Burl Ives News

I've recovered a vintage JBJ posting from the archive, December 2008 Yuletide music in the U.S. hasn't gotten better since I first posted this, but it's not for lack of song programmers scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Don't limit your holiday decorating to an evergreen tree. There are lots of ways to make every surface gleam.

Burl Ives is like your grandfather telling you the classic Christmas story in the stop-action version of the holiday tale that shows every Christmas season on television.

The Grinch and his canine cohort, Max, plot against the residents of Whoville in the animated special ``Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' Friday on The WB Network.

From his albums and television appearances, the late folk singer and actor Burl Ives has been known as the voice of Christmas.