The head of NBC took notice of Grant's performance and called her manager to book her for her own Christmas special.

* The first Christmas special featured the pair sitting in front of the television providing crude commentary on various aspects of Christmas, and commenting on Christmas-themed music videos from various artists.

* The second Christmas special was simply titled " Beavis and Butt-Head Christmas Special ," or alternately " Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas.

" It consisted of two segments that parodied A Christmas Carol directed by Tony Kluck and It's a Wonderful Life directed by former DreamWorks Animation director Mike deSeve, as well as Christmas-themed music videos ( taken from the first Christmas special ) and several segments in which Butt-Head answered fan mail dressed as Santa Claus while whipping a reindeer-costumed Beavis.

Bock is historically associated with special occasions, often religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter or Lent.

As a way to earn a bit of money in the 1890s, Beatrix and her brother began to print Christmas cards of their own design, as well as cards for special occasions.

The issues were numbered, and the first one was a Dennis and Friends special, the last a Christmas reprint special.

In some areas, Black Cake, a derivative of English Christmas pudding may be served, especially on special occasions ..

Viewership peaked on Christmas Day 1987 when an average of 28. 5 million viewers tuned in to see Hilda Ogden leave the street to start a new life as a housekeeper for long term friend Dr Lowther ( although there is some confusion as to whether or not this was actually the highest rating episode due to a special omnibus repeat of that week's episodes being combined with the original airing ).

Among the special tasks carried out i private homes during Advent ( a time of waiting for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus ) is the baking of the Christmas piernik ( gingerbread ), and the making of Christmas decorations.

In 1966, he produced and directed the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas !, featuring the voice and facial models based on the readings by Boris Karloff.

Jones was the creative consultant and character designer for two Raggedy Ann animated specials and the first Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas special " A Chipmunk Christmas ".

Towards the end of the year, Bowie performed the song for Marc Bolan's television show Marc, and again two days later for Bing Crosby's televised Christmas special, when he joined Crosby in " Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy ", a version of " The Little Drummer Boy " with a new, contrapuntal verse.

He has produced numerous movies, television shows, and specials through his production company, Apostle ; these include Comedy Central's Shorties Watchin ' Shorties, the stand-up special Denis Leary's Merry F #$% in ' Christmas, and the movie Blow.

She did not have the opportunity to see her sons very often during her imprisonment, though she was released for special occasions such as Christmas.

Radio collaborations include Euroclassic Notturno – an overnight classical music stream, produced by BBC Radio 3 and broadcast in the United Kingdom as Through the Night – and special theme days, such as the annual Christmas music relays from around Europe.

In the TV Series Doctor Who, the character in the 2009 Christmas special, Jackson Lake, suffers a fugue state after witnessing the death of his wife by a Cyberman attack.

An Irish-British co-production, written jointly by Irish writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan and starring a predominantly Irish cast, it originally aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998, including a Christmas special, for a total of 25 episodes.

In 1995, Alan hosted a Christmas special of KMKYWAP, humorously titled Knowing Me, Knowing Yule.

* Knowing Me Knowing Yule with Alan Partridge ( BBC Two, Christmas special ) 1995

Mrs. Graham wrote “ Our Christmas Story ,” “ Sitting by My Laughing Fire ,” “ It's My Turn ,” “ The Legacy of a Pack Rat ,” “ Prodigals and Those Who Love Them ,” “ Clouds Are the Dust of His Feet ,” “ One Wintry Night ,” “ Coffee and Conversation with Ruth Bell Graham and Gigi Graham Tchividjian ,” “ Collected Poems ,” “ Mothers Together ,” and “ Prayers From A Mother ’ s Heart .” Mrs. Graham ’ s most recent books published in 2001 are, “ Never Let It End: Poems of a Lifelong Love “ published by Baker Books, “ Footprints of a Pilgrim: The Life and Loves of Ruth Bell Graham ,” published by Word Publishing and “ A Quiet Knowing ,” published by W Publishing Group.

They're Tight " (" Out Tonight "), " Season of Hype " (" Seasons of Love "), " Too Gay 4 U ( Too Het ' ro 4 Me )" (" Today 4 U "), " Pretty Voices Singing " (" Christmas Bells ") and " This Ain't Boheme " (" La Vie Boheme ").

and its first three singles, two more singles were released in the second half of 2003 with up-tempo " Thank You Baby " (# 11 in the UK, Top 20 in Germany ) and just before Christmas the romantic, acoustic ballad " When You Kiss Me ", at least a minor hit in both territories.

: Includes the stories " Me and Choir ," " A Day in the Life of Clarence Bunsen ," " Letter from Jim ," " Fiction ," " The Living Flag ," " The Tollefson Boy Goes to College ," " Tomato Butt ," " Chamber of Commerce ," " Dog Days of August ," " Mrs. Berge and the Schubert Carillon Piano ," " Giant Decoys ," " Darryl Tollerud's Long Day ," " Hog Slaughter ," " Thanksgiving ," " The Royal Family ," " Guys on Ice ," " James Lundeen's Christmas ," " The Christmas Story Retold ," " New Year's from New York ," and " Storm Home.

The follow-up single to " Bambino ", the exotic-sounding and mesmerizing " Gondolier ", was released in the Christmas on 1957, was also a great success, as were other early releases such as " Come Prima ( Tu Me Donnes )", " Ciao Ciao Bambina ", and a cover of The Drifters ’ " Save the Last Dance for Me ", " Garde-Moi la Dernière Danse ".

Titles released the same year as Friday the 13th were New Year's Evil, Prom Night and Christmas Evil, and 1981 saw the release of My Bloody Valentine, Happy Birthday to Me and Graduation Day.

They released a Christmas album in between their aforementioned two albums, entitled Santa Hooked Me Up.

The film set several box office records in the United States for a Christmas Day release, beating the previous record holder, 2008's Marley & Me, by nearly $ 10M, and finished second only to Avatar in a record-setting Christmas weekend box office.

She also recorded a number of parody songs including " Santa, Come Up to See Me " on the album Wild Christmas.

Dana's next single was " Are You Still Mad at Me " failed to chart but Dana returned to the Top Ten with a Stephens / Greenaway composition: " It's Gonna be a Cold Cold Christmas ".

*" Christmas to Me ".

The Smiths chose to open their 1986 album, The Queen Is Dead, with a sound sample from this film — taken from the scene at the house in London during the Christmas season, in which Mavis leads her fellow Brits abroad through an off-key chorus of " Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty ".

In 1979, Hackett was the voice of the groundhog " Pardon Me Pete ", and the narrator of the Rankin / Bass Christmas special Jack Frost.

* The Lion, The Unicorn and Me: The Donkey's Christmas Story ( 2009 )

In the build-up to the release of New Again, the band released a number of tracks — the first of which was " Carpathia "-- on December 21, 2008 as free digital downloads to those who purchased the band's Christmas holiday set, with a physical limited vinyl release of the track as well as a live version of " Catholic Knees " released on April 18, 2009, secondly title track " New Again " as a free single download from the band's website on April 16, 2009, followed by the first full single " Sink Into Me ", released on April 20, 2009, premiering on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show, and being made available digitally short after.

Westlife has performed live duets with some of the biggest names in the music industry including: Sinéad O ' Connor (" Silent Night "), Donny Osmond (" Crazy Horses "), Mariah Carey (" Never Too Far / Hero Medley "), Secret Garden (" You Raise Me Up "), Lionel Richie (" Easy "), Ronan Keating (" The Dance "), Dolores O ' Riordan of The Cranberries (" Little Drummer Boy "), Roy Orbison (" Pretty Woman "), Delta Goodrem (" All Out Of Love "), Raymond Quinn (" That's Life "), Leehom Wang (" You Raise Me Up "), Mary Black (" Walking in the Air "), Kevin Spacey (" Fly Me to the Moon "), Do (" Heaven "), Boyzone (" No Matter What "), Various artists " All-Stars " (" That's What Friends Are For "; " Merry Christmas Everybody "; " I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday "), and even their fathers (" That's Life ").

The Vikings celebrated Yule, which later contributed to the Twelve Days of Christmas, or the " Daft Days " as they were sometimes called in Scotland.

Julmust ( Swedish jul " Yule " and must " juice ") is a soft drink that is mainly consumed in Sweden around Christmas.

Yule or Yuletide (" Yule time ") is a religious festival observed by the historical Germanic peoples and some neighboring peoples, before later being absorbed into, and equated with, the Christian festival of Christmas.

Terms with an etymological equivalent to Yule are used in the Nordic countries for the Christian Christmas ( with its religious rites ), but also for other holidays of the season.

Yule is also used to a lesser extent in English-speaking countries to refer to Christmas.

Yule was an indigenous midwinter ( winter solstice ) festival celebrated by the Germanic peoples, absorbed into celebrations surrounding Christmas over time with Christianization.

" This saga is set soon after Iceland converted to Christianity and identifies Yule with Christmas: " No Christian man is wont to eat meat this day Eve, because that on the morrow is the first day of Yule ," says she, " wherefore must men first fast today.

Modranicht, an event focused on collective female beings attested by Bede as having occurred among the pagan Anglo-Saxons on what is now Christmas Eve, has been seen as further evidence of a fertility event during the Yule period.

" The traditions of the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar ( Sonargöltr ) stilll reflected in the Christmas ham, Yule singing, and others stem from Yule customs, and customs which Simek takes as " indicat the significance of the feast in pre-Christian times.

In modern Germanic language-speaking areas and some other Northern European countries, the etymological cognates to Yule are employed for the Christmas.

Additionally, Yule is the traditional name used for Christmas in Scotland in the Scots Language.

A Yule log is a large and extremely hard log which is burned in the hearth as a part of traditional Yule or Christmas celebrations in several European cultures.

The expression Yule log has also come to refer to log-shaped Christmas cakes, also known as chocolate logs or Bûche de Noël.

The Yule log is related to other Christmas and Yuletide traditions such as the Ashen faggot.

Robert Chambers, in his 1832 work, Book of Days notes that " two popular observances belonging to Christmas are more especially derived from the worship of our pagan ancestors — the hanging up of the mistletoe and the burning of the Yule log.

The traditions of the Yule log died out in Britain in the latter 19th and early 20th century because of, according to historian Ronald Hutton, " the reduction in farm labour and the disappearance of the old-fashioned open hearths ", however the Bûche de Noël dessert has become a Christmas tradition in the UK, as in many French speaking places.

In English folklore, Father Christmas was often depicted carrying a Yule Log.

In the 1840s the farm's nisse became the bearer of Christmas presents in Denmark, and was then called julenisse ( Yule Nisse ).