ELLSWORTH — Friday, residents decked the halls at The Grand Theatre in Ellsworth for its second annual Christmas in July fundraiser. “All the proceeds go to help The Grand with our programming and ...

Brenda Lee performs at the "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2015. (Laura Roberts/Invision/AP) As the holiday season approaches each year, a ...

Never going to be able to listen to that song the same way again. Everybody knows Brenda Lee’s classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” The song was written by Johnny Marks, who also wrote other ...

NEW YORK — Her memories of recording “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting the air conditioner on a warm ...

It’s a yuletide tradition on Capitol Hill. An annual custom of rockin’ around a congressional Christmas tree, festooned with hundreds of legislative ornaments, Advent appropriations and mistletoe ...

Fans of the Boston Celtics are starting to get in a festive mood, with the month of December now well underway and the thick of the holiday season upon us. For some of us, that means a little more ...

Brenda Lee was just 13 with a voice beyond her years when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” the 1958 Rockabilly hit that’s become standard on any holiday playlist worth its salt. When ...

NEW YORK — Her memories of recording “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting the air conditioner on a warm ...

In the beloved 1990 movie ‘Home Alone,” young Kevin McCallister (portrayed by Macaulay Culkin) is accidentally left behind when his family goes on vacation. He relishes this newfound freedom until ...

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