Christmas

Over a thousand needy children in Shreveport and Bossier Parish will have a much brighter Christmas this year -- thanks to your generosity.

We love Santa. We really do! He's probably the coolest old guy we know, spending his life making presents, managing elves and eating cookies. Truth be told, we're sort of jealous. The jolly old guy usually looks bright and cheery and not all that scary, which is yet another reason we're fans.

Aww man! We've been sucked in again. It's another edition of animals in costumes, but we swear it's way worth your time. Why? Well, because there are few things more adorable than dressing up our dogs and cats in holiday garb and showing them off on the Web. We're positive they love it! (Maybe.)

This popular holiday drink is traditionally made by combining raw eggs, rum and dairy and leaving it all in the fridge for up to six weeks. We basically drink our weight in the stuff every December -- how on earth have we managed to avoid being sick all this time?

LSU Coach Les Miles is all dressed up like Santa Claus because he's in the Christmas spirit. Put some roar in your Christmas with some LSU Tigers Christmas ornaments. We found some awesome ornaments and want to share them with you.

LSU Tigers Coach Les Miles always gets jolly around this time of year. Why? Because Christmas is almost here and the LSU Tigers are playing in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year's Eve. Check out Les wearing Santa hats.

Director Bob Clark’s classic holiday comedy has a distinction that few family movies can claim: Most people don’t mind watching it over and over again.

One of the reasons we love the holidays so much is that there are tons of ways we can celebrate. Ugly Christmas sweater parties probably rank at the top of our favorites, just because wearing the ugliest cardigan ever in the name of holiday spirit is strangely fun. So what ranks towards the bottom of our favorites list? Office parties.

On Christmas morning, there's nothing worse than getting a bad reaction to one of your presents. This is especially prevalent among the younger crowd, particularly those under age 12. Why? Well, the kiddos don't necessarily have an understanding of faking appreciation and re-gifting later, so it just comes off as bratty behavior.

With the Christmas countdown officially at 11 days, we can hardly contain our excitement for presents and Santa and grandma's awesome cookies. All this holiday hype has got us thinking, though: Do you honestly know the true story of Christmas?

Here's a little video to get you into the spirit of Christmas, if you're kind of trampy. Nate, Caitlin and Stuart set up shop on the campus of Brigham Young University to trick as many people as possible into kissing them by using a sprig of renegade mistletoe that drops down at a moment's notice. They are braver than we -- the whole time we watched this all we could think was "Herpes! Herpes

Photos from today’s visit (Dec. 12, 2012) to Shriners Hospital for Children in Shreveport by law enforcement officers from the Shreveport Police Department and Bossier Sheriff’s Office, firefighters from the Shreveport Fire Department, personalities from Townsquare Media and Santa Claus.