My first knowledge of Josh Groban was from the A.I. soundtrack, which was an outstanding bit of music from a fantastic film - one of Spielberg's best. From that initial brush with Mr. Groban, I discerned that he had a spectacular voice.
Published: Saturday, December 31st, 2022 @ 2:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Was it just me or did Christmas come too early? Yes, it's always December 25th, but it seemed like we were still eating Halloween candy when Christmas neighbor goodies started showing up on our doorstep.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2022 @ 4:05 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Greenpeace's vision of Father Christmas is a shabbily dressed Kris Kringle, who appears to be appropriately 'down on his luck', and at his 'wits end' relative to his immediate climate - it is too warm where he lives - the North Pole.
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2022 @ 2:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Walk Off the Earth has a new Christmas video, and short of accusing this extremely talented ensemble of being racist in this overly Politically Correct (PC) America, their rendition of "Feliz Navidad", a song made famous by Freddy Fender in 1977, is funny and definitely "in the Christmas spirit".
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 @ 11:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Christmas will be costly again this year as inflation eats away at your holiday hosting and shopping budget. Food, presents, and travel will all cost more than they did last year.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Good Lovelies are in the Christmas Spirit, and we are too. "Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight."
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 6:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Who knew that "Dirty Jobs" icon Mike Rowe had such an outstanding melodious voice to go along with his trademark hyper energetic work ethic?
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Nativity scene, the symbol of Christmas, has become more of a commercial symbol than a religious system.That was the conclusion of the highest court of the land – back in 1984. It got me thinking of the holiday in general and what it really means. Have we succeeded in divorcing its true meaning?
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 12:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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"So this is Christmas (War is Over)" was written in 1971 by John and Yoko Lennon, just months after the official breakup of the Beatles.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 9:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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. . . and western civilization
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 7:33 am
By: John Steed
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Walk Off the Earth's Newer Material; Including a Christmas Melody
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 9:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Walk Off the Earth is like every human entity that lives and creates art, they procreate and they find peace with who they are, what they accomplish, and then with that eternal blessing of a life well lived.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 9:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The movie "A Christmas Story" is the most exposed story in a decade. With this gem, who needs to own the DVD? It drones on and on each Christmas Sesaon, and we are left with vignettes of somebody's memories.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 3:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have long felt that Greg Lake / Pete Sinfield 's "I believe in Father Christmas" is one of the more creative modern Christmas songs created in my lifetime. I have never been a huge fan of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but I am a big fan of Greg Lake's ode to the British Santa.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 12:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Christmas Story is a time honored celebration of our Lord and Savior's birth, even, especially, when it is witnessed through the eyes of the modern child.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 3:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is a firm chill in the air and the wind howls, so, I think: What would this frigid day be like for "The Snowman."
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2022 @ 3:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the Christmas Spirit: Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders do " 2000 Miles" ... A Christmas Classic?I don't know how this one got by me in my recent years of putting together Christmas vignettes in melody, but, it did.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Raising a libertarian child can be tough, especially since they see your authority as totally illegitimate and say things like "AM I BEING DETAINED?" when you tell them to clean their room.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 10:32 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is one of those niche European groups that incorporate the older classical melodies with the subtle twist of their unique, and very present now to create a memorable musical moment.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 10:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since I was a young adolescent, I have loved the Peanuts Gang. The first installment of Charles Schultz's classic Peanuts Comic Strip on the television was "A Charlie Brown Christmas," which first aired in 1965.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 2:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Christmas time is in full swing with tree decorating, caroling, gift wrapping, and of course — the beloved tradition of traumatizing millions of small children everywhere by taking them to meet Santa Claus.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 12:41 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Joni Mitchell's poignant "River" represents more than a collection of Christmas moments; it is the cloudy recollection of a clarion warmth that we always hold dear - both joyful and blue.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, on Christmas Day of 1863, wrote what has become a well-loved carol, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.”
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 2:31 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Carrie Underwood has been a Country Music enigma since winning American Idol back in 2005. Carrie is the Country Music personification of Merle Haggard's 'Okie from Muskogee,' being a native of that iconic locale.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After years of struggling to purchase his wife the right gift for Christmas, one local man started listening in October for ideas. His attentiveness gave him the idea of buying his wife a new, rechargeable vacuum
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:27 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Mark O'Connor has bridged two worlds of music; consequently, for those of us that appreciate both traditional and progressive bluegrass / Classical string movements expanding our moods or spirits, we well appreciate the "An Appalachian Christmas" concept of lofty melodic expression.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I actually like Celtic Folk Music ... I like it very much. The Celtic Women are not Celtic Folk singers; however, they do have their place, especially during the Christmas Season.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 10:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There's nothing like gathering the family during the holidays to watch a good old-fashioned Christmas movie! There are so many timeless classics out there, full of iconic moments we love to relive again and again!
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 8:46 am
By: Babylon Bee
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In this most eclectic mix-bag of videos, we stay in the holiday spirit, as we move ever closer to Christmas Day.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 7:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mark O'Connor has bridged two worlds of music; consequently, for those of us that appreciate both traditional and progressive bluegrass / Classical string movements expanding our moods or spirits, we well appreciate the Appalachian Christmas concept of lofty melodic expression.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has always been a favorite of mine in the way that they have always moved at their own pace in their own time.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 8:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This rendition of "Fairytale of New York" rivals the original, and once again puts Walk Off the Earth as one of the great cover bands of all time.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 7:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Clark Griswold, the iconic well-meaning father of this age, shares his Christmas Vacation with us, and it is one that many of us will never forget.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 7:01 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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At least one of the actors from the iconic 1983 holiday film “A Christmas Story” is no longer welcome at the Cleveland, Ohio, home where it was filmed.
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 @ 9:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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