Christmas Debates

Not every topic of Christmas is universally accepted. In fact, we argue about these things a lot. In fact, the debates of Christmas are frequently the most merry arguments you can ever have.

Die Hard Christmas Movie
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Yippee Ki Yay and Merry Christmas

Yippe Ki Yay and Merry Christmas. Die Hard is back. It is a Christmas movie. I knew it! Mommy told me if things don't turn out just the way you want them to the first time, you've still got to believe. (Ok, that's from a different movie but…
Vintage Christmas
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The Controversy of Who Wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas

One of the more romantic notions associated with Santa Claus and Christmas comes in the form of an early 19th century poem titled A Visit from St. Nicholas. As the legend goes, college professor and devout church man Clement Clarke Moore…
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Great Debates: Is Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas Movie?

It is one of those Christmas debates that just did not exist a generation ago: is the 1993 stop motion animated classic Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas movie...or a Halloween movie? The clever movie does little to settle the question…
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Great Debate: Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?

By Jeff Westover (Author bias: I’m completely neutral in this debate –honestly. If given the chance, I’d gladly scream ‘Merry Christmas’ at the most ardent anti-Christmas freak out there, especially if I knew it would turn them…
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Great Debate: To Baste or Not to Baste?

By Jeff Westover (Author bias: I've never basted our turkey. After he is stuffed we give him a light rub down with vegetable oil to give him that overall toasty look and then lightly cover him in foil. That foil stays on until the last hour…
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Christmas Debate: Real or Artificial?

By Jeff Westover (Author bias: We use an artificial tree in our home every holiday season but we do so under protest. If I could, I would use a real tree. But our choice of tree has nothing to do with environmental consciousness. The simple…
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Great Debates: Christmas in Stores Before Halloween?

By Jeff Westover (Author bias: I've worked in retailing for 32 years. I also manage 30+ Christmas websites, which likely exposes my full pro-Christmas bias. But on this piece I lay claim to a purely American and capitalistic stance: if I…

Re-Gifting: Yes or No

By Jeff Westover (Author Bias: None. Zippo. Zero. Zilch.) When we married we received all kinds of wonderful gifts. But the one that caught the most attention, the one that drew the biggest reaction and the only one remembered from those…