Hi everyone! I am Ross Caldwell, I live in Béziers, France. I have a quite specific question to start off - I am interested in the customs of the Christmas...
Hello Bill and friends! Me and my wife visited last week Vammala, a little home town of our beloved author and cartoonist Mauri Kunnas. He has made many...
With much sadness, we read today of the passing of American entertainment legend Bob Hope, who had turned 100 years old just two months ago. In addition to...
In looking at the history of carols, we can find no better expert than the late Maria Augusta Trapp who's life story became the basis for the film "The Sound...
by Neva Chonin, San Francisco Chronicle The two dozen people wearing Santa hats and blowing kazoos in Union Square on Wednesday weren't lost Christmas...
Here's a story about one of Bob Hope's Christmas shows: CHRISTMAS IN VIETNAM - 1970 What I remember most about Christmas in Nam was getting to fly to DaNang to...
Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, there were other mid- winter festivals that were observed in various parts of the world. These celebrations...
December, 1966 in Qui Nhon, Vietnam. I had only been in country two months with a supply company. I made it to the show and offered to help do some chair set...
I still remember his visit to our carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin. That was in 1967. The aircraft he was on made the 100,000 arrested landing on the USS Ranger....
Bob Hope did his radio show from the navy boot camp at San Diego in late 1950 or Jan. 1951. His radio show was great as we always heard it at home. When it was...
I was fortunate enough to see Bob Hope in person three times. The first time was when his son Kelly graduated from Boot Camp at the same time as my cousin. I...
AN AMERICAN ERA died late Sunday night. Ironically, it did so with the passing of a man who was born in England. Leslie Townes Hope died at his home in Toluca...
For many weeks, I was trying to find MIDI files for Romanian carols but did not meet with much success. Somehow I missed them when you first posted the URL to...
Hi all, I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Andrew and i am 24 years old and from Long Island. I am the co-owner of a gift basket/gift shop and a...
There's a Christmas book that's drawn from the vast resources of the Library of Congress, an inspiring collection of true stories, letters, diary excerpts, and...
Just wanted to let you all know that this past tuesday i went to a trade show in NYC to get some items for my store for the upcoming fall and winter...
I don't normally post outside Christmas, but on a similar Welsh theme Summer plans for Santa record Wales may still be sweltering, but one charity is already...
Hi all; I recently came across a public reproach, but wanted to check with the members. I have always seen the Latin reference to the above- entitled...
... theme ... Harry; Your post is entirely appropriate. Just last week I got an email from a choirmaster in Michigan; she was preparing a Christmas concert ...
... up. ... Bill: Sorry for the belated reply. I've been out of town on both business and pleasure in the last month, and I'm just now getting caught up. Like...
... the ... Bill: I ordered a copy of this book, on your recommendation, a couple of days ago. Previously, you've posted some excerpts from "Christmas With Ed...
I checked an online Latin-English dictionary. The Latin title of "O Come All Ye Faithful" is correct as "fideles" is plural, while "fidelis" is singular. In...
A local department store in Portland, Oregon (USA), might have been first out of the gate for Christmas advertising this Sunday, August 24, when it advertised...
have you been amazed at the number of year round Christmas stores that are popping up -- selling Christmas decorations year round.. First I just saw them in...
I have to acknowledge that, in some stores throughout the United States, "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas".....a full 4 months before the big day....
A new country has been added to the Christmas World website. Researched and written by one of the members of this group, it's at the following URL: ...
