Category: Christmas

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)

Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the…


Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films *…


Disneyland’s Holiday Special Events Return in November

Disneyland announced its annual holiday season activities Aug. 2 in celebration of holidays including Christmas, Navidad, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, and Three Kings Day. The seasonal entertainments run from Nov. 11, 2022, through Jan. 8, 2023, with festival decorations, food, music, and special events. “During this magical time of year, friends and family will make merry memories…


Santa’s Surprise (1947)

Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.”…


Christmas in July Ignores the Real Meaning of the Celebration

Commentary The conspicuous incidence of marketing slogans constantly pressures people into celebrating anything capable of celebration. Hence, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Valentine’s Day, to name just a few of these celebratory events, are now promoted by department stores with sustained marketing campaigns. But lately, the increasing occurrence of “Christmas in July” celebrations around the…


J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 I ‘Jauchzet, Frohlocket’ (J.S. Bach Foundation)

This is a 1734 Christmas cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach that serves as the first part of his Christmas Oratorio. Bach was then Thomaskantor, responsible for church music at four churches in Leipzig, a position he had assumed in 1723. For the oratorio, the libretto by an unknown author followed the nativity of Jesus from…


J.S. Bach—Cantata BWV 248 ‘Weihnachtsoratorium’ (J.S. Bach Foundation)

J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio presents itself as a cycle of similarly structured individual works whose continuity rests on the Christmas narrative according to the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, as well as on the recurrence of certain types of settings and the dramaturgy typical of Bach’s cantata oeuvre. Our decision to dedicate one concert evening…


Waukesha Parade Massacre Suspect Changes Plea, Uses Insanity Defense

The man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more by ramming an SUV into a Christmas parade last year in Waukesha, Wisconsin, will plead not guilty to his criminal charges by reason of insanity. Darrell Brooks, the 40-year-old accused killer, has changed his plea from “not guilty” to “not guilty by reason of…


Taking Down the Christmas Tree: Preserving a Panoply of Ornaments and Tradition

When my husband Don and I celebrated our first Christmas together decades ago, he presented me with a small ornament—a porcelain doll dressed in burgundy. I was delighted. With each Christmas, she takes a prominent spot on the tree, always a reminder of our first Christmas together. So began our tradition of purchasing an ornament…


M&S Was Britain’s Fastest Growing Food Retailer in Christmas Quarter-Nielseniq

LONDON—Marks & Spencer was Britain’s fastest growing food retailer in the key Christmas quarter, market researcher NielsenIQ said on Tuesday, providing further evidence that the company’s latest turnaround program is gaining traction. NielsenIQ said M&S’s grocery sales soared 9.4 percent in the 12 weeks to Jan. 1 from the same period a year earlier, with…