Now Playing

Podcasts & RSS Feeds

All ContentRSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

NPR News

Pages

Around the Nation
2:12 pm
Sun December 25, 2011

Bronx Family's Christmas Display Is 'So Bad, It's Good'

Next imagePrevious image
Credit Mario Tama / Getty Images
Onlookers gather in front of the Garabedian family home in the Bronx in this 2004 photo. The Garabedians have decorated their home for nearly four decades with lights and hundreds of animated figurines.
Credit George Bodarky / For NPR
The Garabedians make their own life-size mannequins for their annual display.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By George Bodarky

A few strings of lights and an inflatable Santa are enough for some people when it comes to holiday decorations. But not for the Garabedian family of the Bronx, whose over-the-top Christmas displays have been a traffic-snarling must-see for nearly four decades. And "traditional" is definitely not the right word for this holiday attraction.

The first giveaway might be the music the Garabedians play through speakers outside their home. Instead of a Christmas carol, you're more likely to hear a hit single from a singer like Engelbert Humperdinck.

Read more
Author Interviews
2:11 pm
Sun December 25, 2011

Bill Cosby Enlists Santa's Staff For A Silent Night

Credit
Share
E-mail
Comments
By NPR Staff

Read more
Around the Nation
2:08 pm
Sun December 25, 2011

For One Ala. Farmer, Workers Are Still Scarce

Share
E-mail
Comments
By NPR Staff

Earlier this year, Alabama passed a tough immigration law that prompted thousands of migrant workers to flee the state.

Shortly after, NPR spoke with Jamie Boatwright, a fourth-generation tomato farmer in Steele, Ala. When the law was passed, about 20 of Boatwright's farmhands — all of them from Mexico — left and his business was devastated.

Read more
It Was A Good Year For...
12:16 pm
Sun December 25, 2011

Instagram's Winning Recipe: Images And Social Media

Credit iTunes
Two iPhone screengrabs shows Instagram's filter mode, left, and a shared photo on the app, right.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By Becky Sullivan

There are a lot of photo apps out there for the iPhone. With most of them, you take a picture, put a filter on it and maybe add some lens blur. But many of them don't have a built-in way for you to share the photo.

"When we combined those two key ingredients, we came up with something that became Instagram," says Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, who is also one if its founders.

Read more
Politics
6:00 am
Sun December 25, 2011

Gingrich Camp: More Talk Than Action?

Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign has suffered a setback on this Christmas weekend. Gingrich failed to get enough signatures to be on the ballot in Virginia, calling into question his organizational ability to sustain a long campaign.

Pages