Fixing Christmas
As a good Southerner, I never stopped loving my Mama, even if I didn’t always like her.
As a good Southerner, I never stopped loving my Mama, even if I didn’t always like her.
In the news for the week ending December 22, 2022, are crazy Christmas candy, a gift they will definitely remember, and some classic holiday movies you should add to your “to watch” list.
May your holidays be humorous!
In 1963, the big seller among gifts for girls was Mattel’s Barbie doll, followed by Ideal Toy’s Tammy. The A.C. Gilbert company, maker of chemistry and construction sets for boys, had something more practical in mind.
In the news for the week ending December 8, 2023, are tree takes, TSA trouble, and tasty tipples.
“A Christmas Story” might never have been made if a struggling young Miami filmmaker had not happened to be listening to his car radio one December night in 1968.
One little girl’s charming song led to a campaign funded by children’s pocket change to bring a hippo to the Oklahoma City Zoo.
“The Christmases I most vividly remember took place during the Second World War, when my Southern family was living in small towns in the Midwest.”
This December’s lighting of the National Christmas Tree marks the beginning of a second century of celebration.
The modest sleeper became an enduring classic.
One of our favorite things about the new year is the anticipation of the Atlanta International Gift and Market. Not only do we love meeting with licensees and looking for new potential partners, but we also enjoy seeing the new trends, colors and themes that grab the industry each year. The trends this year were […]
In the news for the week ending December 23, 2022, are all the Christmas things, including the best food, the worst songs, the classic movies, the Hallmark Channel, and more.
Since classic Christmas movies have become such an important part of our holidays, we thought we’d look at some of the earliest holiday films ever made.
We find the laughs in holiday shopping, pageants, Santa, and more!
Some things haven’t changed in 75 years: In 1947, Robert Yoder wrote about parents on Christmas Eve frantically striving to put together toys that came in many baffling bits.
In the news for the week ending December 16, 2022, are weird mail, a weirder word, a young Ward Cleaver, Tom Sawyer, and more.