Christmas

If it doesn't snow for Christmas in West Texas this year, at least plan to celebrate a White Mountain Christmas with the Flying J Wranglers on Sunday, December 9th. This show guarantees the break the Scrooge in anyone because it's a fun family show at the historic Paramount Theater. The show will begin at 7:30 PM with lots of traditional cowboy Christmas songs and your old time favorites.

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If you are looking for something fun for the entire family then you need to head to Brownwood this weekend for the 4th annual Christmas Under the Stars Festival. It includes all kinds of fun for every age.

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The 1990 suburban fairy tale 'Edward Scissorhands' was the first of many collaborations between director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, the film's star. And that almost didn't happen, as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and even Michael Jackson were considered for the title role before it went to Depp.

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Last week I posed the question; do you prefer fake or real Christmas trees? I mentioned that I although I love real trees my allergies don't allow me to have anything but a fake one these days. Seems those who voted in our online poll said they have to go with fake as well.

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Thirteen year-old McKenna Pope is fighting mad at Hasbro, and this little activist wants some positive changes now. The eighth grader, who hails from Garfield, New Jersey, has started a petition on Change.org asking Hasbro to make their Easy Bake Ovens more gender-neutral.

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You can always spot a parent around the holiday season. Their hair is a frazzled mesh of cow licks and stray strands as if it’s been pulled by a crowd of frantic people. Their eyes dart around in all directions desperately seeking something that could suddenly appear at a moment’s notice. They break down and cry during commercials that advertise “the hottest toy of the holiday season.”

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Ray Stevens busts out the jingle bells, Santa hats and beautiful female background singers for his latest video -- his festive take on the Christmas classic, 'White Christmas,' which is premiering exclusively on Taste of Country.

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Ghastly little children and zombie corpses in elevators aren't the only things petrifying people around the world this holiday season. It looks like even Frosty himself is getting in on the act to wish us all a very happy (and spooky) holiday.

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From the opening moments of 'Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas Special' to the final credits, the popular country crooner kept viewers laughing. And there's a reason why the special wasn't entirely family-friendly -- the program had everything from Christmas carols to swear words to a fistfight.

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Merry DMXmas everybody! Here's a video of DMX singing 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.' We aren't really sure how to top this, so we're just going to replay it a bunch. Yeah! C'MON!

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Can you see the smoke coming from our ears? It's because our minds are BLOWNNNNNNNNN.

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Even though Santa has an awesome job, it can be super stressful at times. Sure he's a jolly ol' guy who gives out presents for a living, but when Christmas Eve rolls around, things can get really tricky. If you think about it, the guy has to pull off delivering like, millions and millions of presents to people all around the world, so of course Santa needs to relax a bit post-Christmas. You know-- hop in the jaccuzi, get a massage or down a couple dozen chocolate chip cookies while the elves give him a manicure.

However, there are times Santa goes a little overboard with this whole "relaxing" thing, and he knocks back a few too many drinks (and we're not talking about milk). Basically, the guy gets extra, extra tipsy. He ends up passing out on sidewalks, subways and even right next to the Christmas tree. Who know Saint Nick was such a party animal?

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