With bold colours and twinkling lights, the setting for King Charles’s first Christmas Speech is a moving tribute to his late mother.
His Majesty recorded the message at the spot in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where the world was afforded a last glimpse of the Queen’s coffin as it gently descended through the floor in the poignant final moment of her committal service.
The British prime minister addressed the American people from the White House eighty-one years ago today
On Christmas Eve 1941, in Washington on a diplomatic mission to organize the support of Britain’s American allies in the efforts to stop the Nazi menace, Winston Churchill was offered the opportunity to address the American people from the south portico of the White House. America as a nation had been attacked like never before just weeks earlier; the horrors of Pearl Harbor were on the minds of every patriot.
It was rumored the annual Christmas Tree lighting would be canceled. Instead, 20,000 people came to see it, seeking some light in a very dark world.
Whether it’s Bing Crosby crooning about sleigh bells or Macaulay Culkin beating a grown man around the head with a shovel, there’s something for everybody when it comes to Christmas movies.
Time-honoured classics featuring nostalgic melodies like Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas get even the grumpiest of grinches tearing up, while joyous comedies and yuletide favourites are as successful as the sound of crinkly Quality Street wrappers in gathering the whole family round the TV.
A good list.
I don’t know exactly when I became a fan of Charlie Brown and the “Peanuts” characters, but I can remember them being a huge part of my elementary school years, along with a group of friends who loved the comic strip. One thing I do know: A Charlie Brown Christmas has always been a part of my holiday celebrations, including this Christmas.
A Charlie Brown Christmas – From Kiki982
Howdy and welcome to the Christmas eve edition of reader fave carols. Leave your faves in the comments and we’ll play them Christmas day.
Enjoy!
Sara Davies Nadolig Llawen i Chi Gyd (Merry Christmas in Welsh is Nadolig Llawen.) from Robert Orr
And also … Leanbh Sa Mhainséar (Child in The Manger)
Adam Lambert & Noa Dori singing ‘The Prayer’-David Foster from Norman in New York
And also … Charice SMX Concert: Song #9 Duet “PRAYER”
Grandma Got Run-over by a Reindeer – from Frances
And also …
Jimmy Boyd – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 1952
The High Kings – The Wild Rover – from CLink9
Nothing But A Child – from DavidInNorthBurnaby
Love Catually from Kiki982
And also … Christmas Day
More than two billion Christians around the world will remember Bethlehem in their prayers and carols this Christmas but in the modern West Bank city the centuries-old Christian population is dwindling and afraid.
While there is a giant tree and twinkling lights in Manger Square, the celebrations around the 6th-century Church of the Nativity, the site of Jesus’s birth two millennia ago, are being observed by a diminishing number of tourists and locals.
The city’s Christian population has dropped from 84 per cent of the total a century ago to about 20 per cent today, and is falling further in the face of discrimination and threats from elements of the Muslim majority.
Welcome back! I hope you enjoy the night’s offerings. Put your faves in the comments and we’ll play them ASAP.
Thanks.
Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter – from Norman In New York
And also … Ang Pasko ay Sumapit • Teatro Pilipino Choir
The Kinks – Father Christmas – from canminuteman
And also … Pretenders – 2000 Miles
Frank Sinatra – The Christmas Waltz – from Kiki982
And also … Who Put The Stump
And … Paul Harvey ~ A Christmas Story: The Man And The Birds
And … Alabama – Christmas In Dixie
Also … Andrea Bocelli, Céline Dion – The Prayer
Plus … The Twelve Pains Of Christmas – Twisted Christmas
Sixpence None The Richer – Angels We Have Heard On High – from PaxCan
And also … Cocteau Twins – Winter Wonderland
Howdy Ya’ll! Welcome to Day 7 of Reader Fave Christmas Carols, an annual Yuletide tradition here at BCF.
We hope you enjoy tonight’s fare and don’t forget to leave your faves in the comments, we’ll play them ASAP in the run up to the Big Day!
“Carol of the Bells”, in Ukrainian and English from JB
Schnittpunktvokal – Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (A Spotless Rose Is Growing) – From Brett McS
Annie Lennox & Al Green – Put A Little Love In Your Heart from headhunter9
Christmas Metal Songs – Joy To The World [Symphonic Heavy Metal Version] – Orion’s Reign & Minniva from bargogx1
Merry Christmas, Darling – The Carpenters from kiki982
Leonard Bernstein – Mozart Schlittenfahrt (Sleigh Ride) from Norman in New York
Also … The Skaters Waltz – André Rieu
Zydeco Christmas from Dana Garcia
And also … Willie Nelson – “Please Come Home For Christmas”
Carol of the bells Trans Siberian Orchestra live – from Surele Surele
And also … Carol of the Bells of Notre Dame – A Cappella
Herb Alpert I’ll Be Home For Christmas from Norman in New York
And also … Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Welcome once again, another stellar line up awaits your listening pleasure this evening. Leave your faves in the comments and we’ll play them every evening through the Big Day.
Enjoy!
Happy Holidays from all of us at NATO – from Tom_Billesley
O Holy Night – from CLink
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – from kiki982
And … The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick
Carol of the Bells – from Surele Surele
Old City Bar – from Shasta
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Christmas Eve / Sarajevo – from bargogx1
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – from Osumashi
Tchaikovsky Flashwaltz at Hadassah Hospital – from Norman in New York
And … Apollo 100 – Joy
Chris Rea ~ Driving Home For Christmas – from Nancy Ross
Welcome to Day 5 of Reader Fave Carols. A nice selection as usual tonight. Enjoy and leave your faves in the comments, we’ll play them in the run up to the Big Day.
Thanks!
For KING & COUNTRY – Little Drummer Boy – from ElephantInTheThread
Dear Nuala – 12 Days of Christmas – From Frances
And … Huron Carol (Twas In the Moon of Wintertime) – Prairie Rose Rangers
Also… Susan Boyle – In the Bleak Midwinter
Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages) – from Norman in New York
And… Beethoven, 12 Variations on “See the Conquering Hero Comes” from Handel’s “Judas Maccabeus.”
Francesca Battistelli – “Heaven Everywhere” – from kiki982
Boney M. – Mary’s Boy Child – from very old white guy
Welcome to Day 4 of Reader Fave Christmas Carols. We have an eclectic collection for you as usual. Leave your faves in the comments and we’ll play them in the run up to he Big Day!
Enjoy!
AMY GRANT “BREATH OF HEAVEN” – from kiki882
Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) – The Piano Guys from Surele Surele
Bing Crosby, David Bowie – Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy from PMSTrudeau
And also Christmas Truce of World War I — Joyeux Noel
And… Irish flight delayed so trad session started between DaoiríFarrell, Geoff Kinsella and Robbie Walsh
Steeleye Span – Gaudete from Chris Huber
Let It Be Christmas – from Clink
O Holy Night | Christmas Carols from King’s 2021 – From DavidinNorthBurnaby
Chris de Burgh – A Spaceman Came Travelling – from Chris Huber
Walking backwards for Christmas from Buzzy Krumhunger
Tchaikovsky “December” … ‘Noël’ from “The Seasons” – From Norman in New York
And also … The Salsoul Orchestra – Christmas Medley
Welcome to Day 3 of our annual Reader Fave Carol Extravaganza! Post your faves in the comments we will get round to including them in a future post. Thanks and enjoy.
Home Free – O’ Holy Night – from Malcolm Y
O come, O come, Emmanuel – (Piano/Cello) – The Piano Guys from Osumashi
Greg Lake – I Believe In Father Christmas – from WDS
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – Enya – from Osumashi
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band – Angels from the Realms of Glory – from Frances
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas – Lake Street Dive – From Osumashi
Sting A Winter’s Night – from Nancy Ross
Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas from Norman in New York
” , , ” & – from Frances
Chanukah Blessings – From Usumashi
Welcome to Day 2 of Reader fave Christmas carols.
You know the drill, leave your faves in the comments and we’ll play them next day or shortly thereafter through the Big Day.
Enjoy!
Adeste Fideles Pavarotti Notre Dame – from Thompson
Wham! – Last Christmas – from DMB
Chris Rea ~ Driving Home For Christmas – pms trudeau
The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York – from OntarioKate
Jingle Bell Rock / Bobby Helms 1957 – from pms trudeau
The Christmas Song – Claire & Dave Crosby with Mat & Savanna Shaw – from Surele Surele
A Charlie Brown Christmas – From Kiki982
Merry Christmas and welcome to Reader Fave Carols, frankly I’ve lost track of how many years it’s been running.
Post your fave in the comments and we’ll play em every evening through the Big Day. Thanks! I’ll start us off.
For Kathy… “Siouxsie And The Banshees” I’l Est Né, Le Divin Enfant
Calling On Mary – Aimee Mann
Annie Lennox – A Christmas Cornucopia
It’s been nearly two decades since “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” earned the ire of our finger-wagging, no-fun, culture scolds.
This week I saw the first sign that might finally be getting a break.
My fave.
