I'm not going to lie, when I was first invited on a holiday-themed cruise along the Rhine, I rolled my eyes. A full week of ...

Just a short entry today to wish all the readers at Steve’s blog and all of Birdland a wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season. Enjoy your time with family and friends and I hope it’s your best ...

A Christmas Story holds a very special place in my heart. It’s a movie that I’ve loved almost all of my life. Ralphie’s wins are my wins. Because of my devotion to the movie, I was both excited and ...

Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You is an undeniable hit, and has officially been crowned the greatest holiday song of all time by Billboard. So it’s funny to think that the song’s ...

Christmas songs generally aren’t risque. Neither are The Monkees‘ songs. Despite their wholesome past, The Monkees released a Christmas song with suggestive lyrics. During an interview, The Monkees’ ...

Netflix’s holiday brand is ridiculous Christmas-themed movies. They gave us multiple Vanessa Hudgens in The Princess Switch films. The streaming service also convinced us that a journalist could ...

Since the lies that have been passed back and forth over the past few weeks are over (election 2006), I would like to express some Christmas thoughts. For those of you who have disagreed and those who ...

It’s hard to imagine the holidays without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple of the season for many generations. But this beloved TV special almost didn’t make it to ...

Many military families don't get the chance to spend the holidays with their loved one who is serving overseas. This is true for a family in Hamburg. The Fronefield family has a lot of children who ...

A couple of Christmas observations: REAL JESUS – I think the nativity set’s stable that my mother put out every December for decades was made of sturdy cardboard, and the animals, shepherds, Wise Men, ...

At Christmas we focus on giving. The next day, we turn our attention to time. We review the year that’s ending and preview the year just ahead. So, how about some year-end (and year-beginning) ...

They say that the simpler things are the most enjoyable aspects of life. That may be adamantly true when it comes to stuff like the summer’s ice cream or Santa’s wintery presents. But how about ...