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The temperatures outside might not spur on thoughts of the “most wonderful time of year,” but Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center brought some holiday cheer today, as the line-up for the popular annual A Country Christmas presented by Nissan was announced.
A Country Christmas returns to the landmark resort Nov. 15, 2007 through Jan. 2, [...]

A wildly popular civic Christmas event in the San Diego, California area might not be held this year due to a ‘lack of time’. Even though Christmas comes every December 25th and even though the annual parade which draws tens of thousands is as popular as ever the community of Encinitas may not hold their [...]

Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas is a movie seemingly without category. Christmas fans call it a Christmas movie while Halloween fans claim it for halloween. Part musical, part animation, and all unique, Nightmare Before Christmas has endured as a popular and cult classic almost since the day it was released. It returns in October 2007 [...]

Last week we told you of a Long Island, New York school board who wanted to rename an annual Christmas concert to a “winter concert” and move it to February, citing the reference to Christmas as “offensive”.
Citizens are not taking this lying down. Here is a recent letter-to-the-editor:
First let me say, I am a homeowner [...]

Vince Vaughn must really love Christmas. He sure seems to be making more than his fair share of Christmas movies these days.
The rumor mill this week has him signed to star opposite Reese Witherspoon in a relationship comedy about a couple who has to visit four sets of parents for Christmas. The film is [...]

The Salt Lake City Council passed an ordinance last week intended to stop animal rights activists from harassing University of Utah researchers with regular picket lines in front of their homes. But a different group of activists is suing because they say the new law silences their Christmas tradition of free speech:
“In the past [...]

Nearly half a million people are expected to watch the 2007 Sydney Christmas Parade, the biggest event of its kind ever mounted in Australia.
The inaugural November 25 parade, sponsored by The Sunday Telegraph and Channel Nine, is planned to become Sydney’s version of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York.
About 60 colourful [...]

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Hudson and Jamie Foxx – recently seen together onscreen in Dreamgirls – will be joined by an array of Muppets, musicians and movie stars for “Elmo’s Christmas Countdown,” which will air as a one-hour special on ABC this holiday season.
The concert will “feature the celebrities helping host Elmo [...]