Christmas Eve followed Santa’s real-time journey with the NORAD Santa Tracker. We started with mincemeat muffins and oranges, traced Santa from Russia toward Sri Lanka, took turns playing Santa in the delivery game, called NORAD, and ended the night with reindeer tracks and cookies.

A day built around one of America’s most enduring Christmas traditions: the mall Santa. From Oreo Santas and Coca-Cola games to family photos at the mall and real stories from behind the beard, this date traced how belief, nostalgia, and Christmas magic became a shared cultural ritual.

An eclectic sprint across Pennsylvania including holiday traditions featuring the Amish, Ho Ho Hoagies, "The Office", and Bethlehem, PA.

An ambitious celebration of Switzerland's holiday traditions including Samichlaus, turnip carving, fondue, and many fun holiday crafts.

A closer look into the Naughty List including a holiday whodunnit, a villains of Christmas quiz, and a closer look at the elf who is in charge of the list.

A fun exploration of "The Little Drummer Boy" including a homemade nativity stable, a Little Drummer Boy quest, and also an evening spent bidding farewell to autumn and hello to Christmas.

A fascinating look at this obscure gift-bearing character from the Galician region of Spain including why he's known as "The Toucher" and incorporating as many elements surrounding his unique lore as possible including chestnuts, wild boar, and charcoal!

A fun exploration of the Christmas traditions of Finland including the "Official Hometown of Santa Claus", a visit to a sauna, a gigantic Finnish feast, and a Christmas horror movie about the Finnish "Christmas Goat" they view as their Santa Claus!

A family date celebrating the unique traditions of Christmas in Denmark with ebelskevers, risengrod, tomte costumes, as well as a prominent feature of their Christmas Goat!

A fun evening featuring the beloved black-and-white, stop-motion Christmas film that aired on WGN-TV in 1956 and became a Chicago-area tradition complete with Christmassy Chicago-style hot dogs, mochas (Coco + Joe), hard rock Christmas albums, and more!

A fascinating family date exploring the interesting history of Christmas in Romania including their Communist Santa (Mos Gerila), several of their cherished Christmas dishes, the making of a star carol, and much more!

A fascinating family date honoring a man who has literally celebrated Christmas every day of the year since July 1993… Andy Park.. and attempting to live a day in his shoes!

A fun family date featuring a "Letters to Santa Claus" book, J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas", and adopting a child's Letter to Santa via the USPS' "Operation Santa".

A bizarrely enjoyable evening featuring the stories from around the world of the creepy characters said to accompany Santa from Krampus to Knecht Ruprecht with food, games, and movies inspired by them and their legends.

A tasty family date exploring the various snacks that are left out by children around the world for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve from beer to mince pies to rice pudding.

A fun family date incorporating all things related to Santa's little helpers including the Elf on the Shelf, Buddy the Elf, the Elf-is Christmas album, and more!

A Christmas date celebrating the Yule Lads of Iceland with foods and activities based on their mischievous trickeries.

A fun Christmas date featuring the often unknown La Befana: The Good Christmas Witch including her Italian history, finding the hidden broomstick, and a menu of her f”, and a menu of her favorite foods!

A cozy Christmas date learning the history of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" as well as playing out the elements from making sugared plums to hanging the stockings with care.

A fun and easy date inspired by one and only Santa Claus including Santa Claus strawberries, a milk and cookies cocktail, and (of course!) a viewing of “The Santa Clause”.