stocking stuffers

It's sort of a strange custom - kissing or embracing someone while standing beneath the leaves of a parasitic plant - but it dates back centuries. Mistletoe is the topic of today's stocking stuffer.

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In this country, most folks celebrate Christmas with an exchange of gifts on Christmas Day. Others take a little longer to do their celebrating.

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While most Americans look forward to the end of December as Christmas time, it's long been marked for a variety of holidays. Winter celebrations have been commonplace for centuries, long before Christmas began being celebrated on Dec. 25.

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It's a multi-million-dollar-a-year business, and one of the more time-consuming efforts of the holiday season - sending and receiving Christmas cards...and the topic of today's Stocking Stuffer.

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Jews around the world celebrate the Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, each year to commemorate an ancient victory over oppression.

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For many lovers of holiday sweets, the Yule log is known as a tasty treat. But for others, it's a reminder of an old custom gone by.

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Holidays can be a wonderful time of feasting, and Christmas is certainly no exception. No doubt you and your family have a favorite holiday meal, drink or treat you enjoy every year.

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The Christmas spirit takes shape in many different ways. And for a lot of folks, both young and old, it's a time to give and receive gifts.

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The Christmas tree looked good at the lot, and it was the right price. But how come all the needles are falling off? Caring for your tree - on this episode of stocking stuffers.

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Today on Stocking Stuffers, we look at the history of Christmas in America. While the holiday is now a mixture of both secular and religious themes, a time of joy, gratitude and celebration, in Colonial times, it was a different story.

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