Category Archives: Christmas

Edith Massey Christmas Card Collection

Remember going to Spencer’s to buy Rockshots greeting cards back in the 80s?

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It Can Be Hard to Sell a House on Hampden’s 34th Street

It Can Be Hard to Sell a House on One of the Merriest Blocks in the Country Christmas Decorations Get Supersized on This Baltimore Street, Sometimes Surprising New Arrivals By Scott Calvert (Wall Street Journal, Dec. 5, 2014) BALTIMORE—Out house-hunting, … Continue reading

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Atomic TV’s Christmas at Ground Zero

It’s that time of year again, time to jump into the Wayback Machine and watch Atomic TV‘s 1997 “Christmas at Ground Zero” episode on Vimeo! Watch “Christmas at Ground Zero” (Atomic TV) Atomic TV’s Holiday at Ground Zero Episode from … Continue reading

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The Year Without a Mayor’s Christmas Parade…

…and The Ghosts of Mayor’s Christmas Parades Past By Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less) No, that’s not the title of  an old Rankin/Bass holiday TV special, but a lament for the 2013 Mayor’s Christmas Parade in Hampden, which was cancelled … Continue reading

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