Christmas

Drive down Walla Walla’s Wallula Avenue on a December evening, and Chris Long’s place — known as the “Christmas house” to some — is hard to miss.

Christmas trees are big business out West, but a hotter climate means challenges for tree growers.

The floating parades, among Portland’s longest-running holiday traditions, started as a one-person show.

Permits are $5 each and there’s a maximum of five permits per person.

For the past four years, JT Griffith has been OPB’s guide to the niche genre of holiday music. He spoke with “All Things Considered” host Crystal Ligori about being on the hunt for Christmas music year-round, new takes on old classics and a 40-year-old holiday tune that's still Japan's most popular Christmas song.

Among the things Kriss Kringle has learned over his six winters in Portland: Christmas season is hard on Santa's suits, but soft on his heart.

For over a decade, employees of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission have brought gifts to families living at in-lieu fishing sites along the Columbia River.

A couple of hundred Clark County, Washington, residents gathered at the county fairgrounds on Saturday for the 2023 Scott Campbell Christmas Promise Bike Build.

There is no denying that holiday music has staying power: just ask Mariah Carey whose 30-year-old song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," is back on the charts this month. And for the third year in a row, OPB's Christmas music guru, JT Griffith, is here to guide us through this very niche musical genre.

We'll hear from the conductor of Tuba Christmas to tell us the history of the free public concert in Portland and hear a few songs played by a quartet in studio.