It’s Not Christmas Time Until Darlene Love Sings
Darlene Love’s first appearance on Late Night in 1986, singing Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). With a bonus Spuds MacKenzie commercial afterwards!
The Ancient Greek Inspiration for the Leg Lamp in A Christmas Story
The famous leg lamp from the classic film A Christmas Story was created by the movies production designer, Reuben Freed. But how could it not have been inspired by this Archaic Greek leg vase, created in the early sixth century B.C. and on display in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto?
Rock and Roll Christmas Songs
Here’s the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s list of 20 “essential” rock and roll holiday songs. The somewhat random list includes Brenda Lee (no, not that song), Elvis (of course), Ray Stevens (what?), Louis Armstrong (a rock and roller?) and more. Listen to all of them here.
It’s not Christmastime…
…until Darlene Love sings Baby Please Come Home