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Christmas in July may sound like a foreign concept, but it happens in Branson, Mo., where the annual Discover Santa Convention takes place. It's an unofficial celebration of St. Nick and everything he represents. More than 800 Santas and Mrs. Clauses showed up - and so did "Sunday Morning" correspondent Luke Burbank. (This story was originally broadcast on August 28, 2016.)
In the world of ballet, Christmas means one thing: "The Nutcracker"! Stages across the country fill with twirling snowflakes, leaping candy canes, and lots and lots of pointe shoes. Faith Salie goes backstage at the New York City Ballet with principal dancer Tiler Peck, and visits Freed of London, a leading ballet shoemaker, to find out what goes into those shoes aside from very talented feet.
Martha Teichner reports on how Hollywood actress Donna Reed contributed to the war effort during World War II - sharing letters with American troops and entertaining service members at the fabled Hollywood Canteen - and how her wartime correspondence, treasures lovingly preserved, are being remembered today.
Correspondent Rita Braver takes a look at how fashion has given a hip edge to what food servers wear in restaurants, and why the classic look will never go out of style.
On December 24, 1826, cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point rebelled against an alcohol ban, smuggling in whiskey to reinforce their eggnog mutiny. The situation deteriorated after that. Jane Pauley reports.
Kindness is not simply an act of compassion; it also produces a hormone that has a healthful effect on the heart's arteries. Lee Cowan talks with author David Hamilton, who teaches about the physical and biochemical benefits of kindness; to a couple who set out to do one small act of kindness every day for an entire year, spreading the news on social media; and to the founder of Think Kindness, a program to teach schoolkids that no kind act is too small.
We leave you this last Sunday Morning of autumn at Beavers Bend State Park in Oklahoma. Videographer: Roy Neher.
From a celebrated filmmaker's 71st birthday to the year's shortest day, "Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
Manuel Bojorquez talks with the newly-elected Senator from Alabama, Democrat and former prosecutor Doug Jones.
Once upon a time the merriest Christmas in the Southwest came courtesy of some lumps of coal. An electrified Christmas wonderland was built in the mining town of Madrid, New Mexico, which once attracted thousands of visitors. While the mine has long closed, that tradition continues today, in a community that hosts an off-beat Christmas parade, funky shops and boutiques, and twinkling Yuletide lights. Conor Knighton reports.
