Even though the Puritan ban on Christmas was lifted in 1681, Christmas didn't become popular in Boston until the mid-19th century.

Holiday Inn (1942), which stars Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, features music by Irving Berlin who wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being "White Christmas".

Winterbolt, a powerful and wicked snow wizard, recruits a nasty reindeer named Scratcher who takes advantage of Rudolph's kindness and tricks him into stealing money from the circus.

ASCAP named "Sleigh Ride" the most popular piece of Christmas music in the USA for the four consecutive years 2009 through 2012, based on performance data tracked by airplay monitoring service, Mediaguide.

After the birth of Jesus, some magi from the East visited Herod to inquire the whereabouts of "the one having been born king of the Jews", because they had seen his star in the east and wanted to pay him homage. Herod, as King of the Jews, was alarmed at the prospect of a "usurper".

Handel's Messiah was composed in 1741 with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio has become one of the most frequently performed choral works in Western music.

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, written by O. Henry, about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.

The Christmas Ridge is part of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean. It was given its name by fishermen because of the great amount of fish that they could catch there. This gave them a lot of money right before Christmas or the year-end holidays.

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store."
"Maybe Christmas ... perhaps ... means a little bit more!"

Even though Michael Jordan embarrasses Santa on the court with some smooth spin moves and a barrage of dunks, the always jolly big man doesn't seem to mind and they leave the court arm in arm.