Video: 'NORAD Tracks Santa 60th Anniversary'
(Saturday, December 24, 1955, Christmas Eve) — The Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, found itself fielding phone calls from children wanting to know the whereabouts of Santa Claus today after a newspaper ad mistakenly gave the Center’s number.
The result was a tradition continued by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) of tracking Santa’s location the night before Christmas.
Video: 'THE GIFT OF THE MAGI by O. Henry, presented by classic-tales.net'
(Sunday, December 10, 1905) — The O. Henry short story “The Gift of the Magi” about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money was published today in the New York Sunday World magazine under the title “Gifts of the Magi.”
Video: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
(Thursday, December 9, 1965, 7:30 p.m. EST) — A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first animated TV special featuring characters from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, was first broadcast tonight on CBS.
Video: 'The Beatles: 1965 Christmas Message Recording Session Out-Take'
(Tuesday, October 19, 1965) — The Beatles made the first of two attempts to record a Christmas message for members of their fan club (as they had in 1963 and 1964) today at Marquee Studio in London, produced by the group’s press officer Tony Barrow.
Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Dec. 25, 1914, at 51:48)
(Friday, December 25, 1914, Christmas Day; on the Western Front of the First World War) — An unofficial Christmas truce that began yesterday held today along parts of the Western Front today between British and German soldiers who, in some cases, exchanged gifts and even played soccer with each other. Continue reading Unofficial Christmas truce continues along Western Front 100 years ago today (Dec 25 1914)
Video: 'Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol'
(Tuesday, December 18, 1962, 7:30 p.m. EST) — Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol, a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ famous short story A Christmas Carol starring the character Mr. Magoo, debuted tonight on NBC. Continue reading ‘Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol’ premieres on NBC 50 years ago this hour (1962)
Audio: 'Adeste Fideles' (1942 version)
(Monday, June 8, 1942) — Still in a Christmas mood ten days after recording White Christmas, the best-selling single of all time, singer Bing Crosby recorded new versions of Adeste Fideles and Silent Night today in Los Angeles for Decca Records. Continue reading Crosby records new versions of ‘Adeste Fideles,’ ‘Silent Night’ 70 years ago today (1942)
(Saturday, December 18, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — It’s Christmas Day and Archie is the only one not in the Christmas spirit on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family.
