Catherine Zeta Jones will hopefully be receiving birthday cards from her long time husband Michael Douglas. Also enjoying birthday celebrations today are blond bombshell Heather Locklear, ABC’s Barbara Walters, and the late and great South African dancer, Juliet Prowse.
Month: September 2008
What men’s grooming appliance was used as a sled for Santa in this Christmas commercial from the 1960s?
The Norelco Electric Shaver became Santa’s sleigh in this memorable Christmas commercial.
Although he is no longer with us, today’s birthday celebrant will long be remembered for “…the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.” Can you guess who he is?
Happy birthday to the late and highly respected Jim McKay. Some other passed celebrities who would’ve been celebrating birthdays today are the comedian Phil Hartman and British actor Anthony Newley.
After red and green, what are the next most popular Christmas colors often used on Christmas cards?
After red and green, gold and silver are the next most popular colors to appear on Christmas cards.
One plays the guitar and is proud of his citizenship and the other can’t stop thinking about Georgia. Which two musicians are celebrating their birthdays today?
A double set of birthday wishes go out to Bruce Springsteen and Ray Charles. Also celebrating a birthday today is Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Emmy Award winning actor Mickey Rooney.
What Christmas special won a Peabody award for “Outstanding Children’s Program?”
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” won this distinguished award in 1965, the same year the special debuted on network television, partly because 50% of American households tuned in to watch the Christmas special on the night that it first aired.
Fond Memories of a Business Christmas Cards Contest
Are you thinking about your business Christmas cards? I know…it’s September and the holidays seem far away. Here at the Gallery Collection we think about corporate Christmas cards all year long and are ready to fill your order right now.
One of my memories of business Christmas cards goes back to a job I had at a software company. We really got to know our customers because of the lengthy sales cycle, which could run up to six months and sometimes longer. Being friendly with our counterparts on the customer side often led to an exchange of business Christmas cards through the years.
Our central office always ordered attractive corporate Christmas cards imprinted with the company name inside to send to our customers. We would add a personal note to the people we saw almost on a daily basis. A highlight of the season was receiving personalized holiday cards back from these customers. In our branch office, we displayed the cards on our office doors for instant festive holiday decorations.
And what was the Business Christmas Cards Contest? Not surprising for a sales branch, there was a prize for the employee who received the most Christmas cards from customers. But there was another prize for the best looking display of the cards. One year I won with a winter scene that included a ski slope, all made of cards from my customers. It still makes me laugh when I think about how intently we all worked on our doors (it was the slow time of year).
Now I work with customers who select their business Christmas cards with care. I really understand the importance of just the right message in a beautifully made Christmas card.
Can you name today’s birthday celebrity, who lead the 2000 Olympics U.S.A. baseball team to a gold medal victory?
Best birthday wishes to the outspoken but lovable Tommy Lasorda. Other celebrities enjoying their birthdays today are “Charles in Charge” actor Scott Baio, Grammy Award winner Debby Boone, and actress and model Shari Belafonte.
What is the longest running animated Christmas special on U.S. network TV?
The longest-running animated Christmas special is “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” which debuted in 1964 on NBC.
Truly the king of macabre, eerie, and downright scary stories, can you name this famous author who is celebrating his birthday today?
Happy birthday to Stephen King. Also celebrating birthdays today are talk show host Ricki Lake, country music star Faith Hill, and Hollywood scene-ster Nicole Richie.