You might see a different Walmart this Christmas. Uncle Wally is going all in for Christmas. There will be more Christmas music played in the stores. Festive decorations will be everywhere and not just for sale. And Santa will be there, with bells on, no doubt. Walmart is bringing on 3600 Santas for two weekends […]
Maybe there is a new Christmas movie coming out this year. The first trailer for a film called Christmas Eve dropped yesterday. The film stars Patrick Stewart (Green Room), Jon Heder (Blades of Glory), Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Max Casella (Inside Llewyn Davis), and Gary Cole (Office Space). Here’s the official synopsis: When a […]
Thanksgiving is America’s only holiday invention and it may, in fact, be its most sacred. While the Christmas season is marked by repeated debates of “church vs. state” Thanksgiving is the only day of the year when American leadership calls for citizens to pray and actually acknowledges God. Anyone who grew up watching Charlie Brown […]
We first met her a year ago — and were blown away. This kid has talent galore. We are thrilled to have heard from her again and to see her 2015 rendition of I’m Still Waiting for Christmas. Invest a little time on her YouTube channel or visit Maya Rae’s website. Beyond the talent is […]
Ladies, please. If you’re tempted by any of these, men everywhere beg you to reconsider: 10. Anne of Avonlea/Anne of Green Gables Collectors Edition with 74 minutes of extra footage 9. Any knick-knack 8. Tickets to the ballet 7. Another new tie 6. A Bath and Body Works Soap Basket 5. New teddy bear pajamas […]
Bing Crosby was the face, the voice and the soul of Christmas for nearly 40 years. Through radio, movies and ground breaking television Crosby took Christmas to millions year after year. Already an established radio star in the 1930s Crosby broke out in movies in the 1940s and established the standard of all gold standards […]
A cappella super group Pentatonix is riding a wave of popularity launched more than a year ago after their Christmas album That’s Christmas to Me went Platinum. They have a new non-seasonal album out that debuted at #1 on Billboard — a historic first for an a cappella group. The deluxe edition of the album […]
The Black Friday mania is starting to ramp up as evidenced in this Sunday’s newspapers coast-to-coast. Supposedly Christmas shoppers are cheering the blockbuster deals already. But no doubt you have seen percolating on social media the inevitable memes showing which retailers will “honor employees and their families” while staying closed on Thanksgiving day or evening. […]
As we posted last May Bad Santa will get a sequel and Billy Bob Thornton is in. The project got the go ahead this week and it was announced that filming will begin in January with hopes of a holiday 2016 release. Thornton will reprise his role as the despicable criminal Willie Stokes who pretends […]
Three films made in quick succession post World War II have endured in the minds of Christmas fans as among the best of films ever made: It’s a Wonderful Life, The Bishop’s Wife and Miracle on 34th Street. But of those three films only Miracle on 34th Street was hailed as a classic from the […]
There’s a billion great ideas out there about how to make the chores of the holidays a little more simple. Between social media like Pinterest and specialized sites in Christmas organizing there are plenty of resources. The problem is that when we need them we are in the rush of the season and we just […]
