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From the dropping of the ball in Times Square through the marathon of A Christmas Story on TBS, we pay tribute to the greatest moments on the calendar. (All posts guaranteed not to shoot your eye out.)
Holiday: Candy Corn
The one absolutely distinctive seasonal candy for Halloween is candy corn. Not everyone likes it (though I do – come to think of it,...
Read MoreHoliday: July 4th Fireworks
They can be spectacular. In New York City, they exploded more than 22 tons of pyrotechnics a couple of years ago. Or they can be modest, a...
Read MoreSong: “God Bless America”
Hard to believe, but “God Bless America” languished unsung and unknown for its first twenty years. The great Irving Berlin...
Read MoreAlbum: "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Soundtrack
Even today, it doesn’t seem like a natural fit for a jazz soundtrack to accompany an animated Christmas show. Certainly the...
Read MoreSong: "White Christmas"
My favorite Christmas album in my childhood was Bing Crosby’s Merry Christmas, which was released as an LP in 1949 and has never...
Read MoreKid Stuff: Lionel Trains
For many families of the 1940s and 1950s, a Christmas tree wasn’t complete without a Lionel train set encircling it. This...
Read MoreHoliday: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is one of the relatively few Christmas songs to have their genesis in films or on...
Read MoreHoliday TV Show: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph started life in a poem, written in 1939 by Robert L. May. His brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, liked the poem and turned it...
Read MoreKid Stuff: The Polar Express
Children’s author Chris Van Allsburg created this beautiful Christmas story about a fantasy train that carried children to the North...
Read MoreHoliday: Andy Griffith Show Christmas Episode
This is the first time a single episode of a TV show has been featured on this list, but this one is a logical choice. The Andy Griffith...
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