It's not even a public holiday in Japan, but Christmas is big business. How did it become such a popular occasion?

Santa Claus is already hard at work ... it's 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25 in Tokyo, Japan. See a world time zone map to see what time it is at cities around the world.

Hopes for a Santa Claus rally on Wall Street fell Friday as tech stocks slid lower, while a weaker yen lifted Japanese equities. US indices slumped to end the holiday week, with the tech-heavy ...

Hopes for a Santa Claus rally on Wall Street fell Friday as tech stocks slid lower, while a weaker yen lifted Japanese ...