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Wax Pack Flashback: Santa Around the World (1993)
Watch Mickey open a pack of Santa Around the World trading cards from 1993. Be sure to “like” the video and subscribe to the TRN YouTube channel.
Christmas
90s
The Real History Behind the Fake Holiday Festivus
Seinfeld, a show about nothing, actually gave us something for the holidays: a new December tradition in which everyone can participate. On December 18, 1997, all of us were introduced to Festivus, the holiday “for CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Action Movie Fan
It’s Christmas time once again, decorations, shopping, carols, Santa Claus and lots of Christmas movies. When it comes to Christmas movies everyone has their favorite. Most are the more traditional films; It’s a Wonderful Life, CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Comedy Movie Fan
Christmas comedies are probably the most popular Christmas movies or at least tied with the Romantic Comedies. There are hundreds of comedies focusing on the Christmas season. Some are good, some not so good, CONTINUE READING…
Christmas
Santa Claus, Christmas, and I Love Lucy
I grew up watching I Love Lucy reruns on Nick-at-Nite with my Dad. We’d sit and laugh together late into the night during summers when I was a kid. When the Season 4 episodes centering CONTINUE READING…
Articles
Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Horror Movie Fan
I know what your thinking…Christmas horror movies? How can that be? Well, sometimes bad things happen on Christmas too. The Christmas season is a wonderful time of year, but sometimes the lines are too long, CONTINUE READING…
Articles
The Golden Age of Department Stores at Christmas
In today’s world of specialty shops, discount superstores, and all the choices we have online, it’s hard to imagine the role the department store once played in American life. Each town had one of these CONTINUE READING…
80s
30 Years of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
For most of us one of the best parts of Christmas is watching our favorite holiday movies over and over (and over) again. As ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ turns 30 this year on December 1st, CONTINUE READING…
80s
‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ by Band Aid
For this issue, we revisit the ’80s holiday song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid. The song was written by Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure (Ultravox) in 1984 specifically to raise CONTINUE READING…
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When the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Doesn’t Go As Planned
The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is usually filled with wonder and excitement. But, sometimes things can go awry. CONTINUE READING…
