Entries by Jeff Westover

Cashing in on Santa

The commercialization of Christmas is reaching ever new heights as retailers and marketers continue to try to cash in on Santa. From movies to music this has always been the case but the presence of Santa in the marketplace has usually been utilized as a draw — bring in Santa for the kids and the […]

Jingle Bells Like You Have Never Heard

Leave it to the King’s Singers to give us a different take on the very American Jingle Bells. The King’s Singers were originally founded way back in 1968 by a group of choral scholars from Cambridge. Generations before the popular a cappella groups of today this British ensemble has been delighting audiences worldwide. In this […]

Christmas Kisses

Calling herself an “entrepreneur, singer/songwriter, pin-up model, and actress” singer Heather Ballentine has just released an original work titled Christmas Kisses, seen below in fabulous animated Christmas glory: You can learn more about Heather at her website.

Christmas 1968 from Space

Christmas of 1968 is remembered for what happened as part of the mission of Apollo 8. This was a full six months before man landed on the moon in July of 1969 and their mission was to orbit the moon nine times — an event that transpired on Christmas Eve. Each time they circled the […]