Reader Fave Christmas Carols… Christmas Day Part 2

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

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Reader Fave Christmas Carols… Christmas Day Part 1

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”.

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Reader Fave Christmas Carols – The Novelty Edition

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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

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The Real Stakes of the War on Christmas

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.

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Why I won’t be closing my church this Christmas – I won’t again abandon my congregation in their hour of need

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.

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Reader Fave Christmas Carols – Christmas Eve Edition

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”

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PM Trudeau tops CTF’s naughty list; UCP party comes in second

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.

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The myth of ‘pagan’ Christmas

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.

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Reader Fave Christmas Carols… Day 5

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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Arctic Blast, New Year’s East Coast Winter Storm Potential, Polar Vortex Split?

Chris Martz is a young (18 years old!) weather enthusiast and future meteorologist. His analysis is detailed, educational, and usually more accurate than ‘Big Weather’ forecasts. You can find him on YouTube, Twitter, and at https://chrismartzweather.com/.

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Reader Fave Christmas Carols… Day 3

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

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Reader Fave Christmas Carols… Day 2

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

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