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Yes, the yule log rocks, but what I'm really hoping is that some other WPIX viewers will remember something they did in the early '80s. They put a ***** game up on the screen and called people. Once they got you on the phone, you had to guide them through the ***** game by telling them when to fire. You did this by yelling "Pix! Pix! Pix!" each time you wanted them to fire. If they hit the spaceship guy, you won a prize.

Anybody else remember this? What the heck was it called? This has been driving me bonkers for 25 years.

In Vancouver we used to have a fire burning and a guy's hand would enter the picture about 15 minutes in and add a log. He wore jewelry that looked to be from the 70's. Sadly, last year a new fire appeared with a different hand and a fireplace poker. Not the same, but still we watched. We actually had six different fires burning on different channels. This year's fire burned from December until the end of January, 24 hours a day!

Never jumped and never will. I love the Yule Log. I keep it on while wrapping last minute gifts and enjoying a couple of adult beverages. It has become a tradition only recently but a tradition nonetheless.

This brings back some great memories for me! I'm originally from the NY metro area and used to love having the Log on WPIX on Christmas Eve. We'd be making cookies or other assorted Christmas stuff and the music would play and the log was burning in the background. We didn't have a real fireplace so this was as close as it got! I've since moved away, but thanks for the bit of nostalgia!

Yeah, it was broadcast on Christmas Eve night the whole time I was growing up. Although I liked it better that way, Christmas morning is fine, and I'm just glad they brought it back. People who didn't grow up with it can laugh (I probably would, too) but if you're over 30 and from the NY Metro area, you understand.

it use to be on all christmas eve night from like 11pm till like 12pm christmas day

Love the log, but it jumped when the camera pulled out and we saw the full fireplace - then push back in?!?! My real fireplace doesn't change perspective, neither should the place on the TV.

I can't believe this counts as a show...

Whoops... I hit "submit" instead of "preview." So, to expand on my earlier comment: the WPIX Yule Log has been a part of Christmas since my childhood in a railroad apartment in Ridgewood, Queens, where our only "fireplace" was a cardboard cut-out on which my sister and I hung our stockings. To this day, I enjoy to tune in the Log and have it on in the background as I go about my Christmas business, or just sit down to watch it with an 'adult beverage' and zone out. It's a holiday tradition that connects me to my past; only "Charlie Brown Christmas" can compare when it comes to sentimental value.

Those who would mock the Log are either not from New York, or have black, black hearts

Born-and-bred New Yorker... The WPIX Yule Log is a cherished tradition.

I never saw the Yule Log growing up. I didn't even know it existed untill last Christmas when my wife had it on. I enjoyed it, and hope it's on again this Christmas

I think it jumped the shark when yule and Hanna got married, then broke up three episodes later when he had a gay affair with Brett when they moved to Florida so he could jump the shark and be touched by Mr. Belbidear....Jk I love the log at christmas time.

Who would you say is funnier, WPIX's Yule Log, or Laurel and Hardy. I would have to say the Yule Log.

Oh come on, it jumped lots of ways:

Same character/different actor. The original log was replaced.

Move to California. Same as I Love Lucy.

It was shot in California in July the second time around.

I do love it though.

The Yule Log in HD? Now hi-def has jumped the shark.