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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,

Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Comedy Movie Fan

Pitfall Gary

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,

Santa Claus, Christmas, and I Love Lucy

Jeff Sheldon

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

Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Horror Movie Fan

Pitfall Gary

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,

The Golden Age of Department Stores at Christmas

Mickey Yarber

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

30 Years of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Jeff Sheldon

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,

‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ by Band Aid

OldSchool80s

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

When the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Doesn’t Go As Planned

Jeff Sheldon

The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is usually filled with wonder and excitement. But, sometimes things can go awry.