In March 2000 , Totowa , New Jersey resident Joseph Malzone , a longtime fan of '' The Yule Log '' , created a Web site named " Bring Back The Log " , now named TheYuleLog.com , and administered by Lawrence F. " Chip " Arcuri , petitioning station management to bring back '' The Yule Log '' broadcast . In December 2001 , WPIX vice president/general manager Betty Ellen Berlamino announced during an appearance on local radio station WPLJ that the special would return to the television station after an eleven-year absence . Berlamino explained that people wanted " comfort food TV " in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center . The digitally restored program was the most-watched television program in the New York metropolitan area on Christmas Day that year and it has continued to be broadcast annually ever since as a result
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Yule Log (TV program)