The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.

Beginning in August 2006 while his co-host Roger Ebert was recovering from cancer surgery Roeper was joined by guest critics including Clerks director Kevin Smith and The Tonight Show host Jay Leno. The series was renamed Ebert & Roeper at the Movies in 2000 and shortened to Ebert & Roeper in 2002. His columns have been syndicated by the New York Times to publications around the world.

Roeper (born October 17 1959) is an American columnist and film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times and now a co-host on The Roe Conn Show on WLS-AM. Richard E.