No big, fat guy getting stuck in your chimney

Remember: Hanukkah means "dedication".



And you add the candles from right to left but light them left to right. So, let the serious eating commence


Original Hanukkah Song Adam Sandler -



Hanukkah Song Mashup Dance Spectacular!



Latke Recipe  The Maccabeats -



Ocho Kandelikas  Flory Jagoda -



The Dreidel Song  South Park -



Please pace yourself - Eight days is a long time. And kids, know when a simple game becomes an addiction - please no actual gambling while playing with your dreidels. Gamblers Anonymous (718) 352-1671


It's the Feast of Saint Nicholas (yes, that St. Nick.) Amongst other things, he is the patron saint of children and was known for his generosity. He's also known as the patron saint of sailors, fishermen, merchants, the falsely accused, prostitutes (Huh), repentant thieves, pharmacists and broadcasters.

Let's check out some other ways St. Nick has been portrayed:

Evolution of Santa Claus -



Santa School -



Santa Claus and His Helpers (1964)



Santa Claus  The Sonics-



Boogie Woogie Santa Claus  Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra -




Today is the 51st anniversary of the original broadcast of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, we have another Christmas video countdown today - Rudolph!

Rudolph was born 76 years ago this Christmas season, at the Montgomery Ward department store headquarters in Chicago. He was the star of a humble coloring book, written by a copywriter, Robert May, who almost named the protagonist “Reginald.” May, who’d been lonely as a child, based the character on himself. Store executives fretted that shoppers might think Rudolph’s nose was red because he was drunk, but something about Rudolph’s story spoke to people. He was an outcast, down on his luck. When Santa gave him a job (it was the Great Depression, after all)—well, something clicked. That Christmas, the company passed out two and a half million copies of the book

Original Rankin/Bass Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer GE Commercials



Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1944) -



Mad TV: Raging Rudolph -



Mad TV: Reinfather



various commercials feature Rudolph and his friends -