Sara and Mike sent me a Bumble 🎁

 

The Beatles

Happy Birthday to my sister Lindsey Pignatiello 🎂 #December21

I Spy

Jimmy says, "It all started with the snow!"

 

Christmas is almost here! And away we go!

This holiday season I have seen the biggest screw ups by USPS and Publishers Graphics St. Louis LLC, that I have ever seen! pathetic! There appears to be a help problem!

December 21st!

Friday

 

I want to Thank everyone for coming out on this Christmasy 🎅🎄❄️☃️night in Des Plaines! Thanks to Noah James for taking some pics too. Glad we got things done and everyone enjoyed it! Thanks to Kurt B for putting it together! Thanks to Sara for driving and dinner! #Christmas #Desplaines #Rankinbassproductionsofficial

It’s the final Dollar Bin Bandits episode of 2024 and we are all about the holiday season as Rankin/Bass historian Rick Goldschmidt joins the show to talk Rudolph, Santa, comics and more! Tune in Friday on YouTube and all podcast platforms.

My event is tonight in Des Plaines 🎅 My Etsy shop is now on vacation, and I will re-open when I re-stock books (some are supposed to ship today or tomorrow). The same goes for Amazon and Ebay 🎄#Christmas #Rankinbassofficial

Wednesday

PBS story

https://www.nextavenue.org/the-year-without-a-santa-claus-turns-50/

Wednesday

Happy Birthday to my Mom! #Carol #Monday

Nu Nu's article

https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2024/12/15/oak-lawn-man-keeps-rudolphs-legacy-glowing-after-60-years/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHPPMJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaQ1Jboszqj_ywcySPtdr-jn_zuD83CVmVKNVfYf7VvMIeiZOLZynQhVtw_aem_5WABc6QwsSjItMvG7G07tw

Best Christmas ever! My friend Josh sent along a couple of Christmas artist proofs! One was framed and matted as a surprise, because he knows how much Rankin/Bass mean to me 🎅 Zowie! #theyearwithoutasantaclaus #Shag #achristmasstory #Christmas

🎄

An article about my upcoming appearance...

https://www.dailyherald.com/20241216/submitted-content/santa-friends-coming-to-town-courtesy-of-rankin-bass-historian/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHOc3xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZi2QQ_fOxjrnOrLtJyMYUcEKfA4HbmjRa-LkN6Q7Y4oTWDSGwm4w61miw_aem_JoodxjSvdX2tDGllPRUSSg

The 2024 model is pretty impressive! Lots of extra rockets and the catalog is awesome! 🦇

Thursday

I just did my annual interview on Rudolph with Bob Mangels on WJQZ in Wellville, NY! It will air later this week 🎅This Wednesday morning at 8:45 AM NY Time. 103.5FM WJQZ Wellsville, NY.

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My last event before Christmas is this Thursday, at the Des Plaines Public LIbrary at 7pm ☃️

Sunday

Mr. Magoo's Christmas carol