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 ...

In 1966, WPIX in New York aired the original Yule Log show, a loop of a log burning in a fireplace. The station aired it for a few years before re-filming it in 1970, as the original had "degraded." ...

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.