For decades, Christmas time has meant the return of that quintessential holiday TV program, “The Yule Log.” The static image of a wood-burning fireplace — accompanied by a holiday soundtrack— has ...

"Light My Fire" is what lots of folks will be saying this Thursday - and as Mo Rocca demonstrates, they won't even need a match: This Christmas millions of families will warm themselves around the TV.

It’s a Christmas tradition: the television Yule log. It can serve a dual purpose: provide background music as you open your gifts on Christmas morning and function as a simulated fireplace if you ...

There's a yule duel brewing this Christmas Day. Not one, but two versions of "The Yule Log," one of TV's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their gifts.

WPIX General Manager Fred M. Thrower was an offbeat visionary, in the so-crazy-it-might-work tradition of Ron Popeil, Erno Rubik and the dude who invented the Pet Rock. The New Yorker's boldest idea ...

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel will air "A Very Happy Yule Log," featuring the seasonal fire, music, Happy the cat, and Happy the dog. That's a lot of happy. (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) In ...

All that’s missing are the 3D marshmallows. Thanks to a couple of unlikely elves — digital technology and the giant cable TV companies — we can all pull up a chair at home this month and bask in the ...

It had to happen: the yule log in 3-D. This latest refinement carries a whiff of retrofitted modernity, like a space capsule upholstered in chintz or a Microsoft Kinect game of croquet. But each ...

As the world celebrate the Yuletide season under the freezing winter cold, families gather around the fireplace on Christmas Eve to get the much needed heat from the burning wood. While books, movies, ...

AYULE DUEL is brewing Christmas day. Not one, but two separate versions of “The Yule Log,” one of television’s oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their ...

In this week's podcast of weekends on All Things Considered, we revisit some of the folks who appeared on the program this year including Alabama farmer Jamie Boatwright. Plus, the Jewish New ...

As you hang your lights and put up your tree, there may be something missing from your Christmas decor: A cozy, crackling fireplace. More and more homes are getting rid of theirs (especially in the ...