The 21st Annual Christmas Card Exchange at My Merry Christmas closes on November 22nd. This is the last call to join the exchange for this year. We started the sign-ups during Christmas in July, we have consistently shared via social media the sign-up season, and we have been interviewed by the media and podcasters all […]
New Christmas music of 2025 is the return of a beloved tradition at My Merry Christmas. Submissions from up-and-coming artists and lovers of Christmas alike have been pouring in by the hundreds all year – and this episode features the very best of those submissions. Show Notes: 6:21 – The First Snowfall of the Season […]
It is time once again for the time-honored tradition of the turkey gobble. For hundreds of years settlers and celebrants of Thanksgiving have engaged in the art of the gobble in honor of those noble birds who give their all for us at Thanksgiving. How better to honor them then to hold a gobble contest? […]
Eggnog has a relatively unknown backstory in the history of Christmas. Which is odd because Christmas seems to have a history for everything. Eggnog has no verifiable roots, it is broadly defined, and it is somewhat universal. Everybody loves it and nobody knows for sure where it came from. It has ancient history from England […]
The Annual Christmas Card Exchange at My Merry Christmas is a beloved tradition that is simply the best there is online. While we have set the date of November 22nd as the last day to sign up we are encouraging folks to sign up before Halloween. Why? Because our process is what makes the list […]
Our 21st Annual Operation Christmas Cheer campaign is underway and we can use your help. What is Operation Christmas Cheer? It is a simple community effort to send Christmas cards to those shut-in, ill, maybe a little sad or just having a hard time this Christmas. It never fails to cheer weary hearts and for […]
In our recent exploration of Thanksgiving and Christmas on The Christmas Show of My Merry Christmas we attempted to answer the question: Is Thanksgiving a part of Christmas or is Christmas a part of Thanksgiving? It may seem an odd question. But the truth is that we can’t seem to separate the two. In our […]
Is Thanksgiving a part of Christmas or is Christmas a part of Thanksgiving? It is not so strange of a question. Many of us seem to celebrate both as a part of each other. In this merry episode we’re exploring, as we do each year, the history, traditions and music of Thanksgiving. We love Thanksgiving. […]
A recent episode of The Christmas Show about the Fake Christmas drew an email response from a listener who shared an interesting take on how meaningless the modern Christmas tree has become. She wrote: “I inherited my parents aluminum Christmas tree. They acquired it in the early 1960s. I have not known what to do […]
Christmas movies we now consider must-see classics came from a very brief period of time in 1947. These movies are so iconic that we cannot see a Christmas season passing without seeing them at least once. Everyone knows them. Lines are quoted from these movies and trivia games are based on them. These are movies […]
The Christmas season is a topic of debate, celebration and broad definition. No other holiday has a “season” associated with it quite like Christmas. Just as the date of December 25th is declared fake (as discussed in a recent episode of The Christmas Show on My Merry Christmas) the actual date associated with “the Christmas […]
What do you do when you’re in a Christmas rut? What if you’re just not feeling it? How do you get back that loving Christmas feeling? In this music-packed episode we discuss how to have Christmas when you’re having a hard time – having Christmas when you just can’t. We explore where to find joy […]
