Seasons Greetings from the Hirschfeld Century Podcast!

Join David & Katherine as they discuss Al Hirschfeld’s drawings of the holiday season, and discuss one of Hirschfeld’s holiday traditions. Plus we have a special announcement during the episode!

Thank you everyone for a great 2025 and we look forward to more fun in the world of Hirschfeld in 2026!

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Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode:

Christmas Card, 1925

‘White Christmas’ Rehearsal, 1936

“Some of the People Who Will Be Coming to Town This Christmas Week”, 1940

Paul Draper and Larry Adler, 1948

Celebrating the Success of ‘Wonderful Town’, 1953

Hearst vs. Pulitzer, 1935

Putting it Together, 1995

My Fair Lady, 1956

Flahooley, 1951

The Ziegfeld Follies and Oklahoma!, 1943

Kukla and Ollie, 1978

The Night Before Christmas, 1941

“Impressions of Current Broadway Hits as seen by a Window Shopper”, 1942

‘The Philadelphia Story’ Program, 1939

Rehearsal for ‘The Pirate’, 1942

She Loves Me, 1963

Here’s Love, 1963

Natalie Wood

Fiddler on the Roof, 1971

Comin’ Uptown, 1979

Beach Blanket Babylon

Steve Silver, 1986

Cabaret Noel, 1993

Patrick Stewart in ‘A Christmas Carol’, 1994

It’s a Wonderful Life

Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944

After Preview of ‘White Christmas’, 1954

Irving Berlin

Show Business is No Business

Scrooge, 1970

Lorimar Christmas Ad, 1987

Jane Fonda Head for Lorimar, 1987

What’s My Line with Santa

Treadmill to Oblivion

Junior Miss

Dinah Shore Christmas Special, 1957

George C. Scott in ‘A Christmas Carol’, 1986

Santa Claus on Stage

Santa Playing Pan Pipes, 1983

Santa and his Sleigh, 1984

Self-Portrait with Santa Claus, 1983

Whoopi Goldberg, 1984

David Merrick as Santa, 1964

Pal Joey, 1951

Peter Pan, 1954

New Year’s Eve Special, 1955

Celebrating the Success of ‘Wonderful Town’, 1953

TV Guide Canada Cover, 1999

Elvis Presley, 1968

Elvis Presley, 1956

Mary D’Arcy in ‘Singin’ in the Rain’, 1985

Duke McHale in ‘Babes in Arms’, 1937

Carol Channing in ‘Hello, Dolly!’, 1964

Liza Minnelli, 1999

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