It falls from our lips without much thought: “Merry Christmas!”. But what is it we are really saying? In an informal survey conducted recently more than 84 percent of Americans asked thought that the word “merry” meant “jolly”. Taken in context, many around the world do indeed celebrate a “jolly” Christmas these days. But that […]
In recent years many retailers have come under fire for using the word “holiday” in substitution for the word “Christmas” in their advertising. But some have problems with the term “Xmas” as well. Just ask gift shop owner Trent Wilson. He meant no harm when he used the term “Xmas” in a 2007 ad he […]
Santa met this year with Jeff Westover, editor of My Merry Christmas.com, where these interviews have been hosted for over a decade. As you know, once a year and only one a year does Santa sit down with a member of the media. Santa grants these interviews only if they are published verbatim and do […]
10. Travels the world with a reindeer pooper-scooper. 9. Thinks up 12 more days of Christmas. 8. Writes new Christmas top ten lists. 7. Drops watermelons from the top of David Letterman’s house. 6. Takes pictures on the Easter Bunny’s lap. 5. Walks the malls muttering “Where’s my chair?” 4. Sends clever audition videos trying […]
Dear Ernest, What makes a reindeer fly? Missy J. Barcelona, Spain Hi Missy- The flight of reindeer has been attributed to everything from magic corn to fairy dust. Since most of the stories are ancient fables, there is no way to account for what actually started it all. But it might not be as unusual […]
Early every October Santa sits down to be interviewed by a media personality. This has been his tradition almost as long as there has been a modern media. This year, Santa sat down with long time political reporter Hugh Kelly of KLIP-TV. This year Santa addresses the state of the world, the elections, the importance […]
Dear Ernest, What will I get for Christmas? Thanks, Maria I haven’t a clue. And if I did, I wouldn’t tell you. It would be really easy to find out. All I have to do is to enter your name into my computer here and up would pop a screen with everything about you, Maria. […]
By Robert McReynolds I saw him. I was only 17 years old at the time. And I haven’t seen him since. But I know he’s real and nobody could ever tell me different. We had gone to bed about 5 hours before, after a long night of making merry. I slept in a room with […]
Just as he does every year, Santa has been interviewed in advance of Christmas. And just as he has done in the past, Santa has met with an aspiring journalist, this year being 17-year-old Jeremy Hart of Fontana, California. Jeremy did something no other journalist with an exclusive interview has ever done — he opened […]
