On this summer day in 1953 Gayla Peevey recorded one of the biggest novelty hits of Christmas, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. We declared today to be I Want a Hippopotamus Day of Christmas, with just 169 days remaining until Christmas. Peevey was a child star from Oklahoma with a five year contract with […]
Christmas in July is typically limited to Hallmark’s new line of ornaments and QVC’s heat-of-summer Christmas shows. But Amazon has quietly lobbed the first bomb in the annual fight for Christmas selling dominance. The online retailer will hold a “Christmas-in-July” event that Amazon management promises will be better than Black Friday. The e-commerce giant is […]
The Puritans who first settled New England may have been hesitant to celebrate it. But their children and grandchildren have embraced it wholeheartedly. Many of today’s iconic images of Christmas come from traditions long celebrated in New England. But the modern Christmas in New England is breath taking in its own right. This locally produced […]
With Leon Day successfully celebrated the world goes on a bit of a Christmas binge in July as both a way to beat the heat and to anticipate the season ahead. “Christmas in July” is commonly celebrated in stores as a means to do something to attract shoppers but it also has bled into other […]
Trying to get a little Christmas spirit going? This video, on the recommendation of many, is good medicine. From his largely under-appreciated Christmas album of 2012 this video features the selfie videos of celebrities in music new and old sharing a little Christmas spirit with Richard Marx. How many of these celebs can you identify? […]
In mid-December 2014 NBC aired a stop motion animated special called Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, based on the 2003 hit movie titled Elf. The television special was well received by critics and seen by millions. The holiday musical movie combines the humor and spirit of the beloved holiday film Elf with songs from the Broadway […]
Mariah Carey wants to be back on top — and she is looking to Christmas to get her there. The now unmarried mother of two is in the middle of a revitalization phase of her career and recently started a run in Las Vegas that has already run into snags with reported many diva-like show […]
Today is May 22nd, 2015 and there are only 217 days until Christmas. This week has been an epic celebration in the countdown to Christmas. It kicked off with Frank Capra’s birthday and featured as well the birthday of James Stewart. On this day we celebrate the now-Christmas classic short film, Mr. Krueger’s Christmas, or, […]
Bill Murray is hyping his 2015 Netflix Christmas “special” early, for whatever reason and today released a teaser (seen below). This is not your garden variety television Christmas special — or even a comedy. Murray himself calls it “a little movie”. Murray plays a TV host who, when a giant snowstorm hits NYC, frets that […]
