HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Want to spend a peaceful hour or two at Christmastide taking a break from the coronavirus? Try watching some merrily-burning logs on a screen — it's a New York tradition. The ...

If getting completely hypnotized by flickering flames as holiday classics play on a loop while you watch the traditional Yule log on TV isn’t your thing, there are plenty of worthy alternatives. Your ...

Conceived in 1966 as an alternative for New York apartment-dwellers with no fireplace, the Yule Log is a Christmas tradition that these days has been appropriated by thousands of people across the ...

When we think of the holiday season, pop culture has conditioned us to equate the ideal Christmas with sitting around a warm fire burning a Yule log. Sadly, a whole heck of a lot of us don’t have a ...

If you’ve ever watched a recording of a Yule log burning on Christmas, you know that it’s basically a neverending video of festive orange flames, delicious crackling noises, and hearty holiday tunes ...

One of the joys of the YouTube era is the creation of holiday “Yule Logs.” Just visual ambiance on a loop to put you in the holiday mood. Now, usually, that holiday is Christmas. But lately, Halloween ...

This article originally ran on Dec. 25, 2008. From a TV perspective, Christmas Eve 1966 looked grim. The regular Saturday night college basketball broadcast was suspended due to the holiday, and while ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: November 1966: local New York TV station WPIX had nothing to broadcast for 1.5 hours. There wasn't much on TV during the holidays, so viewers were ...