9 Festive Facts About ‘The Polar Express’
Based on the classic 1985 children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, the movie follows a young Santa Claus skeptic on a magical train ride to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
Based on the classic 1985 children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, the movie follows a young Santa Claus skeptic on a magical train ride to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
With Bing Crosby’s star power and Michael Curtiz directing, ‘White Christmas’ overcame early struggles to become a holiday classic.
A critique of wealth inequality never tasted so good.
For years, rumors circulated that CBS had made season after season of a ‘Blazing Saddles’ spin-off with no intention of airing it.
The 1922 German silent film shamelessly plagiarized Bram Stoker’s novel ‘Dracula.’ But if ‘Nosferatu’ had never been made, the vampire genre so embedded in pop culture might never have taken off.
More than 75 years after it premiered, the holiday classic can still make a believer out of anyone.
Over the course of his illustrious career, George Michael gave the world many gifts. One that keeps on giving is “Last Christmas,” the 1984 holiday classic by Wham!, Michael's pop duo with Andrew Ridgeley.
‘Yogi’s First Christmas’ might not have the cultural cachet of ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ or ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ but the people who loved it remember it fondly—and now, it’s getting new life on streaming.
The Mattel hovercraft was a figment of imagination, but that didn't stop kids (and their parents) from demanding where to buy one.
Two Floridian cities made it on the list—can you guess which ones?
Discover more fun facts about the Will Ferrell Christmas movie that has since become a holiday classic.
Carrey has given us an array of looks, laughs, and lamentations in his career—did your favorite performance make the list?
Fans of the horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse find themselves on the outskirts of society. They like it that way.
These shows did way more than just provide entertainment.
Dazzle your holiday party guests with these facts about Christmas movies, music, traditions, and more.
The holiday classic—which could have starred Jack Nicholson as The Old Man Parker—has cemented its legacy as a Christmas classic.
Discover these fascinating facts about "Home Alone," the John Hughes Christmastime classic about a couple of bungling burglars and a kid left behind for the holidays.
Some people love the concept album—and some love to hate them. But chances are you’ve listened to songs from one or two of them in your life.
The Atari 7800+ makes it possible to play the games you haven’t touched since childhood.
You can binge Netflix in any room you like, but there are some key differences between these living areas.
In the pantheon of SNL sketches-turned-feature films, there are good ideas (‘Wayne’s World’), bad ideas (‘It’s Pat’), and batted-about ideas that never made it to the silver screen.
The holiday toy craze of 1983 inspired a line of counterfeit Kids that were stuffed with flammable rags.
In its very first season, ‘WKRP In Cincinnati’ created the greatest Thanksgiving special about a misguided turkey delivery ever made.
John Hughes’s own hellish trip from New York City to Chicago inspired ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles,’ the 1987 Thanksgiving classic starring Steve Martin and John Candy.