Enjoy! Merry Christmas and thank you for making this such a great year!
The Kinks “Father Christmas”
From Truthserum – Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas
Libera – Carol of the Bells
From Dana Garcia – Johnny Cash & June Carter – Christmas With You
From Mauser – Alabama – Christmas in Dixie
From Grainger – Ave Maria – Franz Biebl
From Norman – Handel’s Messiah Amen chorus
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Enjoy! Part 2 will be showing up later tonight.
From Norman – Sing Along With Mitch (12/21/61)
From Grainger – Papa St Nick
From Norman – Apollo 100 – Joy
From Laura – Bishop Boychoir
From Bargogx1 – Dropkick Murphys – “The Season’s Upon Us”
From James – Chris De Burgh – A Spaceman Came Travelling
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Christmas All Over Again”
From John – “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses
From Frances – Celtic Thunder – ‘Christmas 1915’
From Surele – Carol of the Bell – Hillsong London Carols
From Norman – Tchaikovsky Flashwaltz at Hadassah Hospital
PHILIPPINE MADRIGAL SINGERS – ANG PASKO AY SUMAPIT
From Canminuteman – The Pretenders “2000 Miles”.
Enjoy!
From Osumashi – Behind Bob’s Burgers – The Spirits of Christmas
From Reader – Christmas time in Hell
Joe Diffie – Leroy The Redneck Reindeer
How The Grinch Stole Chanukah
Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire
From sanmarten – Little Drummer Boy – Walk off the Earth
From Frances – Grandma Got Run-over by a Reindeer
From kkruger71 – PC Christmas Carol 2
If only Americans would “listen to the science” and stop believing in “superstitions.”
This year the annual attacks on Christmas went beyond complaints about holiday salutations or public creches. Blue-state governors and mayors like California’s Gavin Newsom and government clerks like Anthony Fauci have issued diktats forbidding even private celebrations of Christmas by more than one family at a time. These orders follow on this year’s lockdown protocols that made liquor stores, pot dispensaries, and violent protests “essential,” while church services were verboten.
One of the simple joys of having a bundle of church keys is that you can wander around in the building when others have gone home. Over lockdown, it has been my retreat from noisy children, an office, a sanctuary and a place to think. It is also where I get to say things out loud, testing thoughts out on the silence. “Please, help me!” I said to the altar the other night, more in anger than in expectation. I was surprised how it came out. Too direct to feel like a prayer, it sounded more of a demand I suppose. Or rather, the kind of demand that feels the presence of defeat at the door. News was just in that the husband of one of my congregation had just been killed by Covid. Another death in the parish.
Watching A Charlie Brown Christmas has been a tradition for millions since it first aired on December 9, 1965. This year, many Americans were disappointed that Apple TV scooped up the streaming rights for the 2020 season. The outrage ultimately resulted in it showing up on PBS.
Welcome to the Christmas Eve Edition of Reader Fave Carols and thank you all for your contributions! We’re going to have to do a couple of Carol posts tomorrow to get them all in, one dedicated to the novelty submissions. Tonight’s the last night to submit a request so make it a good one – in truth they’ve all been great.
From Robert – Carul Loch Garman – The Wexford Carol
From sanmarten – Alison Krauss and Natalie MacMaster – Get Me Through December
From Grainger – Barenaked Ladies – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings” Feat. Sarah McLachlan
From Norman in NYC – Adam Lambert & Noa Dori singing ‘The Prayer’-David Foster
From Frances – Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band – Bring Us In Good Ale (Live)
From John in Toronto – Flory Jagoda – Oco Kandelikas (Eight Candles)
From Osumashi – Ella Fitzgerald – Jingle Bells
From Exile – Mary, Did You Know? – Pentatonix
From John in Toronto – The Huron Carol
The Brian Setzer Orchestra- “Nutcracker Suite”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau topped the Canadian Taxpayers Federation 2020 Naughty List.
“Lying to Canadians and hiking the cost of heating our homes is a sure-fire way to land you on the Naughty List and the prime minister has achieved that in spectacular fashion,” said Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director of the CTF.
After promising not to increase taxes, Trudeau is more than tripling the carbon tax to $170 per tonne by 2030 and he’s also announced a second carbon tax.
Alberta’s United Conservative Party took the second top spot for taking the federal wage subsidy, a payment meant for struggling businesses.
The idea that December 25 is copied from the pagans remains popular, despite the total lack of evidence
In AD 932 the most powerful ruler in Britain spent Christmas on the edge of Salisbury Plain. Never before had a unitary kingdom been fashioned out of all the various realms of the Angles and the Saxons. Never before had all the other kings of the island, from the northernmost reaches of Scotland to the mountains of Wales, been compelled to acknowledge the overlordship of a single man.
Add your faves in the comments, we’ll play them all ASAP!
From Norman – Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas
From Grainger – Christmas Light Display as Seen by Drone Wizards in Winter
From DMB – Wham! – Last Christmas
From Ingenui – O Come, O Come Emmanuel | Anna Hawkins
From Igeubank – A Carol For Children
From Robert – Mędrcy świata
From Dana Garcia – BeauSoleil – A Cajun Christmas
From Malcolm Y – Home Free – O’ Holy Night
From DavidinNorthBurnaby – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Silver And Gold
From Osumashi – Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby please come home)
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Enjoy! Leave your faves in the comments and we’ll play them ASAP!
From kkruger71 – Poppy – Kiss in the Snow
From Grainger – George Winston Prelude/Carol Of The Bells
From Mal – Vince Vance & The Valiants – All I Want For Christmas Is You
From Grainger – Arsis Handbell Ensemble playing Bizet Farandole
From Norman – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
From Surele – O Come, O Come Emmanuel & Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
From Ingenui – Judy Garland – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Day 2 of a fine tradition. Drop your faves in the comments we’ll play them every evening through the Big Day.
From Frances – Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band – Angels from the Realms of Glory
From Buddy via Osumashi – Jingle Cats
From Bargogx1 – Merry Christmas Everybody – Slade
From Grainger – Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss – The Wexford Carol
From kkruger71 – Poppy – Silver Bells
