are trying to be sensitive to those who are grieving during the holidays. The move ranges from special services to the inclusion of hymns and prayers that speak to sadness during regular Sunday worship.

This holiday season, NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is spreading holiday cheer in a big way. Through his Shaquille O’Neal Foundation, Shaq brought his 23rd annual Shaq-a-Claus event to Wesley Lakes Elementary School in McDonough, Ga., where 600 kids from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade received toys, coats, bikes and other essentials.

Macon is certainly on the nice list this year, as it made national news for its beautiful downtown Christmas light display.