For the elephants and others at the Berlin Zoo, it’s finally time to unwrap their Christmas presents.

Americans still dreaming of a really big Christmas present can keep that dream alive during Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for a jackpot worth an estimated $1.15 billion.

Victor Wembanyama had 42 points and 18 rebounds in a memorable Christmas Day debut.

Mikal Bridges scored a season-high 41 points, and the New York Knicks overcame 42 from Victor Wembanyama in a monster Christmas debut to edge the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 on Wednesday.

On Christmas morning in Fort Lauderdale, dozens of teenagers gathered to spread holiday cheer. They loaded trucks full of toys to ensure that no child went without a gift.

Local authorities say a Russian ballistic missile struck a residential building Tuesday in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih and at least one person was killed.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street ahead of the Christmas holiday, led by gains in Big Tech stocks.

The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual trappings of the city's favorite holiday: no public Christmas tree, no raucous scouts march, no decorations and no twinkling lights, in deference to the ongoing war in Gaza.

Santa Claus has braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children of a small village near the Brazilian city of Manaus.

Caresha Romeka Brownlee stood near Santa Claus as an honorary elf. The rapper wore a white and hot pink “Caresha gives” T-shirt and ruby red pants to hand gifts during a much-needed drive-thru giveaway party on Saturday in Plantation.

Will Howard threw two touchdown passes to freshman Jeremiah Smith and Ohio State routed Tennessee 42-17 on Saturday night in a first-round College Football Playoff game, setting up a New Year’s Day rematch with No. 1 Oregon at the Rose Bowl.

Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro — under water.

While The North American Aerospace Defense Command is preparing to track Santa Claus from 4 a.m. to midnight on Christmas Eve, Local 10 News has followed his busy agenda ahead of his stops in Miami-Dade County.

Officials say four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed when a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg.

Police are treating a car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany that killed at least five people as an attack.

Church bells rang out in the German city of Magdeburg exactly 24 hours after authorities say a man drove into a busy Christmas market, killing five people and injuring 200 others.

For Christians around the world, Christmas is the joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus.

Authorities in the German city of Magdeburg say at least two people were killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas market what officials called a deliberate attack.

When it comes to Christmas, there’s no getting away from Santa Claus.

With just one week left until Christmas, South Florida residents are embracing the holiday spirit. In North Miami, one street is going all out to spread holiday cheer.

‘Tis the season to think about going green when you celebrate the holidays, and it doesn’t mean you have to be a Grinch.

A 34-year-old man was arrested earlier this month in connection with multiple package thefts in Hollywood, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

Dr. Meghan Martin used Instagram to list the five gifts for kids to avoid this Christmas.

Have you ever watched a holiday rom-com on Hallmark Channel or Lifetime — or any of the other many networks and streaming services that now air them — and thought, “I could write that”.

The griping Vatican-based movie thriller “Conclave” about picking a new pope and Stephanie Hsu starring in the dark comedy series “Laid” as a woman whose former lovers keep unexpectedly dying are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

The annual CAMACOL food giveaway is back for another year as dozens of big name vendors have joined in to help feed hundreds of families here in South Florida.

The holiday shopping season is underway, and this year small businesses have less time to capitalize on the busy shopping period.

The countdown to Christmas is underway, and Miami Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo is ensuring the season is memorable for thousands of children in South Florida.

The holiday season is officially underway in Miami-Dade County, where the community gathered Monday night for a festive tree lighting ceremony at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.

Under the sun and next to the palm trees, a Christmas village is going up at Bayfront Park.

Thanksgiving week may be here, but the Christmas spirit is already making its way to South Florida.

Beyoncé is coming to your home on Christmas — provided you have Netflix and are tuning in to the Ravens-Texans game.

An Arctic front is coming to South Florida before Thanksgiving and not before Christmas.

The Grinch is at it again. Farmers around the country warned ABC News Good Morning America that mature trees in the Northeast are ready, but the trees that have just been planted are not growing.

The magic of Christmas is back in South Florida.

Mariah Carey relishes the fact that she has become culturally synonymous with Christmas.

It doesn’t feel like Christmas in Venezuela.

The world’s attention on Venezuela has focused lately on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the persecution of critics and the arrest warrant issued this week against the former opposition presidential candidate.

These should be historic occasions in 2024.

Some Eastern Orthodox churches will be observing Christmas on Sunday.

A survey of factory managers in China shows manufacturing contracted in December in the latest sign the world's second-largest economy remains sluggish.

Eurostar services to and from London have been canceled after a tunnel under the River Thames became flooded, disrupting festive travel plans for scores of people.

Antwan Hampton would have turned 19 in February, but a Miami shooting killed him about five days before Christmas.

A Florida woman holding her 11-month-old son in a baby carrier was fatally shot by her 14-year-old brother while trying to defuse an argument over Christmas gifts he was having with a 15-year-old brother who also was armed, authorities said.

A man arrested in Broward County just before Christmas is accused in federal court of being one of the masterminds behind a cryptocurrency “Ponzi scheme,” according to an indictment unsealed late Tuesday.

Thousands of shoppers continue to flock to malls all across South Florida just one day after a busy Christmas weekend.

Police say a Miami Gardens couple got a knock on the door Christmas night. It wasn’t a family member or a caroler, they say, but an armed home invader.

Miami Dolphins players spread their Christmas joy with Local 10 News after clinching a playoff spot in Sunday’s 22-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys.

Christmas carries more than spiritual weight for many Ukrainians this year: for the first time, the country is observing it as a public holiday on Dec. 25, rather than the later date followed in Russia.

Pompano Beach firefighters teamed up with community members to hand out gifts to hundreds of children on Christmas morning.

Flames damaged a Baptist church in Fort Lauderdale leading up to the Christmas holiday.

Erik Spoelstra was part of 12 Christmas games as a staff member, assistant coach or head coach in his first 20 seasons with the Miami Heat.

From Jesus' biblical birthplace of Bethlehem to New York City, many Palestinian Christians this Christmas season are gripped with helplessness, pain and worry amid the Israel-Hamas war.

North American military assets are keeping a sharp eye on Santa's travels.

Holiday travel is expected to hit its peak right around now.

Some traditions on the list are centuries old, and others are newer but no less cherished.

As Christmas approaches, Catholic nuns and monks are busy preparing the traditional delicacies they sell to a loyal fan base even in rapidly secularizing countries.

Bethlehem is gearing up for a subdued Christmas without the festive lights and customary Christmas tree towering over Manger Square.

Both Russia and Ukraine have reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day.

Someone playing the part of a holiday Grinch is causing a nightmare before Christmas in South Florida.

Sandy Alcántara, a Dominican professional baseball pitcher, was helping Santa Claus on Monday in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.

Airports and highways are expected to be busier this Christmas season than they were a year ago.

The Grinch’s helpers are at it again in Broward County. Police officers are searching for the two women who are now known as The Hollywood Grinch duo who stole a single mother’s Christmas.

Pope Francis has made his first public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him to cancel a planned trip to the COP-28 climate conference in Dubai.

Join the Local 10 Big Bus Toy Express team’s effort to help children feel the love of Christmas and deliver an unwrapped new toy to one of the nine pickup locations.

Get your tissues ready, Publix has released its 2023 Christmas commercial.

The Hyatts brought Christmas joy to South Florida with their over-the-top holiday light displays at their Plantation home. But it turns out, the property wasn't actually theirs, officials are now saying.

Have you ever wondered how foster children celebrate Christmas? For many of them, the holidays are filled with despair from having been separated from a parent or sibling.

There will be no strike by American Airlines flight attendants around the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on Las Olas.

A brazen thief was caught on camera stealing Christmas gifts from the trunk of a car in Coconut Grove.

“Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham returned home to London to tape her first holiday special for Apple TV+.

A 19-year-old woman from Hialeah was arrested Sunday after throwing bricks at a church, authorities said.

Christmas is back on at Tropical Park. According to a brief sent to Local 10 News on Friday, a judge has denied Santa’s Enchanted Forest’s preliminary lawsuit against the new Holiday themed park, Christmas Wonderland.

If someone bought me this for Christmas, I could tell that we’re going to be friends pretty quickly.

If you’ve driven past Tropical Park in Westchester on the Palmetto Expressway during the Holidays over the last few years you may have missed the Christmas lights, but a new Holiday experience is bringing Christmas back for 2023.

A plastic container with a stranger’s Christmas decorations floated into Barbara J. Gibbs’s property. There was also an abandoned red life vest on the grass right next to the muck left behind on Thursday.

Maximizing player rest and limiting travel demands were again part of the NBA’s formula for the coming regular season.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is moving to revoke the liquor license of a Miami hotel that hosted a Christmas drag show.

A nature photographer had just finished taking pictures of nesting birds in Central Florida, when she happened on a very frightening scene.

A new study says drenchings like those California has been getting since Christmas will only get wetter and nastier with climate change.

Thousands of people in the Philippines remain in emergency shelters in the wake of devastating Christmas flooding as the death toll climbed to 51 with 19 missing.

A 10-year-old boy received his Christmas miracle granted after a U.S. Postal Service worker noticed his letter.

A pair of grinches were arrested Friday after being accused of stealing multiple Christmas gifts from a mail truck in Key Biscayne.

Heavy rains and floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend have left at least 29 dead and 25 missing.

A cold snap blanketing the Deep South has upended water systems as local officials struggle to repair widespread leaks and broken pipes.

Holiday sales were up this year despite high inflation, according to Mastercard, and even though Christmas is over, malls are expected to be packed this week.

President Joe Biden is celebrating a quiet Christmas with his family at the White House and has spoken with American service members stationed around the world.

Pope Francis has used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the “icy winds of war” buffeting humanity.

Tens of thousands of migrants who fled violence and poverty are spending Christmas in crowded shelters or on the dangerous streets of Mexican border towns.

The biblical town of Bethlehem is marking what is shaping up to be a merry Christmas.

An Arctic Cold Front is on track to gift South Florida with a Christmas that may rank among the top 10 coldest for Miami.

Whether it was a trendy gift or something particularly sentimental, we wanted to hear about it.

Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levine Cava presented Darryl Williams, of Miami, with a $50,000 check so that his home could be renovated for the holidays.

Spain has kicked off the winter holidays with its huge Christmas lottery known as “El Gordo.”.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava pardoned two young pigs Wednesday, giving life to the animals ahead of the Christmas holiday.

If caroling is on your mind, here are five tips to know before warming up those vocal cords.

The British government says it will dispatch 1,200 troops to fill in for striking ambulance drivers and border staff as multiple public sector unions walk off the job in the week before Christmas.

In many ways, the service at the Catholic Church of Our lady of the Rosary feels like a standard Sunday Mass.

Patti LaBelle was abruptly rushed off stage just a couple of songs into her Christmas concert in Milwaukee after a bomb threat forced authorities to evacuate the theater.