| year | event |
1 | 1659 | Celebrating Christmas outlawed in Boston |
2 | 1719 | “Joy To The World” published |
3 | 1739 | “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” appears |
4 | 1780 | “Twelve Days Of Christmas” published |
5 | 1822 | Clement C. Moore pens “A Visit from St. Nicholas” |
6 | 1833 | “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” published |
7 | 1843 | “A Christmas Carol” written |
8 | 1845 | “The Little Match Girl” published |
9 | 1847 | August Imgard invents candy cane |
10 | 1849 | “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” written |
11 | 1857 | “Jingle Bells” published |
12 | 1863 | Harpers Weekly carries Thomas Nasts first annual Santa Claus drawing |
13 | 1870 | Christmas Day a federal holiday in the United States |
14 | 1892 | Tchaikovskys “Nutcracker Suite” performed |
15 | 1897 | “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” written |
16 | 1904 | L. Frank Baum pens “A Kidapped Santa Claus” |
17 | 1905 | “The Gift of the Magi” published |
18 | 1913 | Mark Twain pens “A Letter From Santa Claus” |
19 | 1931 | Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition begins |
20 | 1934 | “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” recorded |
21 | 1939 | Robert L. May pens “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer” |
22 | 1941 | “White Christmas” recorded |
23 | 1942 | “Holiday Inn” screened |
24 | 1944 | “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” sung on screen |
25 | 1945 | “Christmas in Connecticut” screened |
26 | 1946 | Nat King Cole records “The Christmas Song” |
27 | 1947 | “Miracle On 34th Street” screened |
28 | 1948 | “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” published |
29 | 1949 | “Baby, Its Cold Outside” recorded |
30 | 1950 | “Frosty The Snowman” recorded |
31 | 1951 | “Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” recorded |
32 | 1952 | “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” recorded |
33 | 1954 | “White Christmas” screened |
34 | 1955 | “Let There Be Peace On Earth” written |
35 | 1957 | “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” published |
36 | 1958 | “The Chipmunk Song” recorded |
37 | 1964 | “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” broadcast |
38 | 1965 | “A Charlie Brown Christmas” broadcast |
39 | 1966 | “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” broadcast |
40 | 1969 | “Frosty the Snowman” broadcast |
41 | 1970 | “Feliz Navidad” recorded |
42 | 1978 | “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” recorded |
43 | 1979 | “Jack Frost” broadcast |
44 | 1983 | “A Christmas Story” screened |
45 | 1989 | “Christmas Vacation” screened |
46 | 1990 | “Home Alone” screened |
47 | 1992 | “The Muppet Christmas Carol” screened |
48 | 1994 | “The Santa Clause” screened |
49 | 1985 | “The Polar Express” written |
50 | 2004 | “Christmas with the Kranks” screened |