Tag: Christmas

The Christmas Porta Potty, a gift that keeps on giving

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.

Everybody has their own holiday traditions

We wish you good health and lots of happiness, and we hope that, even now, you have plenty to celebrate. Merry Christmas!

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.

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.

A day later, the cookies are baked!

For the first time in Christmas baking history, the old boy is getting his ingredients organized beforehand!

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!

And this is not a typo!

People can celebrate Christmas the way any way they like, no matter how far it strays from those common paths. We share a few unusual but enjoyable places with their own special traditions for December 25th.

TubaChristmas is an annual concert tradition in which musicians gather to play festive music exclusively on tubas, baritone horns, sousaphones and and euphoniums. We'll explain how Christmas got so tuba-ey.