The Christmas season is quickly approaching and Washington is certainly in the holiday spirit as they are asking Americans to help pay off the national debt by donating to the Treasury.

Of the millions of Christmas trees put up every year, only one carries special meaning for the people of Boston, Massachusetts and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

As the world prepares to enter the holiday season over the next several weeks, Toronto began its holiday season this weekend with a concluding Santa Claus parade.

On Sunday morning, thousands of Torontonians gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square to celebrate Christmas with clowns, magicians, mascots and a free breakfast and coffee.

For decades, The Hudson's Bay Company at Yonge Street and Queen Street present a special Christmas display in their windows to celebrate the holiday season.

The holiday season is generally a big spectacle and is created by all cities, towns or villages across the western world. In 2009, the City of Toronto began the holiday season with Illuminite at Yonge-Dundas Square.

The Christmas season is just around the corner and many consumers are planning to start their holiday shopping. Here are the latest gadgets for tech-savvy consumers.

Did anyone notice that on November 4, 2009, Major League Baseball is still being played. Game 6 of the World Series is tonight in Yankee Stadium.

Two NFL sources have told ESPN's Adam Schefter that the Competition Committee will look at ways to improve the safety of the umpires-who stand behind the linebackers when the football is snapped-after the season

In one of the most bizarre incidents in international basketball, a player in the Philippine Basketball Association has been suspended for a full season for punching a fan during a game. Wynne Arboleda will lose P2.73 million for the season.

With the economy in a slump this past year and a lack-luster lobster season, the town of Digby, Nova Scotia and the nearby islands have been getting an economic boost from a busy whale watching season.

From the latest buzz of LED televisions to the netbook that every frugal student wants, Toshiba is throwing the net wide this year, emphasizing it has something for everyone this holiday season.

With mass media attention circulating around the worldwide H1N1 pandemic, little focus has been put on this season's more virulent flu variety found in the H3N2 bug. The presence of both varieties could make for a complicated flu season.

The flu season has arrived in Canada, and it is hitting the west coast fast and furious. The H1N1 virus has been identified as the source of the flu that has hit several First Nation communities on Vancouver Island.

After one game into the NFL season, Chicago Bears veteran Linebacker Brian Urlacher will be out for the entire 2009 season and will undergo wrist surgery.

On the eve of the 2009 season, expectations couldn't be higher. Head coach Ron Zook has spent the past four seasons trying to build the Illini into a Big Ten powerhouse, and coming into his fifth season, that sweat and effort needs to come to fruition.

With Season 5 of the brilliant paranormal series premiering this week, fans can relive the war to stop Lucifer & the Apocalypse on Season 4's BD/DVD. Plus, the Supernatural hunk reveals his fear of bears, his undies collection and remaking slasher flicks.

The quite often left-handed starting pitcher for the Houston Astros, Mike Hampton, will not pitch for the rest of the 2009 season because he will have surgery on his pitching shoulder and both knees.

Detectives are searching for one or more people claiming to be the 'Movement for the Containment of Christmas' after threatening letters were posted through the doors of shops.

Three charity shops and a newsagents in Leeds in the North of England have been targeted by a mysterious group calling itself the ‘Movement for the Containment of Xmas’ which calls upon shops to stop selling Christmas cards so far ahead of Christmas.