It’s an increasingly rare joy nowadays to find popular-culture entertainers making a children’s video that really celebrates the meaning of Christmas—showing great reverence for the religious aspect while still including plenty of silly fun. The Wiggles are a four-man singing group from Australia who are familiar to many young children from TV, videos and concert tours. A few of their early songs were rather repetitive for adult ears (that’s why kids love them), but I myself truly enjoy many of their songs. (Much easier on the ears than Barney, in my opinion.) The Christmas videos “Santa’s Rockin” and “Yule Be … Continue reading →

When I reviewed Richard Paul Evans’ book “A Perfect Day,” I didn’t realize that book had been filmed as a made-for-TV movie, nor did I know that movie would be released on DVD this very week. Life is just cool that way sometimes. What if you knew you were going to die on Christmas Day, and that’s only a few weeks off? Would you try to make amends for past wrongs, spend a little more time with loved ones? This is the question Robert Harlan must face. Suddenly famous with the sale of his first novel, Robert (Rob Lowe) goes … Continue reading →