The Chive posted the best selling gifts every year since 1980. I was born in '81, so this was a great trip down memory lane, but it was also an eye-opener. Check this out.
The No. 1 gift in 1980 was a Rubik's Cube retailing for $1.99. The No. 1 gift in 2010? An Apple iPad retailing, then, for $499.99. That's just crazy.
By Monday and Tuesday we'll be sitting comfortably around the Christmas tree, sipping egg nog with family and trying to figure out how in the world a Furby really works.
In the meantime, it's a big ole traffic jam! Today and tomorrow are two of the busiest travel days of the year.
Triple A estimates 7.7 million Texans will be traveling more than 50 miles from home between Saturday and January 1. Millions of packages are on their way too, but they may not get here by Christmas.
Tonight is the night. The Radio Texas, LIVE! Christmas Concert featuring JB and the Moonshine Band and special guests The Cody Johnson Band is finally here! And this is one Christmas show you don't want to miss. Tickets are still available, get them here or take your chance and get them at the door. To get you ready and in the spirit, here are our favorite JB and the Moonshine Band songs, even though we really love them all. See you tonight at Electric Cowboy for the RTX Live! Christmas Concert!
With Christmas just days away, many offices throughout East Texas will be or have held office Christmas parties. Usually these parties involve a catered meal, a speech about the highlights of the year, mixed in with some adult beverages and in some offices some sort of bonus is handed out. According to a recent survey of human resource executives more companies are handing out Christmas bonuses this year than in previous years.
If you are planning to throw a festive Christmas party and you want it keep it casual, here are few of my favorite dips for chips, veggies or breadsticks! And of course these are simple and easy because that's all I do.
Check this out: Larry Silverberg, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, asked his students to figure out how long it would take Santa Claus to deliver gifts to every kid on earth.
It's the biggest Christmas concert to hit East Texas in the history of Christmas, or East Texas. This Friday December 21st at Electric Cowboy it's a Radio Texas, LIVE! Christmas Concert featuring JB and the Moonshine Band and special guests The Cody Johnson Band. Tickets are going fast so buy your tickets now. Or take your chances to score meet and greet passes!
Watch as loved ones return home from the army to make Christmas wishes come true for their families. Make sure you have a box of tissues nearby.
Week three of our first-ever Radio Texas, LIVE Massive Christmas Music Melee begins today as we move onto the the semifinals. Our pool of eight Texas and Red Dirt Christmas songs has been whittled down, by your votes, to four.
The holidays are a fantastic time to meet up with friends and family and hang out and have a good time but when there are alcoholic beverages involved you need to be careful and be responsible. You should never drink and drive and that message has been out there for years, but people still do not heed the warning. The Tyler Police Department and Smith County Sheriff's department will be on the lookout for drunk drivers throughout Christmas and past the New Year holiday.
Christmas is a week away and it just wouldn't be Christmas if you didn't take the time to sit down and watch the greatest classic Christmas movie of all time: "It's A Wonderful Life". And this year you can watch "It's A Wonderful Life" at Tyler's beautiful Liberty Hall in downtown Tyler.
Director Bob Clark’s classic holiday comedy has a distinction that few family movies can claim: Most people don’t mind watching it over and over again.
