SHOW :
HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN PITTSBURGH celebrates some of the things that people in Western Pennsylvania do at the beginning of winter when days are short and weather can be wicked. WQED producer Rick Sebak and his crew have captured a variety of worship services, public events, parties and seasonal attractions in a warm and sometimes wacky take on the customs, traditions and happenings that distinguish the holidays around Pittsburgh. The program includes a number of manger scenes, lots of evergreen trees, scenes of Hanukah, Ramadan, Christmas and Kwanzaa, as well as plenty of shopping, folk dancing, looking at lights, feasting on seven fishes, and checking out the giant miniature railroad at the Carnegie Science Center.

AIRDATE:
This unusual holiday special airs (day and date and time) on (your local PBS station.)

CREDITS:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN PITTSBURGH is a production of WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh. Rick Sebak produced, wrote and narrated the program; Kevin Conrad edited it; Buck Brinson, Mark Knobil, Bob Lubomski, Paul Ruggieri and Steve Willing took the pictures; Minette Seate was Associate Producer; Bob Lubomski and Bryce Lutz did the sound work; Matt Conrad was the Associate Editor, and Patty Walker was Project Director.

FUNDING:
Funding for HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN PITTSBURGH was provided by the Buhl Foundation, serving Southwestern Pennsylvania since 1927. Additional funding was provided by the Tippins Foundation and by the Henry L. Hillman Foundation.

OVERVIEW:
It’s the time of year when people get together to celebrate! HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN PITTSBURGH is a joyous, light-filled look at a wide range of December and January gatherings, decorations, festive food, crazy people who jump in the frozen river and other traditional winter activities.

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