Joe Bonamassa Has a Lonesome Christmas
Love the blues? You'll love this on day #130 of the Countdown to Christmas as Joe Bonamassa tells us about his Lonesome Christmas:
Christmas Hallelujah
By request we re-post this Cloverton version of Hallelujah -- a Christmas Hallelujah. This song is very well known but this moving version burst on the scene last year to wide acclaim: Leonard Cohen's 1984 tune has been covered by the…
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
Quick trivia question: what group has sold more Christmas albums than any other in the past 30 years? That would be Mannheim Steamroller, that improbable group of classic rock/classical/baroque combo that makes music like no other. Steamroller…
History of Where Are You Christmas
Mariah Carey was denied a 2nd smash hit of Christmas back in 2000 all because of her marital woes. Today is August 14th, 2015 and there remains just 133 days in our Countdown to Christmas and today we mark it by declaring it Where Are You…
The World’s First Christmas Movie
The world’s first Christmas movie dates back to 1898, an age well before even popular silent films shown in movie houses. Directed by George Albert Smith, a British pioneer of film making, this wonderful bit of film was considered a technological…
Blake and Miranda Go Home for Christmas
One of last year's biggest Christmas television specials was Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas. It was seen by millions but who knew then what we know now of the soap opera that has become Blake and Miranda? On day #135 of the Countdown…
Who is the best Jacob Marley?
Whether you read the book or simply watch A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens every Christmas there is no getting around the point that likely the juiciest role in the whole story is that of Jacob Marley. Think about it -- he's a mournful,…
Daft Punk Pentatonix Christmas Lights
Somewhere near you right now some poor guy is slogging through the heat of summer to put up a spectacular Christmas display. If technology has brought anything to Christmas it is a whole new level of creative celebration through lights and coordinated…
Christmas with a Chapman Stick
A friend on Facebook shared a video of a musician playing something called a Chapman Stick. I'm no musical dummy but I had never heard or seen anything like a Chapman stick before. As I watched the video I naturally wondered if any Christmas…
Sam Smith Has a Merry Little Christmas
At 138 days in the Countdown to Christmas we take a listen today to crooner Sam Smith -- we still call them that, right? Crooners? -- well, he's crooning here and doing it well in a popular video from last December: It is funny how a…
Irish People Eat American Christmas Foods
Funny how the world sees you. In this video a few folks from Ireland try traditional American Christmas foods -- things like eggnog and pumpkin pie. Their reactions, as you might imagine, are something to see: Now...if we can just get…
Christmas Chickens
Today is Saturday, August 8th and that means there remains just 139 days until Christmas. The countdown reveals not only urgency in preparing for Christmas but also purpose: we're about 20 weeks away! What is needed is something to help…
A Message of Peace on Earth — from Mexico
The below video of Christmas cheer comes to us via Homar Sanchez Diaz, director of what he calls a "virtual choir" named Vuela Alto from the Colegio Sembradores de Amistad junior high in the State of San Luis Potosí in Mexico. This is not a…
William Shatner Brings Horror to Christmas
The Christmas movie genre is in a bit of a rut with several years having passed now without a major studio release of a holiday-themed tale. And while 2015 will go down in history as just another year of that drought it may also be earmarked…
Jimmy Fallon Wants Mariah Carey for Christmas
Jimmy Fallon grabbed some classroom musical instruments, gathered the kids, the group Roots, and Mariah Carey to give new life to Carey's hit, All I Want for Christmas is You. Is it as good as the original? Maybe better: