“Vintage Christmas items are typically made from metal, glass, fabric, or wood, and while plastic products were certainly ...

“Light the tree by electricity…it insures safety where there are children,” encouraged the Eagle-Gazette on Dec. 4, 1940. The article continued: “Electricity has made possible the substitution of safe ...

CHICAGO (WBBM) - The "Chicago Christmas" special series looking back on Christmases past returns to WBBM Newsradio 780 for the 31st consecutive year. It's a series that examines the big news during ...

The Rev. Daniel Wermuth II knows the anxiety and longing that many Americans felt during the holidays in the 1940s. Wermuth, a pastor at the Joplin Family Worship Center, has a son who has been ...

The long-awaited sequel to the popular The 1940's Radio Hour. It's Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, NJ, and set to present ...

Two familiar holiday tales have been newly musicalized, and what separates them is depth. Bas Bleu’s “1940s Radio Christmas Carol,” a work-in- progress sequel to the ubiquitous “1940s Radio Hour,” is ...

I grew up on a steady stream of ’80s and ’90s comedies about how hilarious it would be if men had to parent their own kids. So you can imagine my surprise when I flipped on TCM a few years ago and ...