Christmas Hotel Now Open for Business

There’s room at this inn: The Inn at Christmas Place, an entirely Christmas themed hotel, claims to be four-star and full of old world charm.   Draped with red bows and garland, The Inn at Christmas Place  puts you in the holiday mood the moment you arrive. The lobby features a gigantic Christmas...

Christmas Eve in Billings, Montana 1954

Early last week, James Carroll of Tyler, Texas, came to Billings for the second time in his life. It was an enjoyable visit, but it was hard to top that first one, on Christmas Eve 1954. Carroll was a 23-year-old Army private at the time, just out of basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas, on his way to Seattle...

The Munsters Scary Little Christmas

Are we mixing our seasons? Munsters fans know the original 1964 series was followed by two films (now out on DVD) starring the original cast. After that came the second series, The Munsters Today (a.k.a. The New Munsters) in 1988, then the telefilms Here Come the Munsters in 1995 and The Munsters’...

What Goes Around, Comes Around

More than 18 million Mattel toys on recall world-wide Fisher-Price recalls almost 1 million toys Thomas & Friends toys recalled for lead poisoning And thats just a few headlines and in one part of industry; toy manufacture. And its not just the fault of the factories in China and the companies who...

Un-Christmasing a Christmas Movie

Last Christmas we endured the absurd, nearly obligatory annual release of a Christmas-themed farce titled Unaccompanied Minors. Following a now tired formula of kids-left-behind at Christmas, Unaccompanied Minors tells the story of a group of kids who cause havoc at a snowed-in airport on Christmas Eve. This...