The U.S. Postal Service has set shipping deadlines for those using various services through the USPS this holiday season. Mail-by Dates (Domestic Services) Dec. 15 – Standard Post — Ground service for less-than-urgent deliveries and oversized packages. Dec. 19 – First Class Mail Service for standard-sized, single-piece envelopes and small packages weighing up to 13 […]
The story of Christmas trees in America usually takes us down the path of Hessian soldiers who showcased Christmas trees to George Washington’s troops during his famous Christmas trek across the Delaware. Historians explain that Christmas trees found their popularity in Pennsylvania over the ensuing 60 years in America as German settlers made them a […]
One of the earliest announced television specials for 2015 now has a trailer — A Very Murray Christmas is Bill Murray’s idea of a Christmas special and it is produced by and coming to Netflix this December 4th: Set inside New York City’s iconic Carlyle hotel, A Very Murray Christmas opens with Murray preparing to […]
White Christmas remains, more nearly 75 years since it was written, the most popular Christmas single of all time. Bing Crosby immortalized it with two recordings and a film. And an entire generation embraced it as not only a Christmas song but also an anthem of home and family. White Christmas has been recorded by […]
Danny Gokey’s new Christmas album becomes available later this week on October 16th. But you can hear it now for free in it’s entirety at this link. It is a good listen and will no doubt see some success this holiday season. Recently nominated at the 2015 Dove Awards fot Song of the Year and […]
A month from now folks will begin heading out into the woods — if they have a permit — to snag a Christmas tree from U.S. Forest lands. Those rare few will get a tree cheap, at least compared to the cost of an artificial tree from a store or a real tree grown and […]
Generations of Harry Potter fans have mused about this for years: how neat would it be to have Christmas dinner at Hogwarts? Warner Brothers studios has taken up the challenge and is now offering such a treat. In a one-night only affair scheduled for December 3rd from 6pm to Midnight fans can indulge in a […]
In recent years the waters of Black Friday were significantly muddied by retailers pushing store openings to Thanksgiving Day. The move resulted in both a public and employee backlash who prefer Thanksgiving as a time for family and personal time off. Social media campaigns were launched to boycott Thanksgiving sales and holiday traditionalists were quick […]
Remember Bob Ross? He’s the guy who could paint anything. We used to watch on PBS him when we were kids. We would groan whenever we were told we had to watch him then we’d sit there mesmerized as he did his magic all while speaking in the monotone style of a golf announcer. The […]
Nothing beats harmonies among siblings. These sisters don’t push this simple arrangement of What Child is This — and in it’s purity it is nice to listen to. Well done.
Who can top this as the most epic Christmas card of all time? By popular request we re-post this just as folks are getting ready to put together their thoughts for sending Christmas cards for the season. We don’t expect anyone, of course, to bee this creative…or dangerous…or flexible, for that matter. Still…. Chuck’s famous […]
He was born the middle of seven children in the great American northwest. His father was an English-American bookkeeper and his mother a second-generation Irish American, making young Harry about as American as apple pie. The rest of his story is classically American as well as he grew to become one of the grandest figures […]
