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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.)
Memorial Day
It probably comes as no surprise that this significant and meaningful holiday started in the South the year following the end of the Civil...
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“Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
He’s wanting her to stay, she can’t make up her mind. Such a simple idea, but brilliantly executed by the wonderful Frank...
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“America the Beautiful”
“America the Beautiful” is in our pantheon of greatest patriotic songs, right there with “God Bless America,”...
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“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....
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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...
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“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
It’s a high point of one of the high points of the Christmas season (you know, “the holidays”). There are lots of good...
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“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
Some Christmas songs are “owned” by one particular performer. Bing Crosby owns “White Christmas,” for example. No...
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Christmas Cookies
The lines are drawn, the preference often a family tradition, passed down from mother to daughter. There’s no middle ground. Either...
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Frosty the Snowman, TV Special
In 1949, Gene Autry recorded a song called “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Big hit. The next year he wanted another fun...
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Thanksgiving Day Football
In addition to the blessings for which we are grateful on Thanksgiving, here’s one more in 2011: Thank goodness the Detroit Lions are...
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