“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a 1939 short story by James Thurber. It may also refer to:
The term “Christmas controversy” refers to the issue surrounding the celebration or acknowledgment of the Christmas holiday (or lack thereof) in government, media, advertising, and various secular environments. The controversy also includes objections to policies that prohibit Christians from forcing unwilling participants to attend religious Christmas ceremonies. In the past, Christmas-related controversy was mainly restricted to concerns of a public focus on secular Christmas themes such as Santa Claus and gift-giving, rather than what is seen by Christians as the real reason for Christmasâthe birth of Jesus.
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a song originally performed by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released by Columbia Records as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Merry Christmas. Carey co-wrote and co-produced the song with Walter Afanasieff. An uptempo love song, the instrumentation includes bell chimes and heavy back-up vocals, as well as use of synthesizers. The song’s lyrics declare that the protagonist does not care about Christmas presents or lights; all she wants for Christmas is to be united with her lover for the holidays.
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to phi phenomenon. A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects. Contemporary definition of cinema is the art of simulating experiences, that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty or atmosphere by the means of recorded or programmed moving images along with other sensory stimulations.
¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? (Spanish for Where is Santa Claus?) is a novelty Christmas song. 12-year-old Augie Rios had a hit with the song in 1959 which featured the Mark Jeffrey Orchestra. The 45 record single was backed with the song “Ol’ Fatso (I Don’t Care Who You Are Old Fatso, Get Those Reindeer Off My Roof).” Written by George Scheck, Rod Parker, and Al Greiner, and copyrighted in 1958, the copyright was renewed and is owned by Ragtime Music. The song “¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?” has now been immortalized in a toy called “Animated & Musical Singing Puppy”, made in Hong Kong, China, and distributed in the U.S. in 2011. The song was originally released on MGM Records’ Metro label. It can now be found on various YouTube videos.
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user’s local desktop computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9% of all music sales in the US in 2012.[nb 1] As of January 2011, Apple’s iTunes Store alone made $1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year.