Reindeer - December 24

Friday, December 24, 2021

Today is Egg Nog Day and Christmas Eve.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Reindeer
Watch

ON THIS DATE

• 1814 - The United Kingdom and the U.S. sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
• 1826 - The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
• 1868 - The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. 
• 1871 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida" premieres in Cairo, Egypt, to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal.
• 1914 -  The  WW I "Christmas truce" begins.
• 1973 - District of Columbia Home Rule Act passes.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1940 - Dr. Anthony Fauci
• 1962 - Fashion designer Kate Spade

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Gene Autry -  Up on the Housetop - LISTEN
• Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - LISTEN
• Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer - LISTEN

THEME:  Reindeer

• Grades PreK-adult - NORAD Santa Tracker - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Odd Squad - Reindeer Games (24:33) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - The Odd Squad - Missing Reindeer (1:46) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - The Odd Squad - Dasher and Dancer Over France (1:32) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Not All Deer are Reindeer (1:05) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Family Reindeer Ornaments (1:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Santa's Wild Home (52:28) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Reindeer Cyclone (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Follow Thousands of Reindeer on an Epic Journey (2:48) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Reindeer Noses Really Do Glow Red (1:01) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Indie Alaska - I Am Star The Reindeer (5:10) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS VIDEO - NOVA - How Fast Does Santa Fly? (3:10) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Is Santa Real? (A Scientific Analysis) (5:35) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gross Science - The Real Rudolph Has Bloody Antlers and Super Vision (4:02) - VIEW and DO

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS  - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Louis Pasteur/I Am Rachel Carson
• 6:30-7:30 am NHPBS - Let's Go Luna!: Luna's Christmas Around The World
• 7:30-8:30 am NHPBS  - Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS  - Alma's Way - Alma's Nochebuena/Three Kings Day Do-Over
• 9-10 am NHPBS - Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
• 12-1 pm NHPBS - The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!
• 1-2 pm NHPBS - Peg + Cat + Holidays
• 2:30-3:30 pm NHPBS - Arthur's Perfect Christmas
• 4-5 pm NHPBS  - Nature Cat: A Nature Carol

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 2-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE  - Arthur's Perfect Christmas
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Hero Elementary - Back On Track / Switcheroo-Er
• 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Gingerbread House/Christmas Tree Trouble
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - Beetlemania/Robo Kid
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Happy Halfiversary/Good Egg Bad Egg
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Wild Kratts - Stars of the Tides
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Molly of Denali - Puppypalooza
• 6-7 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
• 9:30-11:30 pm NH EXPLORE - American Experience - Voice of Freedom

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9 am NH WORLD - Nova - Decoding The Great Pyramid
• 3-4:30 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Late Blossom Blues
• 7-8 pm NH WORLD - Chaplains
• 8-9 pm NH WORLD - Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory: American Experience
• 9-10 pm NH WORLD - American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339