Kmart Layaway Good Samaritans Pay It Forward
Around the country, some people are paying off Christmas layaway accounts for people they do not know. In a cool act of random kindness, Good Samaritans are going to Kmarts and anonymously paying off...
View ArticleI Wish It Was Christmas Today
When Jimmy Fallon hosted Saturday Night Live in 2011, he got together his old gang of Horatio Sanz, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan to reprise their classic funny performance of their song, “I Wish It...
View ArticleWhat Holiday Film Featured a Kidnapping?: Christmas Movie Quiz
Because nothing says Christmas as much as a quiz, here is another Christmas quiz to go with our previous quiz on music from classic Christmas films and TV specials. Here, see how many questions you...
View ArticleHappy Christmas (War is Over)
Merry Christmas to our readers who celebrate the holiday. With the last of the U.S. troops leaving Iraq this month, an appropriate song for this year is John Lennon’s beautiful “Happy Xmas (War is...
View ArticleWhen Is My Favorite Holiday Special or Film on TV?
Get ready for all of your favorite holiday specials. USA Today recently listed the TV schedule for upcoming shows for the 2012 season, some of which are listed below: - National Lampoon’s Christmas...
View ArticleNew Holiday Music From Sufjan Stevens: “Silver & Gold”
The prolific Sufjan Stevens has taken a break from making albums devoted to each of the fifty states to release a five-CD collection of original, covers, and classic holiday tunes. The set, entitled...
View ArticleAll I Want for Christmas is for Mariah Carey to Sing With Jimmy Fallon and...
This week on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, as Fallon and The Roots played toy instruments, Mariah Carey joined them, along with some children, for a rousing rendition of “All I Want for Christmas is...
View ArticleA Charlie Brown Christmas Reunion: Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Charleeeee
Charlie Brown is always hot this time of year, making his story ripe for both a modern animated update and a Saturday Night Live reinterpretation of a famous Peanuts play. First, the folks at...
View Article“The Little Drummer Boy” on TV and in Song
This post examines the TV special and the story behind the song, “The Little Drummer Boy.” The TV show The Little Drummer Boy (1968) was always one of my favorite Christmas specials. The holiday...
View ArticleYou Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry
Rolling Stone lists Springsteen’s cover of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” as one of the greatest rock Christmas songs of all time. Springsteen’s link to the song goes back several decades. Fans and...
View ArticleHappy Holidays
We wish all of our readers happy holidays and a great new year. GIF Source: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbuiuqSYWt1qgfk6po1_500.gif New Holiday Music From Sufjan Stevens: “Silver & Gold”...
View ArticleA Christmas Carol: Dickens, Edison, Sim, and the Fonz
On December 17, 1843, London publishing house Chapman & Hall published a novella called A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Charles Dickens had already found success from...
View ArticleA Christmas Movie: “The Crossing” (Missed Movies)
If you are looking for an unusual holiday movie, you should check out The Crossing (2000), an excellent A&E made-for-TV movie starring Jeff Daniels as George Washington crossing the Delaware River...
View ArticleThe Underdog Who Created the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The most famous reindeer of all first appeared in a 1939 booklet entitled “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” written by Robert L. May. The retailer Montgomery Ward commissioned this coloring book for...
View ArticleThe 1977 Johnny Cash Christmas Show
Check out this video for the 1977 broadcast of The Johnny Cash Christmas Show. The show features June Carter Cash, the Carter Family, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers,...
View ArticleMarty Brown Sings “The Little Drummer Boy”
Country singer Marty Brown recently performed a live version of the Christmas classic “The Little Drummer Boy.” Accompanied by harmonica and fiddle, Brown shows his great singing voice especially when...
View ArticleSam Smith: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Sam Smith had a great year, and he ended is ending the year by giving us a moving new version of an old classic. Check out Sam Smith singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and have a merry...
View ArticleDarlene Love’s Final Letterman Performance of “Christmas (Baby Please Come...
Chimesfreedom has previously noted that Darlene Love‘s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” is among our favorite Christmas songs and favorite pop songs of all time. So, with David Letterman retiring,...
View ArticleThe Killers Christmas: “Dirt Sledding”
Christmas season can only mean one thing, that it is time for the Killers to release their annual Christmas song. Since 2006, the Killers have given us a new Christmas song every year, with all...
View ArticlePaul McCartney Joins Springsteen for “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”
After it was announced that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would appear on NBC’s Saturday Night Live during the week of Christmas, it was a safe bet to predict that the band would be busting...
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