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First broadcast on Channel 4 in 1982, The Snowman has aired every festive season since. Like millions of families across the UK, the warm and melancholy adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ wordless picture book is...

A Ghost for Christmas was a beloved series of BBC supernatural dramas broadcast through the 1970s, bringing eerie, atmospheric ghost stories to television audiences each winter.  Often adapted from classic writers such as M.R....

The Hallmark Channel has been producing Christmas movies for over twenty years. There are now over 300 to choose from and 29 new offerings this year! If you haven't yet seen one, which one...

Santa is well-known for being jolly, of course, but what if that guy turns out to be a homicidal maniac? That is the fear we tap into with the peculiar horror sub-genre of Santa...

Like many families in the UK, we would always have a cupboard full of goodies and sweets ready for Christmas. Invariably, one of the offerings would be a big tin of Quality Street chocolates....

Once broadcast and swiftly buried, the Star Wars Holiday Special has since gained mythic status among sci-fi fans.  Let's take a look at why the part musical, part sitcom, and entirely surreal TV show refuses...