It is Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 and there are 145 days until Christmas. Today is Santa Maria Day of Christmas. On this date way back in 1492 the Santa Maria set sail, one of three famed vessels commanded by Christopher Columbus. Her sailing would lead to a monumental moment of Christmas history. For that has […]
Today is Friday, August 1, 2014 and there are only 146 days left until Christmas. And even though Christmas is so close today is, nevertheless, Complain about Christmas Creep Day. “Christmas creep” is a media invention. It signifies the appearance of Christmas long before Christmas — and before the season of jolliness sets it we’re […]
The date has been set! The 4th Annual World’s Largest Christmas Party is scheduled for Sunday, December 14th around the world. The World’s Largest Christmas Party is a tradition begun on My Merry Christmas.com, a year round Christmas community. In 2010 the idea was hatched to gather as many Christmas friends from the world for […]
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 […]
Today is Saturday, July 26th, 2014 and there remains only 152 days until Christmas. It is Darlene Love Day of Christmas — born on this day in 1938 Darlene Love is a classic star of Christmas for a couple of reasons: she recorded a timeless favorite of Christmas titled “Christmas, Baby Please Come Home” and […]
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 […]
Today is Thursday, July 17th 2014 and there remains only 161 days until Christmas. In fact, Christmas is only 22 weeks from today! It is Vince Guaraldi Day of Christmas. Vince Guaraldi is a Christmas hero for his happy compositions featured in A Charlie Brown Christmas. The jazzy soundtrack was a surprise addition to the […]
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 […]
Michael W. Smith took to social media and posted pictures of himself in the studio recording his upcoming Christmas album during the summer. The album follows an extensive catalog of Christmas albums from Smith. The legendary singer was excited to share the news with his fans. “Making Christmas music in June……love my tree!” Smith posted […]
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 […]
Christmas 2014 just got “cooler” as Idina Menzel has announced she’ll be releasing a Christmas album. The Broadway star, Menzel, who lent her voice to the animated hit “Frozen” explains her decision to record and release an album saying, “I know I’m Jewish,” quoted Broadway.com of the star during a performance In New York’s Radio […]
