Christmas Online

Christmas online is unlike the Christmas of our pilgrim and pioneer past. It is better because it is everywhere and always accessible. From sites like this to social media, Christmas can be had in the palm of your hand in every form: movies, music, discussions — even shopping. In this section of MyMerryChristmas we talk about all things pertaining to Christmas online.

Celebrating 20 Years of the Merry Forums
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Celebrating 20 Years of the Merry Forums

As we have been wrapping up yet another site redesign and a series of upgrades at MyMerryChristmas.com it dawned on us that 2024 is a milestone year: this fall marks 20 years of the Merry Forums at MyMerryChristmas.com. That's 20 years of…
Christmas Past
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Celebrating Christmas Past

Christmas past is more than just history. Christmas past is a combination of the stuff of love. That is why we keep going back to Christmas of yore. We love love. Christmas past is also the title of a new book by podcaster Brian Earl, host…
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Best of Christmas Podcasts 2022

We are pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Best of Christmas Podcast winners. Just as we did for the Best of Christmas Podcasts 2021, we surveyed podcast listeners and Christmas fans by the thousands from around the world - both online and offline. For…
Christmas in July
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Leon Day: Gateway to Christmas in July

Today marks the halfway point to Christmas - a kind of merry hump day known as Leon Day. "Leon" is Noel spelled backwards, a clever little moniker first noted in the Christmas community online way back in the 1990s. Leon Day is also the gateway…
Best of Christmas Podcasts

The Best of Christmas Podcasts 2021

Over the course of two months we surveyed several thousand people in order to bring you the following report of the Best of Christmas Podcasts 2021. We surveyed groups online and offline. We consulted with podcast experts and movie and music…
Reaching Out to Christmas
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Reaching Out to Christmas

We all know that 2020 has become a mess of unpredictable events disrupting both our global and our personal worlds. A virus called COVID-19 has upended our lives, shut us up indoors, robbed us of income, separated us from loved ones, and restricted…
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New Realities of Christmas Shopping

Covid-19 is rewriting the rules of Christmas shopping. With each passing day the usual reminder of “only X shopping days until Christmas” is more relevant than ever. Let's face it: there are some new realities of Christmas shopping we need…
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Chasing Christmas

I can still remember exactly how it felt on Christmas Eve as a child, when I would go down to my Grandparents’ house on Christmas Eve, along with my Mom and Dad. We would begin the evening by all going to church for the special candlelight…
Christmas Swap
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Be Careful Joining an Online Christmas Swap

Online Christmas swaps have become a new tradition in the ever-evolving celebration of Christmas. Folks online swap Christmas cards, ornaments, cookies, gifts and other themed elements of the season as a way of extending traditions…
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Introducing The Christmas Hall of Fame

Over the years we have openly mused in dicussion on the Merry Forums -- who would we put in a Christmas Hall of Fame? We no longer need to wonder about that question. We can now do something about it. We can approach all the great debates…
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Great Ways to Celebrate Leon Day

The celebration of Leon Day is a real thing. Every June 24-25th Leon Day comes around to remind that the year, at last, has turned the corner on Christmas. It’s the halfway mark to Christmas, a kind of merry hump day for those who love the…
Christmas on Social Media
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Christmas on Social Media

Cecilia Johnson did not mean any harm when she did it. In late November of 2015, as a 9-year-old neighbor boy lay dying of cancer, Cecilia took up the cause of having Christmas cards sent to him. The boy had expressed a desire to fill his walls…
reaching out to serve
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Reaching Out to Serve at Christmas

Christmas represents for many people an ideal time to think of others. Many have time off, some have extra resources and most have a desire to lend a hand at this time of the year. That is one of the keystone message of Christmas. But finding…
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Facebook Knows What You Want for Christmas

Facebook knows better than Santa what everyone in your house wants for Christmas – and they are going to make sure you will know what’s on their wish list. It’s a whole new world of creepy advertising. And you made it all possible.…
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The Many Memes of Christmas

Christmas memes have become not only a staple of each holiday season online but they have found a place year round. Christmas, it seems, has memes for every season. There is an entire generation – or two – that does not understand…