“Families are presents”
From me and my people to you and your people, Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Santa Claus: North Pole
Merry Christmas to all the people of local news!
The Fiaccole of Abbadia San Salvatore Literally Make The Holiday Season Bright (Cool Weird Awesome 679)
Every Christmas Eve, at 6pm, the people of Abbadia San Salvatore in Italy light pyramids of wood called fiaccole they they've carefully collected and stacked for weeks. On what's one of the coldest and darkest nights of the year, the work together to celebrate with heat and light for everyone.
Salvador Dalí Used To Draw Christmas Cards For Hallmark (Cool Weird Awesome 678)
The history of Christmas cards has taken some strange turns over the years, but maybe none stranger than when Surrealist icon Salvador Dalí made Christmas cards for Hallmark.
Started Christmas Porta Potty
The Christmas Porta Potty, a gift that keeps on giving
How The Beatles Stitched Two Takes Of “Strawberry Fields Forever” Into A Rock Classic (Cool Weird Awesome 677)
Today in 1966, the Beatles were trying to make one great take of their new song “Strawberry Fields Forever,” and with help from producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick, they ended up making that one great take out of two half takes.
Season’s Greetings from the Carlson Kids
We wish you good health and lots of happiness, and we hope that, even now, you have plenty to celebrate. Merry Christmas!
One Pair Of Pants, One Wild Christmas Tradition (Cool Weird Awesome 444)
Ever tried to re-gift a present you didn't need? Two brothers-in-law kept giving each other the same pair of pants for decades - and in increasingly complicated wrappings. Plus: ever hear about the time Alex Trebek walked onto the Jeopardy! set without pants?
A Misdialed Phone Number Got Santa Airspace Clearance From The US Military (Cool Weird Awesome 443)
Why does NORAD watch Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, while watching for missiles and bombers the rest of the time? It all started when an ad for a Santa Claus hotline accidentally published a military hotline number during the Cold War. Plus: a gag gift known as the "Nothing Box" was maybe one present that wasn't supposed to travel through the skies at Christmastime.
Seasons Greetings from the Carlson Kids
We have a lot to be happy about this year, and we hope you do too. Merry Christmas, happy holidays and here's to a new year!