Christian holiday celebrated annually on December 25th
(This article was written last year on the old site) There are several movies that take place throughout an entire year, and that includes Christmas, but you wouldn’t consider them Christmas movies. For example, Christmas happens in every Harry Potter … Continue reading Christmas Movies: Through 1985
Few holiday specials are odder ducks than Frosty Returns in terms of how they are consumed by the general public. No one seems to particularly “like it,” yet its been airing on CBS every year for more than two decades alongside its … Continue reading Why the Heck Do We Watch Frosty Returns Every Year?
If you need a gift for your grandpa who claims that those pansies at the NFL have become “too political,” or for your aunt who became a Jackie Evancho fan only since last January, or for your nephew who for … Continue reading Trumpy Bear is Here to Solve All of Your Christmas Shopping Problems
( Note: I published this article last year on the old site) Earlier, I discussed the animated Christmas specials of the Rankin/Bass studios, but there are, of course, several other classic and modern specials. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) … Continue reading Christmas Animated Specials (non-Rankin/Bass Category)
Note: I originally wrote this a few years ago for the old site. It’s that time of year when the Christmas specials grace our television screens, and some of the best came from the minds of Arthur Rankin Jr. and … Continue reading The Wonderful World of Rankin & Bass
It’s the thought that counts, right? But what if no thought went into it in the first place? Continue reading Merry Sh*tsmas: Worst Gifts?
God rest ye, merry Avocados. I thought we might get some use out of a thread devoted to gift-giving suggestions, questions, advice, and so forth. Air your woes and share your wisdom below. Continue reading Christmas Shopping Lifeline Thread
Ever since Charles Dickens published a Christmas Carol in 1843, the name “Scrooge” has come to mean a mean, miserly person. He is one of most famous characters created by Dickens and one of the most famous in English literature. … Continue reading Ebenezer Scrooge on Screen: Dickens Throughout the Years
Our magazine this week is Esquire, December 1934. Esquire was, and still is, a gentleman’s magazine for the classiest of gentlemen. Whereas Playboy sought to teach the working Joe or dweeby college freshman how to project the image of a worldly sophisticate, Esquire‘s readership needed little … Continue reading Let’s Read Esquire, December 1934!
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