The below video of Christmas cheer comes to us via Homar Sanchez Diaz, director of what he calls a “virtual choir” named Vuela Alto from the Colegio Sembradores de Amistad junior high in the State of San Luis Potosà in Mexico. This is not a choir that meets together, rehearses and performs. Instead they record […]
The Christmas movie genre is in a bit of a rut with several years having passed now without a major studio release of a holiday-themed tale. And while 2015 will go down in history as just another year of that drought it may also be earmarked as the year of Krampus on the Big Screen […]
Today is July 15th and there are only 163 days left until Christmas. Today marks the 236th birthday of Clement Clarke Moore, author of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” or, as it is better known, Twas the Night Before Christmas. Moore doesn’t get the love that Charles Dickens receives but his Christmas creation is likely […]
Kenny Rogers plans to release his first Christmas album in 17 years this fall. Titled Once Again It’s Christmas the album shares traditional fare with new songs produced specially for the project. Rolling Stone provides the details: Joining Rogers on the holiday project are Alison Krauss, who sang with the Gambler on his Number One […]
Jimmy Fallon grabbed some classroom musical instruments, gathered the kids, the group Roots, and Mariah Carey to give new life to Carey’s hit, All I Want for Christmas is You. Is it as good as the original? Maybe better:
On this date in 1946 American composer Leroy Anderson penned the holiday favorite, Sleigh Ride. Though long associated with Christmas and played each holiday season as a classic Sleigh Ride was never officially a Christmas song. But given its cult status as staple of the season, we declare today Sleigh Ride Day of Christmas. There […]
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? […]
