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		<title>Is Die Hard Really A Christmas Movie?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 07:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IS DIE HARD REALLY A CHRISTMAS MOVIE? Scholars and historians have debated for centuries the question “Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?” Or at least during the last three decades since the movie was released. This is why readers have turned to me, your friendly neighborhood historian, to wrestle with this age-old question and help&#8230;<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<title>History of A Charlie Brown Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 07:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[HISTORY OF A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS On December 9, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered on CBS TV as a 30-minute animated Christmas special written by Charles M. Schulz, creator of the &#8220;Peanuts&#8221; comic strip. The comic was hugely popular at the time when the TV special debuted. Though this was not Schulz&#8217;s first TV&#8230;<div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-list'>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 07:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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