25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Jingle Bells” by John Waters
The cover says “Please don’t listen to this record.” Don’t say he didn’t warn you!
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “White Christmas” by Charles Osgood
Thanks, Charles Osgood, for spending one more Sunday morning with us.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Santa Lost A Ho” by The Christmas Jug Band
This is purely about words, with absolutely no other connotations. What on earth are you suggesting, reader?
Troublemakers Beware, It’s Time For Austria’s Krampus Parades
Nothing says the holidays like a creepy devil creature hitting you with sticks! In some European countries, there are parades focused on Father Christmas's evil counterpart, Krampus.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Angels We Have Heard On High” by The Rondelles
A bouncy, upbeat version of a holiday standard, from a band that deserves another listen.
Ernest Bazin Invented A Ship With Rolling “Wheels” And Named It After Himself
This month in 1893, the formal start of an effort to build a new kind of seagoing vessel: a ship with rolling wheels.