A friend on Facebook shared a video of a musician playing something called a Chapman Stick. I’m no musical dummy but I had never heard or seen anything like a Chapman stick before. As I watched the video I naturally wondered if any Christmas music had been done with this unusual instrument. Of course, it […]
American Idol alum Danny Gokey is following up a successful 2014 album release with a new project, reported to be a Christmas album to release in time for Christmas 2015. Gokey has released just one Christmas tune, 2010’s Tennessee Christmas, a sample of which can be heard below: Gokey’s 2014 album Hope in Front of […]
Actor George Cole, a British mainstay for years on UK television and in British film, has died at the age of 90, the New York Times reports. He is most well known outside of England for playing the part of young Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, a black and white film produced in the […]
Today is Saturday, August 8th and that means there remains just 139 days until Christmas. The countdown reveals not only urgency in preparing for Christmas but also purpose: we’re about 20 weeks away! What is needed is something to help us focus, something that fills us with energy for Christmas yet to come. What we […]
Every holiday season stories of tragedy hit the news as homes are burned and lives are lost to fires fueled by dry Christmas trees. Experts think that more critical care with Christmas trees can spare lives — even with simple strategies such as watering a tree daily versus just a few times a week. The […]
On this day in 1893 the world lost James Pierpoint, composer of the most recognizable song of Christmas, Jingle Bells. The date of his death — August 5th — marks just 142 remaining days until Christmas. While Jingle Bells, like its best selling cousin White Christmas, isn’t even a Christmas song its composer was no […]
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the beloved PEANUTS animated tale, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Kristen Bell will host a special holiday retrospective, “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown,” Monday, November 30 (9:00–10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The anniversary special will celebrate 50 years of the iconic classic that has brought […]
Hallmark’s traditional Countdown to Christmas kicks off on Halloween as part of their drive to bring 16 new Christmas movies to television audiences this holiday season. Thanksgiving weekend will see five new movies make their debut: Tis the Season for Love — an out-of-work actress returns home for the holidays and discovers romance could replace […]
High in the snowy back country of Germany children everywhere look forward to the early December feast day of St. Nicholas, that kindly gift bringer of ancient origin. But unlike other children German kids have not only to be on the lookout for St. Nick – but also for his alleged dark opposite known as […]
