Tag Archives: Xmas

What happens when a gay couple in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood mysteriously get hundreds of letters to Santa addressed to their apartment? Watch the clip and then read Father Tony’s excellent follow-up interview. UPDATE: Watch the video on the New York Times site.

This story makes its seventh annual appearance on JMG….Grand Central Terminal functions as the mechanical heart of midtown New York City, pumping out several thousand workers and tourists on one beat, then sucking in several thousand more on the next. The rhythms of the terminal are fascinating. Beat. Four thousand, inbound from New Haven. Beat. Three thousand, outbound to Westchester. …

Is anybody working today? Where are you off to?

And for a mere $399.99, this year you can get yours in patriotic red, white & Jeebus. (Source)

Beyond silly.

Third year posting this and still totally worth a rerun. The sound has been improved a bit to drown out the screaming audience.

(Tipped by JMG reader Chev)

It has been a rough holiday season for the Ali Forney Center. The day after Thanksgiving I received an e-mail from the City of New York, informing me that due to budget problems, they were slashing their support for homeless youth programs, greatly defunding street outreach efforts and drop-in centers. Our drop-in support is being cut in half. I prefer …

Saying that the toys violate the organization’s Christian beliefs, the Salvation Army is throwing all donated Harry Potter items in the garbage. Anything related to the Twilight movies goes in the trash too. “I asked if these toys went to another charitable organizations but was told no, that by passing these toys on to another agency for distribution would be …

What are your plans for the holidays? Bio-family or gay family? Or both? What are your traditions?

Stay out of the comments if you haven’t seen last night’s episode. Otherwise dive in and dish.

They’ve just launched a Tumblr blog with all their videos.

The Unconventionals, one-time British X-Factor contestants, very properly label this fantastically poppy holiday clip on YouTube with the tags “Phil Spector, Ronettes, Chiffons, Crystals, and Mariah Carey.” I generally detest Xmas music, but freekin’ HELL I love this. Featuring cameos by Matt Lucas and Boy George. (Unconventionals lead vocalist Drew Jaymson played Steve Strange in Boy George’s musical Taboo.) PLAY …

It seemed like a funny idea until: “A 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn’t realize that it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of the many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn’t …

Get the Pomplamoose holiday album for free when you donate a book to the Richmond Book Drive.

Treetopia is running a billboard in Los Angeles advertising their dreadful rainbow Xmas tree. From the product description on their site, which is “written” by the tree itself: My first home was in a Vacation Bible School classroom where the students were learning all about Noah’s Ark and God’s promise to never again destroy the earth. Life was full of …

Here’s a leaked single from the upcoming Glee holiday album. This may not last long on YouTube, thanks to Sony’s Sales Prevention Team.

The winner of an auction to guest conduct the SF Gay Men’s Chorus during their holiday show turned out to be a highlight of the event.