The Grinch and his friends are everywhere. In the mall, in our election, in our stores, at our Capitol buildings, in our airports, even around our churches and temples. This is Bellevue Square at Christmas. Kemper Freeman Jr. inherited and expanded this empire into the number one revenue per square ...

Filed under: OpEd, Festivus, TV 101, Reality-Free If there's one universal among TV Christmas specials it's this: they all seem to want to tell you what the "true" meaning of Christmas is. There are so many specials trying to explain the true meaning of Christmas, it actually makes you wonder if the...

Last Wednesday was my lucky day.  I don't know whether the moon and stars were aligned, whether it was destiny or what happened, but it sure was a delight. After seven years of buying lots of tickets, I won the raffled Southern Flames Christmas Tree that night. Members brought lampwork tree ornamen...

newVideoPlayer("/flipupxmas_gizmodo.flv", 506, 423,""); The fully-decorated tree in a pizza box is one of those amazing ideas that kick ass and sucks all what's good about Xmas at the same time.......

When the animated special for Dr. Suess' "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" first aired in 1966, it so quickly became identified with its narrator (Boris Karloff), its musical score (written by Albert Hague and the main song sung by Thurl Ravenscroft), and its animation director (Chuck Jones). Several...

We hope you’re enjoying your Christmas, and won’t be reading this until Wednesday, December 26, 2007. Except for our order fulfillment department, we’ll be out for the week, and you’ll be reading special posts we’ve prepared for your enjoyment in advance.  In the mean...

Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight TV Land is showing Christmas episodes of various shows all night. At 8, ABC has Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. NBC has It's A Wonderful Life at 8. CNN has What Would Jesus Do? Holiday Edition at 8. AMC has 1984's A Christmas Carol at 8. Als...

So, I’ve been thinking on this one for a while now.  Hopefully, this doesn’t turn into a rant or lengthy treatise, but I can’t make any promises in that regard.  I’ve been accused of being a Grinch.  A pastor being accused of being a Grinch!  I don’t like Christmas ...

Could Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark “Cindy Lou Who” Zuckerberg could teach Yahoo Co-Founder and CEO Jerry “Grinch” Yang a thing or two about holiday cheer? You can bet your roast beast, he could. BoomTown has been, we admit it, quite tough on both Zuckerberg and Facebook s...

While not quite as powerful as the NRSC’s holiday delight, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is urging members of its spam list to send a lump of coal to Senate minority leader Mitch “Grinch” McConnell. Because, you know, Harry Reid has been doing just a perfect j...