Nintendo had no problems supplying retailers with the Game Boy for the Christmas season while Atari Corp. only managed limited distribution of their Lynx by year's end.

* Creemore Springs Brewery, Creemore, Ontario: " urBock ", a Christmas season bock

Bock beer is produced in Mexico around Christmas season, under the Noche Buena label with 5. 9 % abv

Bethlehem's chief economic sector is tourism which peaks during the Christmas season when Christian pilgrims throng to the Church of the Nativity.

Titled Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow, the British theatrical version was released on a double bill with The Sword in the Stone, and ran during the 1963 Christmas season ( advertised in the January 1964 issue of Photoplay ).

They have also included holiday shows during the Christmas season.

In his history of the game, historian David Nelson concluded that the first forward passes were thrown on Christmas Day 1905 in a match between two small colleges in Kansas: " Although Cochems was the premier passing coach during the first year of the rule, the first forward passes were thrown at the end of the 1905 season in a game between Fairmount and Washburn colleges in Kansas.

The most noticeable changes occur around the Christmas holiday shopping season as new currency is created so people can make withdrawals at banks, and then removed from circulation afterwards, when less cash is demanded.

Green is one of the Christmas colors as well, possibly dating back to pre-Christian times, when evergreens were worshiped for their ability to maintain their color through the winter season.

Carte proposed a revival of Thespis for the 1875 Christmas season, which Gilbert and Sullivan would have revised, but he was unable to obtain financing for the project.

The term " holiday " is also commonly used as a direct euphemism for Christmas ; businesses may announce, for example, that a product will be available " for Holiday ", meaning that it will be available in time for the Christmas shopping season.

The Christmas and holiday season surrounds the winter solstice, Christmas and other holidays, and is celebrated by many religions and cultures.

A new advertising campaign was aired in time for the 1982 Christmas season, and the ECS itself was shown to the public at the January 1983 Consumer Electronic Show ( CES ) in Las Vegas.

:" Santa Claus " the name / concept / fairy tale does exist because adults tell children this every Christmas season ( the distinction is highlighted by using quotation-marks when referring only to the name and not the object )

In Sweden, julmust outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season ; in fact, the consumption of Coca-Cola drops by as much as 50 % over Christmas.

Cost Plus World Market in the United States sells julmust during the Christmas holiday season.

That same year, Davis met Varina Banks Howell, then 17 years old, whom his brother Joseph had invited for the Christmas season at Hurricane plantation.

The lockout officially ended on December 8, 2011, when players and owners ratified a new collective bargaining agreement, and the season began on Christmas Day.

In English and American culture during the Christmas season, it is traditional to have a Christmas caroling party.

During the 1975 Christmas season, Atari released a home version of Pong exclusively through Sears retail stores.

Handmade Christmas wreaths and trees often contain a variety of seeds collected during the year.

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

Canada's Boxing Day has often been compared with the American Super Saturday, the Saturday before Christmas.

The next day, the Christmas Day, is often spent visiting friends.

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.

Father Christmas is often said to reside at the North Pole or less commonly, in the mountains of Korvatunturi in Lapland, Finland.

Nowadays he is often called Santa Claus but also often referred to in Britain as Father Christmas: the two names are synonyms.

In Europe, Father Christmas / Santa Claus is often said to reside in the mountains of Korvatunturi in Lapland Province, Finland.

" Father Christmas " is often synonymous with Santa Claus.

Father Christmas often appears as a large man, often around 70 years old.

Cardamom, anise seed, and cinnamon are often used in sweet cakes or beverages associated with Christmas time, and sometimes in the preparation of sausages, but are otherwise rare in German meals.

Christian hymns are often written with special or seasonal themes and these are used on holy days such as Christmas, Easter and the Feast of All Saints, or during particular seasons such as Advent and Lent.

Kutia is often the first dish in the traditional twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper ( also known as Svyatah Vecherya ).

The 1986 Christmas Day episode of EastEnders is often given as the highest-rated UK soap opera episode ever, with 30. 15 million viewers ( in 2007, the UK had approximately 54 million viewers ).

In other parts of the British Isles, different terms were used, for instance in Wales, the log was often referred to as Y Bloccyn Gwylian, meaning " the Festival Block ", whilst in Scotland, Yeel Carline ( meaning " the Christmas Old Wife ") was used, and in Ireland, the term, Bloc na Nollaig, which meant " the Christmas Block ", was used.

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

William Buckland, who lectured on geology at the University of Oxford, often visited Lyme on his Christmas vacations and was frequently seen hunting for fossils with Anning.

* In Christmas lore ( such as in the narrative poem " A Visit from St. Nicholas "), reindeer are often depicted pulling the sleigh of Santa Claus.

Noted jazz musician David Benoit has often credited Guaraldi and the original Peanuts Christmas special music for his interest in jazz.

** Christmas ( People give one another gifts, often supposedly receiving them from Santa Claus, the Christ child or Saint Nicholas.

* The animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force features a character known as the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future who often makes up infamously nonsensical stories that take place in the future, the year 2035 being one of his most referenced years.