Santa Claus

Posted by Robin on Dec 17, 2012 in Holiday | Comments Off on “Twas The Night Before Christmas”

How does Santa Claus look? We can thank the Coca-Cola Company for giving Americans a visual that we all now accept as the jolly old man....

Posted by Robin on Dec 24, 2011 in Americana, Featured, Holiday | Comments Off on Tracking Santa Claus on Christmas Eve

Legend has it that it all started with a typo. Sears printed a number that kids could call to keep up with Santa, and it went to NORAD...

Posted by Robin on Dec 13, 2011 in Americana, Featured, Holiday | Comments Off on Christmas Cookies

The lines are drawn, the preference often a family tradition, passed down from mother to daughter. There’s no middle ground. Either...

Posted by Robin on Dec 24, 2010 in Film | Comments Off on Film: Miracle on 34th Street

Does Santa Claus really exist? Edmund Gwenn has made believers out of generations of movie lovers thanks to his performance as Kris...

Posted by Robin on Dec 7, 2010 in Holiday, Kids Stuff | 1 comment

Children’s author Chris Van Allsburg created this beautiful Christmas story about a fantasy train that carried children to the North...