Hi! Happy 100 days to Christmas. Welcome to Jingle Bell Buzz — a newsletter by yours truly!
With the Jingle Bell Buzz section of my Substack, I plan to offer regular content related to my ItsChristmas365.com site, which spreads holiday cheer all throughout the year!
Look for holiday events, shows to watch, interviews, feel-good stories and more.
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On City Cast Pittsburgh talking about Christmas
The great people at City Cast Pittsburgh — the daily news podcast that connects listeners to the city we love — invited me on as a guest recently to talk about all things Christmas in Pittsburgh … in September!
The main focus of the interview was that the city of Pittsburgh is searching for a tree for the City-County Building.
We also talked about some of the must-do holiday season things.
You can (and should!) listen to the episode.
Western Pennsylvania’s 2023 holiday events calendar
I’m compiling my annual list of all things holiday events, and need your help.
Organizing an event? Attend an event that you don’t see on my calendar? Let me know!
60 years of Santa’s Christmasland at Kraynak’s
Santa’s Christmasland at Kraynak’s in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, opened for the 2023 holiday season on Sept. 10.
The 300-foot hall of “rooms” each with a different holiday theme celebrates 60 years, having first opened in 1963.