Santa Claus, one of the orginal good guys, toymaker, world traveler, rewarder of good behavior. Ho, Ho, Ho, checking his list twice, beard of white, suit of red, the whole twas the night before Christmas. Santa has always been portrayed… Read More ›
Christmas
Odd and Strange Christmas Specials
Christmas is my favorite holiday, Santa, giving gifts, decorations, and the all-encompassing, all-pervasive, fully comprehensive music. But like most things there are some weird things that happen around the edges of any season. Sometimes the weird gets mainstream. Halloween used… Read More ›
You’re A Mean One
Christmas has two all-time great recognized villains, Ebenezer Scrooge and Mr. Grinch. Of the two, the Grinch has the least amount of coverage. Dicken’s villain, Scrooge has forty-three (at last count) different movie versions of A Christmas Carol. Whereas the… Read More ›
The Christmas Carol(s)
The Charles Dickens short novella, A Christmas Carol, is only 31,096 words, which took the author ninety minutes to read during performances. Dickens took about 6 weeks to write it and it is probably his most well-known work due to… Read More ›