This week on "Sunday Morning" (Dec. 25)
Host: Jane Pauley
COVER STORY: Boys Town: A beacon for troubled youth | Watch Video
Nearly 100 years ago a young Irish priest who believed there were no bad boys built a town that continues to turn around the lives of youngsters in dire straits. Tony Dokoupil reports.
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‘TIS THE SEASON: The season for Poinsettias | Watch Video
You can’t live in Greenville, S.C., and not understand that the poinsettia has a special place in the community. How the red-and-green plant came to be a Christmas perennial, and its connection to this city, is the story uncovered by correspondent Mark Strassmann.
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‘TIS THE SEASON: Menorahs: Let there be lights | Watch Video
Hanukkah, the Jewish “Festival of Lights,” is a time for family and dedication, a tradition that wouldn’t be complete without lighting at least one menorah. Or, in the case of David Moore and his daughter, Jami, 154 of them. But their impressive collection -- the product of a father and daughter’s loving tradition -- isn’t as massive as the Jewish Museum’s in New York City.
Serena Altschul checks out the history and artistry of Hanukkah lamps.
For more info:
- The Jewish Museum, New York City | Event Calendar
- Oded Halahmy: Pomegranate Gallery, New York City
MOVIES: Adam Driver on entering the fast lane | Watch Video
The actor plays a bus driver in “Paterson” and a Jesuit priest in the historical drama “Silence” -- far from a lightsaber-wielding villain. Tracy Smith reports.
For more info:
- “Paterson” (Official site)
- “Silence” (Official site)
- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (starwars.com)
- Arts in the Armed Forces
PASSAGE: In memoriam | Watch Video
“Sunday Morning” remember three inspiring individuals who left us this past week.
‘TIS THE SEASON: “All I Want for Christmas Is You” | Watch Video
For 22 years Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has been the Christmas gift that keeps on giving. This year it once again sits atop Billboard’s Holiday 100, and is the most-downloaded song of Carey’s career.
Ben Tracy talks with Walter Afanasieff, who co-wrote the song with Carey, about what it’s like to create a holiday classic.
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MUSIC: Reverberations: A water tank’s sonic splendors | Watch Video
A relic of the Old West in Colorado has acoustics as complicated as a Gothic cathedral’s, attracting musicians and visitors from around the world. Barry Petersen reports.
For more info:
- The Tank Center for Sonic Arts, Rangely, Colo. (tanksounds.org)
- Tank Center Playlist on Soundcloud
HARTMAN: A Christmas homecoming (Video)
In 2011, in a classroom outside Raleigh, North Carolina, a second-grader had one wish from Santa - not a toy, but a visit from her dad, who was serving in Iraq. Steve Hartman looks back on a Christmas miracle.
SUNDAY PROFILE: The Dalai Lama on seeking joy | Watch Video
Looking beyond religion and national boundaries, the spiritual leader says seeking commonality - with as little as a smile - can solve the world’s divisions. Seth Doane reports.
READ AN EXCERPT: From “The Book of Joy”
For more info:
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
- “The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World” by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams (Avery); Also available in eBook, Digital Audio Download and Audio CD formats
ON THE TRAIL: The brilliance of the night sky | Watch Video
Great Basic National Park in Nevada is one of a handful of International Dark Sky Parks. Conor Knighton takes in night visions, on his yearlong exploration of America’s National Parks.
NATURE UP CLOSE: Great Basin National Park
For more info:
- Great Basin National Park, Nevada
- Astronomy at Great Basin
- Star Train schedule
- International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)
- List of International Dark Sky Parks
‘TIS THE SEASON: Charles Osgood sings “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (Video)
It’s a “Sunday Morning” tradition: Celebrating the holidays with song. Our beloved “Anchor Emeritus” Charles Osgood visits to perform a classic, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.”
‘TIS THE SEASON: A classic CBS Christmas animation (Video)
In 1966 illustrator R.O. Blechman designed this touching animated Christmas message, which aired for several years on CBS.
NATURE: Winter wonderland (Extended Video)
We leave you this Sunday Morning in a winter wonderland, in California’s Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe. Videographer: Skip Brown.
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NATURE UP CLOSE: Adélie Penguins
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