Paypal Does Not Believe in Santa
Paypal is really ticking some people off in the UK. Like many pushing Christmas shopping early in the UK Paypal has jumped into the race for schmaltzy Christmas commercial dominance with an ad that irritates instead of inspires. Some think they…
Christmas Life Hacks
There's a billion great ideas out there about how to make the chores of the holidays a little more simple. Between social media like Pinterest and specialized sites in Christmas organizing there are plenty of resources. The problem is that when…
Osmond Brothers Christmas Medley of 1969
Andy Williams' Christmas television specials of the 1960s and 1970s were traditional seasonal viewing back in the day and the Osmond brothers practically grew up on those episodes. More or less discovered by Williams after an appearance at Disneyland…
Footage of 1920s Era Santa Training Reindeer
It must take a tremendous amount of work for Santa to train his reindeer to do what they do. For eons parents have tried to explain. Evidently the effort never ends in trying to justify or explain how Santa does what he does. In this rare…
Grandfather Transforms Scooter for Christmas Charity
Here's a great Christmas story: Barrie Hall, 73, has spent eight months converting the second-hand 7mph disabled carriage into the iconic red wagon to raise money for a cancer charity. The ten-wheel imitation truck comes complete with…
Christmas with 32 Fingers and 8 Thumbs
Music can be created in so many different ways. In this fun version of Angels We Have Heard on High the noises the Piano Guys make with a -- well, piano, of course -- will surprise you. And it is great music to boot. "We wanted this to be…
The World’s Largest Living Nativity
It took 1039 people and a lot of talented musicians on a cold November evening last year to pull off this incredibly beautiful rendition of "Angels from the Realms of Glory". If there is a word to describe this Christmas gathering it would be…
London Christmas of the 1950s
This is a great video showing Christmas in London back in the 1950s -- some things never change. For any Christmas lover in England -- and there are many -- this is must see stuff: For more great images of this time period of Christmas…
What Your Christmas Tree is Doing Right Now
A month from now folks will begin heading out into the woods -- if they have a permit -- to snag a Christmas tree from U.S. Forest lands. Those rare few will get a tree cheap, at least compared to the cost of an artificial tree from a store…
Christmas Greetings from Chuck
Who can top this as the most epic Christmas card of all time? By popular request we re-post this just as folks are getting ready to put together their thoughts for sending Christmas cards for the season. We don't expect anyone, of course,…
Not Quite Christmas Caroling
It is understandable enough to mix up the words now and then -- especially if the song you are singing is a 500-year old Christmas carol. But to do it on purpose just to drive people crazy or to get a response -- well, that takes talent. The…
A Masterful Telling of Luke 2
There is not a Christmas lover anywhere who does not know well the text of the Christmas story from Luke Chapter 2, from the New Testament. But never have you heard it with such precise storytelling ability as we see in this video of John Rhys-Davies…
Jimmy Stewart Talks About It’s a Wonderful Life
It's A Wonderful Life has reached such a point of saturation in American Christmas culture we can practically quote it line by line. But even still we cannot get enough of it. Even though Jimmy Stewart has been gone now for many years…
Longfellow’s Christmas
This stirring combination of Christmas story telling, outstanding music and a true story is an unbeatable way to get in the Christmas Spirit. The late Edward Herrmann tells the tragic true tale of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the inspiration…
Peter Hollens Sings The Christmas Song
When Bob Wells and Mel Torme wrote The Christmas Song during the golden years of Christmas songs (1944) they had no idea they were penning a tune that would recorded by literally hundreds of artists. It is a song that, like White Christmas,…