Remember those days when the TV stations would play Christmas Music all day long? Some even had a yule log fireplace as the image. Well, it goes back to WPIX TV in the 1960’s, where it all got started. Check out the website for a lot of info: The Yule Log.com. Here is the log, without the music…..
Based on a true story of the first Christmas tree in an American church, Crossroads: Our First Christmas Tree is an episode from the 1950’s tv show ‘Crossroads’. This is actually a really good half-hour show, with some nice themes on the real meaning of Christmas. It is also a staple on many of those holiday public domain dvd sets you find this time of year. Check out the episode at archive.org: http://archive.org/details/OurFirstChristmasTree
Commercial for the 1963 Volume 3 release of ‘Great Songs of Christmas’