Hanukkah starts tonight

Hanukkah means "dedication"



get the loose pants out.


Original Hanukkah Song  Adam Sandler -




Hanukkah Harry -




Friends Holiday Armadillo




Dreidel  Erran Baron Cohen -



And kids, know when a simple game becomes an addiction - please no actual gambling while playing with your dreidels. Gamblers Anonymous (718) 352-1671

Remember, pace yourself - 8 days is a long time


here's a happier way to remember John Lennon on this sad anniversary






17 more shopping days until Christmas, and the world may just be over in 13 days.





And so it goes

It's reasonable to cry,

If you've just witnessed your friend melt before your eyes

December 7, 1969 -
Another Rankin/Bass production, Frosty the Snowman, premiered on CBS-TV on this date.



Voice actress June Foray was cast for both Karen and the Teacher and had recorded vocals for both characters. However, only her recordings for the Teacher made it into the final special as another actress was called in to replace Foray's Karen, for reasons that even Foray herself to this day does not know.


So today's theme is -



Christmas, the horrors of frostbite:

A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas  -




The Snow Man (1940)




Scary Snowman




Frosty The Snowman (1953)




The Snowman's Dilemma (1960)




The Snowman (1982)




1 more shopping days until Hanukkah, 18 more shopping days until Christmas, and the world may just be over in 14 days.

Did they play Monopoly?

Today is the 48 anniversary of the original broadcast of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Let's check out some other ways Rudolph has been portrayed:

The original broadcast version commercials -




Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer cartoon from 1944 -




Rudolph commercial (hawking a phone)




Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer  Gene Autry -




Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer  DMX -




And if that's not enough -
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.


In honor of Saint Nick, we have a second Christmas video countdown today - Santa!

Here Comes Santa Claus -




Santa Claus training -




History of Santa -




History of gift giving -




2 more shopping days until Hanukkah, 19 more shopping days until Christmas, and the world may just be over in 15 days.


Did You Know?
After A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens wrote several other Christmas stories, one each year, but none was as successful as the original. Among some of the titles were, How Father Christmas, a Fat, Smelly, Rat Bastard, died in the chimney at 307A Gin Lane last Christmas; Oh no, Mother's drunk on the holiday punch again; and Little Nell meets Jack the Ripper on Boxing Day.



And so it goes

Well, at least he made the sleighs run on time.

Today's holiday special deals with unfair child labor practices - Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - Santa Claus



Because these are the thing you need to think about during Christmas.


We have a guest musical programmer, Olivia, selecting her favorite holiday songs:


Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey -




Feliz Navidad  Jose Feliciano -




12 Days of Christmas  BTR -




All I want for Christmas is You  Mariah Carey -




We Wish You A Swinging Holiday -




3 more shopping days until Hanukkah, 20 more shopping days until Christmas, and the world may just be over in 16 days.

I hope you have a lot of newspaper to put down around your home

OK kids, PNC bank has reported that there is a 4.8% increase in the price of the items needed for the 12 days of Christmas. In the 29th year of the survey PNC has found that the 12 items come out to a grand total of $25,431 which is a $1,168 increase from last year.



These prices are, of course, just for one verse of the song. If you add up the total cost of all the items from the entire song (what PNC Wealth Management calls “The True Cost of Christmas”) it would surmount $107,300 !


Ray Conniff & Singers -




Belle and Sebastian - 




Garrison Keillor




Allan Serman




On the Twelfth Day






4 more shopping days until Hanukkah, 21 more shopping days until Christmas, and the world may just be over in 17 days.

Only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.

Today's theme - As this is the anniversary of St. Elvis' comeback - It's an Elvis Christmas today

Blue Christmas




Merry Christmas Baby




It Won't Seem Like Christmas




Here comes Santa Claus




5 more shopping days until Hanukkah, 22 more shopping days until Christmas, and the world may just be over in 18 days.

The holidays during wartime

Today's Christmas theme - Sometimes the underlying reason for the holidays is lost in the fog of war -


The Christmas Truce on the Western Front of 1914




I'll Be Home For Christmas  Bing Crosby -




Christmas Eve in My Home Town  Eddie Fisher -




Vietnam War Christmas




Marines in Iraq for Christmas




Merry Christmas From Afghanistan




Happy Xmas (War Is Over)




6 more shopping days until Hanukkah, 23 more shopping days until Christmas, and the world may just be over in 19 days.