Christmas in the News

Queen cancels Christmas.

Holiday spending on the rise.

Charities in Maryland start gearing up for the holidays.

Cards are finally for sale in Australian shop.

Christmas in the News

Kannapolis City Christmas parade marching on.

A very special Christmas from Fox's Family Guy. 

House owners from A Christmas Story launches web site.

New holiday album from Bing Crosby.

Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas II You

As autumn leaves begin to fall, interna­tional superstar Mariah Carey puts the finishing touches on MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU, her second career album of holiday tunes, arriving November 2nd on the Island Def Jam Music Group.  Highlighting the long-awaited new album is a brand new recording of Mariah's all-time standard, "All I Want For Christmas Is You." 
 In addition to traditional yuletide fare - "The First Noel,"  "Little Drummer Boy," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "O Come All Ye Faithful" and more - MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU also contains four original songs composed by Mariah, including the new single, "Oh Santa," and many more surprises for the fans.  Producers on the new album include American Idol's Randy Jackson, multi-platinum hit-making producer Jermaine Dupri, James Poyser (acclaimed producer for Aretha Franklin, The Roots, Lauryn Hill and more), and five-time Oscar nominee and Grammy/Tony/Emmy award winning composer Marc Shaiman.

Since it was first released, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," written by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff, has become one of the essential musical hallmarks of the holiday season, and continues to set sales records each year.  The song hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Recurrents chart every year from 2005 to 2008.  After ringtones began to be charted in 2006, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" hit #1 for the next three consecutive holiday seasons.  It became the first seasonal Mastertone to be certified RIAA gold (2006) and RIAA platinum (2007), and is ranked as the top-selling seasonal ringtone of all-time."All I Want For Christmas is You" was the featured single from MERRY CHRISTMAS, which has sold over 12 million to date.   



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Voice of Rudolph has passed

Some sad news.  Billie Mae Richards, who was the voice of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in the beloved animation, has passed away in Toronto on Friday, September 10. 

The grandmother of 12 also voiced the sequels Rudolph's Shiny New Year and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July, and she was Tender Heart Bear in the The Care Bears Movie.

She enriched so many of our lives with Rudolph's story and will be missed.

Christmas in the news

Huntsville charities have already started getting ready for the holidays.

Want to be ready for Christmas?  Start preparing now.

Government makes sure that there's enough chickens for the holidays in Philippenes.

Google is moving in to sell music online by Christmas.

Christmas countdown begins in Yorkshire, England.

Christmas in the News

Australia retailer has already rolled out the Christmas merchandise.

The perennial favorite White Christmas to be released on Blu-ray.

New made for tv movie filming in Millbrook, Ontario, due out by Christmas.

'Tis the sneezin'.  Not just gifts are given during the holidays.

Christmas in the News

Here's a few more Christmas items in the news:

Christmas tree makes a stop in Wyoming.

Charles Xavier: Christmas Vibes album.

The classic A Christmas Story becomes a musical.  "You'll shoot your eye out!"

Unfortunately, you'll pay more to see your family and friends this holiday season.

Christmas News

Here are some Christmas items in this week's news:

Rehearsals start for upcoming pagent in Little Falls.

Charlie Brown will get snow this year in Windsor.

Operation Christmas Child kicks off soon.

Running for Christmas in August in Newton.

Retailers may have a Blue Christmas.

Have any other Christmas stories?  Send them my way.