1950: ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ is a Hit…Twice Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer started as a giveaway storybook written in 1939 for Montgomery Ward department stores. Robert L. May from the company’s marketing department came up with the story. More than two million copies of the book went out to customers, but most of the world was still unaware of this reindeer
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In case you missed this performance of For King & Country’s version of “Little Drummer Boy” at the CMA Christmas Special, here it is.
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Saturday Night Live hit the nail on the head with this one.
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This Wednesday, Kimmel, Lear and company will perform two holiday episodes from “All in the Family” and “Good Times” with new casts.
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We all have our own favorite memories and traditions related to Christmas; some better than others. Here’s a short trip through holiday history from 1823 to 2019 featuring the highs and lows of Christmas pop culture.
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For many, it’s not Thanksgiving without a viewing of this famous parade which has traveled down the streets of New York City since 1924. This year’s parade is expected to feature 1,200 cheerleaders and dancers, 1,000 clowns, 40 balloon contraptions on the road, 26 floats, 16 giant character balloons in the air, 11 marching bands, 3 hosts and 1 Santa.
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“The Star,” the animated Christmas tale of the nativity, returns to theaters for two days in December.
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Honestly, I didn’t know how Illumination was going to pull this one off. For years we enjoyed Chuck Jones’ 1966 How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Then in 2000, Universal came out with the brilliant idea of creating a live action version of the story starring Jim Carrey, and at times, the Ron Howard-directed film was brilliant, but probably would have
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