Entries by Jeff Westover

What Christmas in July Really Means

When I was a kid I had a recurring dream — a wish, really — that I could pull some stored snowballs from the freezer and pelt my brother with them on the hottest day in the July. That is the curse of being the smallest brother. You have to scheme in order to find […]

Rudolph’s Birthday

It is Sunday, July 27th and there are only 151 days left until Christmas. Today is Rudolph’s Birthday, or, as it really should be known, Robert L. May Day of Christmas. Robert L. May was the creator of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and he was born on this date way back in 1905. While […]

Kristin Chenoweth Talks Up a New Christmas Album

Participating in a social media Q&A with fans over the weekend Kristin Chenoweth confirmed work on a new Christmas album and hinted of a possible duet with Frozen vocalist Idina Menzel. If true, the album would quickly become one of the more anticipated titles of 2014. Chenoweth shared her emphatic intention to create a follow-up […]

Clement Clarke Moore Day

Today is Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 and there remains just 163 days until Christmas. Today is Clement Clarke Moore Day. Moore was the author of “A Visit from St. Nicholas“, or, as many know it, “Twas the Night Before Christmas“. Long before Dicken’s A Christmas Carol and Berlin’s White Christmas the first truly viral cultural […]

Grumpy Cat Does Christmas

Looks like Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch aren’t the only mean mugs you’ll be seeing this coming holiday season. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Phoenix-based Internet sensation Grumpy Cat, a.k.a. Tardar Suace, is finally getting her lifetime achievement award: a Lifetime movie. The made-for-TV- movie, entitled Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever, will be a live-action […]