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 ...

The TV “yule log” — a live broadcast of a fireplace — is a holiday tradition that started here in NYC in 1966 on station WPIX. Others have copied the concept since but leave it to Nick Offerman to ...

It had to happen: the yule log in 3-D. This latest refinement carries a whiff of retrofitted modernity, like a space capsule upholstered in chintz or a Microsoft Kinect game of croquet. But each ...

There's a yule duel brewing this Christmas Day. Not one, but two versions of "The Yule Log," one of TV's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their gifts.