tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20211521069885071482024-03-13T01:01:37.921-04:00Santas Working Overtimeswohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2080125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-33840621085130546032023-11-13T14:19:00.002-05:002023-11-13T14:19:25.087-05:00New Christmas Music from Alexis Ffrench, Voctive, Jon Pardi, Chris Issak, Maddie and Tae, Forest Blakk, and Lola Kirke<p> </p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8f05e95e-7fff-bc2b-6206-6307dd20afba" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2YymiUCe4WEr0GBJ0aSLFx?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8f05e95e-7fff-bc2b-6206-6307dd20afba" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Alexis Ffrench - Christmas Piano with Alexis</span></h3><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lovely contemplative solo piano takes on two dozen , mostly, holiday standards. Ffrench is described as a "Classical Soul superstar' but this album leans more on the classical/jazz/easy listening side of things, a la George Winston. An excellent album.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1e49L78osVK0BiJK1pngDS?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Voctive - It Feels Like Christmas</span></h3><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I was all in on the acapella boom of a number of years ago that birthed the monster that is Pentatonix but after awhile I fell off the bandwagon, and out side of classic acts like The King’s Singers and Chanticleer, I don’t have a lot of it in my seasonal listening rotation.
Voctive’s new album of Christmas tunes might change that slightly. Its good old fashioned vocal harmonies, nothing genre shattering and sometimes that can be a good thing.
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</span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chris Issak - Everybody Knows It’s Christmas (Deluxe)</span></h3><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;">One of my faves from last year adds four “new” tracks.</div></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
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</span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maddie and Tae - We Need Christmas</span></h3><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><span><div style="font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This one isn’t Deluxe, but Extended (does that mean we might still get a deluxe! Oh Joy!)I thought it was okay back in 2020 and the new additions are as decent and workmanlike as the rest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/06KjhuAKpfWORiGnswRWGB?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div><h3 style="font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Forest Blakk - Wake Up (It’s Christmas Time)</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;">Solid 4 track mini-album (maxi-single?)</div></span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0rntkIqjxA3mqdfkvB6O8C?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</span><h3><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Jon Pardi - Merry Christmas From Jon Pardi</span></h3><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
My favorite country Christmas album of the season so far, if only because it actually wants to be a country album. Plus he does a cover of All I Want for Christmas is You that doesn’t make e feel like raming candy canes in my ears.
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</span><h2><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lola Kirke - Hard Candy Christmas</span></h2><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
<b>Hard Candy Christmas</b> is becoming a tough one to cover, there are already a few really good ones and of course the original is a classic. Kirke does a nice job here but doesn’t really make the song her own. If you don’t already have a handful of go-to covers of HCC you could do worse.</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-82644303455424965392023-11-06T11:25:00.002-05:002023-11-06T11:25:35.561-05:00New Christmas Music from Christian Sands, David Foster and Katherine McPhee, Julie Benko & Mykal Kilgore, Tyler Shaw and more...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTObHHPAqZVGCr4WRpuuYE3DTf74XAU31DRuOrGnhmImaa8Y8yySvk9HQd-9oYhspC63B_rULMFqy6sbxLN4R7_jUuO49uxSWf-eUG8s__SAYLhqnuI3s5XIY7IBXi9JneHJS_CLF51doMZPEB-92H9EXprcwm4KVlcX03yhxcv2aellbKm6BdiVyZ8k/s600/p2H2uYX.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTObHHPAqZVGCr4WRpuuYE3DTf74XAU31DRuOrGnhmImaa8Y8yySvk9HQd-9oYhspC63B_rULMFqy6sbxLN4R7_jUuO49uxSWf-eUG8s__SAYLhqnuI3s5XIY7IBXi9JneHJS_CLF51doMZPEB-92H9EXprcwm4KVlcX03yhxcv2aellbKm6BdiVyZ8k/w400-h400/p2H2uYX.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2wMYTG2NDzVnYjQvBJpYDT?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Christian Sands - Christmas Stories</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Excellent jazz Christmas album from pianist Sands. Absolutely going into this year's rotation. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0sMsffrWHZtGjJxqddnYYk?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">David Foster & Katherine McPhee - Christmas Songs</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Expanded from last years mini-album. <span style="text-align: left;">Excellent tracks crafted by an expert producer and a remarkable singer.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/0oeXxrf1cZZ9Ka6JGAy8uP?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Julie Benko & Mykal Kilgore - (I Never Had a ) Christmas with You</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Nice soul tinged duet. I liked this one quite a bit.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-b1f7af59-7fff-d600-3f0d-5f057298cec2" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/6zYDdWwGjEI6w8pRvQnkdn?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: 400; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tyler Shaw - Christmas All Over Again</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Perfectly good cover of </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tom Petty’</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">s holiday hit.</span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-19034388-7fff-670b-fc07-259166dfc864" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/7rD2jfmWpoRofahXUXtPD9?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lisa Biales - At Christmas</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Solid Blues rock number.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/6cpoRqHqat4rg4aJOZughV?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Dami Im - Santa Claus is Coming to Town</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Decent jazzy take. Part of the genre I think of as Hallmark Movie opening credit songs.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1UfxYzE8v24SXw4uo96gz3?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe>
</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Jess Moskaluke - Counting Down Christmas</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Okay pop/country track.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5EV7BrDn5hFjp2Pr3kFKNF?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Justine Blazer - Joy</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Uneven album veering between teenybopper girl pop, and various shades of country. The closer the songs lean towards country the better. There’s only one song here that I thought was half decent, and judging by the name I would have assumed I’d hate it, and that’s “Kitty Kat Christmas”</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3KPvwbNGc4WL7IzvD0fP2V?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">The Tenors - Christmas With the Tenors</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Dull, generic, elevator music for wine aunts.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/6P0BB4NFxOKlMCZQFXVKmm?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Alex Sampson - This Christmas (Feels Like Love)</h3><p style="text-align: center;">Forgettable, generic pop.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-19242739124637862722023-10-24T15:48:00.000-04:002023-10-24T15:48:35.632-04:00New Christmas Music from The Bongos, Phil Wickham, Michael Bolton and Mickey Guyton, Caitlyn Smith, Colton Dixon, A Winter Union and Chloe Flower<p> </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0AGOmWdA3YPhNrKy4GUP3h?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe>
</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Isn’t Christmas - Michael Bolton + Mickey Guyton</h3><p>I’m a fan, to some extent of both Bolton and Guyton but this generic bit of fluff, while inoffensive, won’t be finding its way into my rotation this year.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/1Z0IdyRLTGeUQDincfC5DI?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe>
</p><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Manger Throne - Phil Wickham</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Fairly standard Worship anthem. If you’re into it , you’re into it.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-77e0f3af-7fff-4c65-e6e5-5081bce264a3"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/3n4WU1Qb6ckwvCqT9scCbs?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></span></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Rock the Christmas Cheer! - The Bongos</h3><p>Generic tunes from artists who’ve done better work in the past seems to be the theme today. This time it’s generic indie/powerpop from critical darlings of a certain age, The Bongos.</p><p> I wanted this to be so much better.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5NGeFxVVtV6OG2NmMBdiGH?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Snow Day - Caitlyn Smith</h3><p>Nice gently swinging, holiday romantic number, b/w a solid, mostly, sparsely acoustic, take on <b>O Holy Night</b>. </p><p>Worth revisiting.</p><div><br /></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e629e727-7fff-6a01-7c19-3e31c11e1725"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2rLRSYkAGGo5toW3V4NxUS?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></span></span></p><br /><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Home For Christmas - Colton <span style="font-weight: normal;">Dixon</span></span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">So, Colton decided to release a song with a title that will remind people of another song and then covers that more famous version of the similarly titled song. Interesting choice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The cover’s better than the original and the originals OK, for a modern pop tune. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There’s also a contemplative cover of <b>Let it Snow</b>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1T69MEE0cs22iL8Txpheym?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Minstrels - A Winter Union</span></h3><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Right up my alley, this slice of festive folk sits comfortably alongside holiday tracks from the likes of <b>Blackmore’s Night, Loreena McKennitt, Kate Rusby</b> and <b>Jethro Tull</b>.
</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2vVgYbEnLW2qWHq6DqgYrr?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">River - Chloe Flower</span></h3><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When I heard the first overly familiar piano tinkles my heart sank. Oh, no, I thought, yet <i>another</i> cover of <b>River</b> like almost every other cover of River. Fortunately it opened up into a more expansive Classical Crossover thing. I’m not adding it to any playlists but it’s fine.
</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-52976337497101891542023-10-20T15:37:00.002-04:002023-10-20T15:37:49.213-04:00New Christmas Music from Johnny Mathis, Cher, Seth MacFarlane, Gavin DeGraw, Blessing Offor, One Republic and more...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEMar109dHykGqOHvgG_vzHypYmVE2QUIDKGBmekac6Yng4yuABetXy7Fosj2QstvGVFEDP5zg0MulZRKD7wZEd3TQ6tM_FslOpCzJvDIJKc8QCpmGz6GUIsNsdw7BHBg1YNfIbCc4-GJ1DvMGrOEmTr1y04k3sjZLFqmz2ZTeUTMcyqEvh22j_8t5Zc/s500/Johnny-Mathis-Christmas-Time-Is-Here-CD_cad024ec-4c96-4002-84b4-befe20fb8aaf.df1fb5209f97524cb9def5c3eb89d238.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEMar109dHykGqOHvgG_vzHypYmVE2QUIDKGBmekac6Yng4yuABetXy7Fosj2QstvGVFEDP5zg0MulZRKD7wZEd3TQ6tM_FslOpCzJvDIJKc8QCpmGz6GUIsNsdw7BHBg1YNfIbCc4-GJ1DvMGrOEmTr1y04k3sjZLFqmz2ZTeUTMcyqEvh22j_8t5Zc/w200-h200/Johnny-Mathis-Christmas-Time-Is-Here-CD_cad024ec-4c96-4002-84b4-befe20fb8aaf.df1fb5209f97524cb9def5c3eb89d238.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BIM66ZvFc1AJnSzbwXpeTLVYNZs0nqMjtSkoCUhQUbN76q9r4Mwwlx8oCydKsIwJMLLKyeYbaro6tP4JVucBvkaEinOPD3zVeqdq4YUyz04HPiS5BK2_YUKbZxn29syxjmhWgoR2twwLJ9lCx3-7G3cfgyFBgN-nmFz1I460d_6wl35g9PPJz67IBXs/s400/891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BIM66ZvFc1AJnSzbwXpeTLVYNZs0nqMjtSkoCUhQUbN76q9r4Mwwlx8oCydKsIwJMLLKyeYbaro6tP4JVucBvkaEinOPD3zVeqdq4YUyz04HPiS5BK2_YUKbZxn29syxjmhWgoR2twwLJ9lCx3-7G3cfgyFBgN-nmFz1I460d_6wl35g9PPJz67IBXs/w200-h200/891.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLnRlCUC1QIzNQvhDPKk8NQyPGS2LrKeN7EUcq8hpVL1-kbN7MnCikbZ4GP_Mb4yWB1nSBaTqqjvINCAG2DyFx-33wlTObP_a-EdCCgA5MDxJyMAfncVU6r2GaD5K4PYgvBY00fNn4rtVXgudEVKjLed8W48PHjUfRo0Eapd36U7L3wQgzRyJooE-nlM/s375/774922-dear-santa_0046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="375" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLnRlCUC1QIzNQvhDPKk8NQyPGS2LrKeN7EUcq8hpVL1-kbN7MnCikbZ4GP_Mb4yWB1nSBaTqqjvINCAG2DyFx-33wlTObP_a-EdCCgA5MDxJyMAfncVU6r2GaD5K4PYgvBY00fNn4rtVXgudEVKjLed8W48PHjUfRo0Eapd36U7L3wQgzRyJooE-nlM/w200-h200/774922-dear-santa_0046.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiswXiZsxKvW63qOiKPIHFROPaAejFzbs6ajSNB1hQpJi131YKOSeV266Qt_bGWm2Q7-zZ6A-40Us3J4vJ3ySs9AJXMHnQCM_yCL3-gE4h13T9sivOuaBXV0iQYn495pUhZQy-jMPYkc4rRO5tF87whcX4ICwMvTcvQqsLEY3JVjAdRuUP7Jo1_V2GnHU/s1091/Blessing-Offor-FB-Like-A-Child.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1091" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiswXiZsxKvW63qOiKPIHFROPaAejFzbs6ajSNB1hQpJi131YKOSeV266Qt_bGWm2Q7-zZ6A-40Us3J4vJ3ySs9AJXMHnQCM_yCL3-gE4h13T9sivOuaBXV0iQYn495pUhZQy-jMPYkc4rRO5tF87whcX4ICwMvTcvQqsLEY3JVjAdRuUP7Jo1_V2GnHU/w200-h198/Blessing-Offor-FB-Like-A-Child.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote><p><b>It's that time of year again so here's the first of this years round-ups of new Christmassy releases...</b></p><p></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4Eeeg4yMb5qtMEm0lk6lDM?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></p><h3 style="text-align: center;">Christmas - Cher </h3><p>This one was never going to rate high with me, I haven’t really been a fan of Cher’s output since the early 80’s. Guests include the <b>Cyndi Lauper</b>,<b> Stevie Wonder</b> and <b>Michael Bublé</b>.</p><p>A Cher Christmas album from 30 to 50 years ago would have been awesome, but this does nothing for me. That said, if you’re a fan you’ll probably love it.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4tRcSRjaE98LsBVOm6cSJT?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe>
</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">The Greatest Christmas Hits - Pentatonix</h3><p>If <b>Pentatonix</b> had the restraint to keep their Christmas releases down to one every six or seven years or so, I’d probably feel a lot less disdain for them. </p><p>This release combines 23 of their “Holiday Classics” with 8 more new tunes. Which is which? Don’t know, don’t care. I can take the odd Pentatonix track on the radio or playing in a store while I Christmas shop but I can’t imagine putting myself through 31 straight songs.</p><p><i><b>As always I’ll add the disclaimer that this is just my personal opinion and if you like this stuff then that’s awesome and I’m honestly happy for you, I'm just not a fan.</b></i></p><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2hhMU1z6iEq0UxYMBdp9xp?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Dear Santa - One Republic</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Decent pop tune, nothing groundbreaking. Honestly, if I hadn’t known this was from a massively popular and well established group I might have thought it was a better than average Hallmark Movie title track by some relatively unknown performer. There’s also a piano version of the song that’s pretty good.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not bad and definitely the best thing I’ve heard today.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/16grvtJnFp58G4sS7rt7K9?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Like a Child - Blessing Offor</h3><div><br /></div><div>Well that didn’t last long. Sorry <b>One Republic</b>, this three track single from <b>Blessing Offor</b> , especially "Like a Child", has risen to the top of today’s chart. The only blemish is the egregious use of autotune in Little Drummer Boy, it’s time producers let that affectation go. Offor even manages to make a decent job of covering "Wonderful Christmastime”</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3SxxeUmQRDHn2Yq5Xp0Kxx?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Everything You Want - Matt Rogers + Muna</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Not a Christmas song, just a mediocre pop song that references Christmas.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5zPiyi6NAqHkuETPjhBHW1?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">A Classic Christmas - Gavin DeGraw</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Decent collection of a half dozen holiday standards. You won’t want to throw out your old LPs but as neo-crooners go this is pretty good.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6nnnAQXgUIgz3BgmGGsFwW?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Let it Snow - Various Bocellis</h3><div><br /></div><div>Single from forthcoming Deluxe version of last years' family affair. Meh.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4ysE4YdybaD1lNHcPBSCkY?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">We Wish You the Merriest - Seth MacFarlane + Liz Gilles</h3><div><br /></div><div>Brian from Family Guy releases a solid holiday track. Nice arrangement , nice vocals, can’t complain (and I do love to complain!).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5lj22HAC5eNHZo58nxHuE4?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="250"></iframe>
</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Time is Here - Johnny Mathis</h3><div><br /></div><div>I’ve saved the best for last. An expanded version of the E.P. the legend released last year. Sure he’s not the singer was , umm, 50+ years ago but ⅔ Johnny Mathis is twice as good as the vast majority of releases you’ll listen to this year. <b>Kristin Chenoweth</b> guests on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-77962353342806638552023-08-16T14:09:00.003-04:002023-08-16T14:09:26.217-04:00The Job of Joseph - Christmas Newspaper Serial - George W. Cornell (1972)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2> The Job of Joseph by George W. 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXI-4CAncwGdVzwXCYkcbGAQ18CSPyVWeavE04vylxggaIwRI3E6XTV9lT2I5xhrcdLXVRpaaO_Sow3fAJ0hrEKsxD196V7sH2IecMRx0wrJfNZeDcRgjOQSluNHXqWJ1Fel36d4dN91QEXkdrDJffDKZ60n5Us3X1DDCkHw3NAB36xL7zLv4DHkdtHI/s1013/RSC_6022_RT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="1013" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXI-4CAncwGdVzwXCYkcbGAQ18CSPyVWeavE04vylxggaIwRI3E6XTV9lT2I5xhrcdLXVRpaaO_Sow3fAJ0hrEKsxD196V7sH2IecMRx0wrJfNZeDcRgjOQSluNHXqWJ1Fel36d4dN91QEXkdrDJffDKZ60n5Us3X1DDCkHw3NAB36xL7zLv4DHkdtHI/w400-h219/RSC_6022_RT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir featuring Kristin Chenoweth (2019)</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">One in a long running series of annual Christmas specials. </span>Each year a different celebrity is brought in to host and perform with the <b>Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra,</b> and for the 2018 Christmas concert series, the special guest was the effervescent <b>Kristin Chenoweth. </b>The highlights of these shows were then released as this special in 2019.</p>
<p>As expected, this is a fairly polished, tastefully middle brow production complete with the usual dashes of seasonal storytelling and large-scale dance numbers. Your overall enjoyment of this particular special will probably depend on how big a fan you are of Kristin Chenoweth's whimsical nature and idiosyncratic charm, as her quirky personality is on full display here. The live audience surely loves her, which adds a nice energy to the proceedings and leads to some captivating performances.</p>
<h3>Setlist for the special:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Hark the Herald Angels Sing</li>
<li>Gift of Christmas, Everywhere</li>
<li>We Need a Little Christmas (Performed by Kristin Chenoweth)</li>
<li>O Holy Night (Performed by Kristin Chenoweth)</li>
<li>For unto Us a Child Is Born, from Messiah</li>
<li>Mary Did You Know? (Performed by Kristin Chenoweth)</li>
<li>C'mon, Ring Those Bells (Performed by Kristin Chenoweth)</li>
<li>Somewhere in My Memory, from Home Alone</li>
<li>Angels Among Us (Performed by Kristin Chenoweth)</li>
<li>Fill the World with Love from Goodbye Mr. Chips</li>
<li>What Child is This? (Performed by Kristin Chenoweth)</li>
<li>Angels from the Realms of Glory (Performed by Kristin Chenoweth)</li>
</ol>
<p>An episode of <a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPx3QnbbfhE." style="outline-width: 0px; user-select: auto;" target="_blank"><b>Music and the Spoken Word</b> </a>featuring a few of the performances from the special can be found on YouTube</p>
<p>Overall, it's a Christmas delight enlivened by the adorkably charming Kristin Chenoweth.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWyibTBYPwKSW7bE1ZdLIZsvVHk29Zxq2RW8u8lVlbXn0D2mm0B6KuzbmUh-HZQRriGb6TlV1Pr4_b2FeaBM_2dvDff_mB7dbKgnvY3yGz59SgRb1cjuMC00_UdoblQLXJ0vP3iJO2HyU7biwqQw7mWyRz39AdiGV6sH06nvXfZ32tksEu2ALYG9Fw1Y/s842/wttw_1511150017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="842" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWyibTBYPwKSW7bE1ZdLIZsvVHk29Zxq2RW8u8lVlbXn0D2mm0B6KuzbmUh-HZQRriGb6TlV1Pr4_b2FeaBM_2dvDff_mB7dbKgnvY3yGz59SgRb1cjuMC00_UdoblQLXJ0vP3iJO2HyU7biwqQw7mWyRz39AdiGV6sH06nvXfZ32tksEu2ALYG9Fw1Y/w400-h201/wttw_1511150017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Christmas At Concordia | Gather Us In, O Child of Peace (2016)</h2><p>The description on the PBS webpage for this special reads as thus...</p><p>"Concordia College of Minnesota re-imagines the Christmas message with new music embracing peace and reconciliation under the artistic leadership of composer and conductor René Clausen. "</p><p>...which did give me pause as I'm not usually a fan of the results of anytime Christmas gets "re-imagined". Fortunately we aren't subjected to a drill rap version of the Messiah or a death metal Jingle Bells instead it's just a lovely straight forward choral concert. Not the most dynamic special you'll ever see, but this is the sort of show you'll be listening to rather than sitting glued to your seat in rapt attention</p><p>This 2016 special one of many produced at the school, is available online <a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/tpt-co-productions-christmas-concordia-gather-us-o-child-peace/" target="_blank">Here</a></p><p><br /></p>
swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-37450172678602894742023-07-02T21:49:00.000-04:002023-07-02T21:49:47.083-04:00Festive Tidbits: Vintage "Santa" Christmas Cards<p> </p><p></p><blockquote><h3 style="text-align: left;">Here's a little<b> Christmas in July</b> action with a selection of vintage cards featuring everybody's favorite (which were previously shared on Twitter)...</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeN1KZmF4zDbz9VwuMZ2mTqusdqBAHCd7v3eWvtPAQO01LRVVtsresj0B8RPUaGAyIYujMBEdmFyCwqLBu3_lKG3YRfeUkeQgbtrEdSiI9Xw_i6a1DoeK65hq69OgEK5yxsk7N1-8Pa-IXT-tRV3ARo4Qz5x_3Vu7ia8frR5lzS3OScdYvvIRMtIl-RE/s640/Christmas%20Cards%20(1946-1990)%20_%20eBay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="479" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCeN1KZmF4zDbz9VwuMZ2mTqusdqBAHCd7v3eWvtPAQO01LRVVtsresj0B8RPUaGAyIYujMBEdmFyCwqLBu3_lKG3YRfeUkeQgbtrEdSiI9Xw_i6a1DoeK65hq69OgEK5yxsk7N1-8Pa-IXT-tRV3ARo4Qz5x_3Vu7ia8frR5lzS3OScdYvvIRMtIl-RE/w300-h400/Christmas%20Cards%20(1946-1990)%20_%20eBay.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAUpHKoFb8BEdDW3NtWohC5GdjMMM5Y-E8Cll0YlHqR62rVgqXPFsaMFA5rs02ULLhKqxsYSFGiZ94XWrBzJdqsT5QJrsZSMvnUL04ffzoJ---zFc3rKQCkNYLaoRGrMaYBmx-rrGkugzOJlFgzkr_a4S5NrQMKAHdoLaBANqGGfBWxJNIu7T35Fe/s1198/800px-the_shop_around_the_corner_1940_poster_-_style_d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAUpHKoFb8BEdDW3NtWohC5GdjMMM5Y-E8Cll0YlHqR62rVgqXPFsaMFA5rs02ULLhKqxsYSFGiZ94XWrBzJdqsT5QJrsZSMvnUL04ffzoJ---zFc3rKQCkNYLaoRGrMaYBmx-rrGkugzOJlFgzkr_a4S5NrQMKAHdoLaBANqGGfBWxJNIu7T35Fe/w268-h400/800px-the_shop_around_the_corner_1940_poster_-_style_d.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Shop Around the Corner (1940)</h2><p><i></i></p><blockquote><blockquote><i>(Here's the first in a new series spotlighting my favorite Christmas flicks. The funny thing is, I love <b>The Shop Around the Corner</b> so much i actually skipped watching it last year. I've found annual viewings of some holiday favorites makes them a bit too familiar. An overindulgence in <b>A Christmas Story</b> has actually ruined the movie for me in recent years, so I try to show a bit more restraint and skip a year or two on some of my faves.)</i></blockquote></blockquote><p><i> </i></p><p></p><p>The holiday season is filled with cherished traditions, including gathering with loved ones, exchanging gifts, and watching heartwarming movies. One such film that encapsulates the spirit of Christmas and has stood the test of time is the 1940 classic, "<b>The Shop Around the Corner.</b>" Directed by <b>Ernst Lubitsch</b> and starring <b>James Stewart</b> and <b>Margaret Sullavan</b>, this enchanting romantic comedy has captivated audiences for decades. "</p><p>"The Shop Around the Corner" is set in Budapest and revolves around a charming little gift shop. Alfred Kralik (played by James Stewart) and Klara Novak (played by Margaret Sullavan) are employees at the shop who initially clash with each other. Unbeknownst to both, they are anonymous pen pals who have developed a deep bond through their heartfelt correspondence. As the story unfolds, the film beautifully captures the essence of love, friendship, and the magic of the holiday season.</p><p>In this delightful film, Alfred and Klara's relationship evolves from animosity to love. As the Christmas season approaches, tensions rise in the shop, and Alfred and Klara's true identities as pen pals are revealed. This revelation tests their budding romance, leading to a climax filled with heartfelt emotions. The film masterfully intertwines humor, drama, and romance, ensuring a captivating viewing experience.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoL_XhmnQCgAsNDx2ZlFazsL8r8ngpYpUr3btxly7h-xdmbmmv1eSk8TdBCSi9gkR9u9xbR1Kt0GSfJMRs64gBGdtbD90NayPHdSuoRd7FHD8fyXVvDy2JB7BoAje2aqtQG9vVgOEe9TJQZChC9Ib5s7kK-FYG80Qv2ZPXin5U1uKg6Y6eIuorrrM/s768/5f3943345dfd906e9251c768470de0d7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="572" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoL_XhmnQCgAsNDx2ZlFazsL8r8ngpYpUr3btxly7h-xdmbmmv1eSk8TdBCSi9gkR9u9xbR1Kt0GSfJMRs64gBGdtbD90NayPHdSuoRd7FHD8fyXVvDy2JB7BoAje2aqtQG9vVgOEe9TJQZChC9Ib5s7kK-FYG80Qv2ZPXin5U1uKg6Y6eIuorrrM/w298-h400/5f3943345dfd906e9251c768470de0d7.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Christmas serves as the backdrop for the story in "The Shop Around the Corner." The holiday season symbolizes hope, unity, and the power of human connection. The film beautifully captures the anticipation and joy that Christmas brings, as characters search for happiness and find solace in unexpected places. The festive atmosphere, adorned with decorations and holiday cheer, adds an extra layer of warmth and enchantment to the narrative.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeq3xHm05GTHH_SO8IZNXsEdMzfVCeuqxRIl7bwTNGcZxgSDT3pi00rqoK1mXm3AsO9BpD3R5AgKKYmgzJpVETDMZ5JMV2BVxTEdOqy86H2sUAy34bE1PugESPrQa2jFGHtTeVmXn_0pfIUGqkDOdhizrZf6IoL5APuC5i4KnFk_75JA3FAbYb4fDL/s1920/shop-around-the-corner-2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeq3xHm05GTHH_SO8IZNXsEdMzfVCeuqxRIl7bwTNGcZxgSDT3pi00rqoK1mXm3AsO9BpD3R5AgKKYmgzJpVETDMZ5JMV2BVxTEdOqy86H2sUAy34bE1PugESPrQa2jFGHtTeVmXn_0pfIUGqkDOdhizrZf6IoL5APuC5i4KnFk_75JA3FAbYb4fDL/w400-h225/shop-around-the-corner-2.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The characters in "The Shop Around the Corner" are richly developed and endearing. Alfred Kralik, portrayed by James Stewart, is a kind-hearted and thoughtful man with a hidden depth. Margaret Sullavan's Klara Novak is spirited, independent, and searching for love. The supporting cast brings additional charm, including Frank Morgan as the shop owner and Joseph Schildkraut as the arrogant sales clerk. Each character adds their unique flavor to the film, making them relatable and engaging.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAd_rCWXuczDvWRuI14vAxjHSatqwRr6a9MNuk4kN5ZF1BSyFpsg47v-2F_umKLcQvxxwQQr1U8pOXB90AA33yPPvAT4Jcm0FEhttpS1WR_zcTFXUPCyb0mNXBY2EBJYnP051dmGhv9aXIdz9J1ucs3BUKB7PW95GYBNW_MjzCj_XVmwVjqtayaqp/s1911/Shop-Around-the-Corner-8-e1318351767491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1911" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAd_rCWXuczDvWRuI14vAxjHSatqwRr6a9MNuk4kN5ZF1BSyFpsg47v-2F_umKLcQvxxwQQr1U8pOXB90AA33yPPvAT4Jcm0FEhttpS1WR_zcTFXUPCyb0mNXBY2EBJYnP051dmGhv9aXIdz9J1ucs3BUKB7PW95GYBNW_MjzCj_XVmwVjqtayaqp/w400-h324/Shop-Around-the-Corner-8-e1318351767491.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>At its core, "The Shop Around the Corner" is a love story that emphasizes the power of genuine human connection. The film explores the transformative nature of love and how it can overcome barriers, even in the face of misunderstandings. The blossoming romance between Alfred and Klara is heartwarming, reminding us that love can be found in unexpected places. Their story is a testament to the magic of love and the hope it brings during the holiday season.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl15PLEa9PC3upEi-3zerFKm0YaVlYPi5mkTi2MdZmP-BmUfUWZ_gGsL8THj2nNYzNb1m2ymsIfNk4WSJHbG9pVb_Ld4YvOfFNUxbDkNS3o5vYBEwiQ2FCebqOqbgVzis69WQQtrW73a0ojUsRkQKgFwYXHuUAQmJW6b57tfBjpGFTtL4asi2smz5S/s720/cd469bdb8af38a546b0f7042b1aca4cf.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl15PLEa9PC3upEi-3zerFKm0YaVlYPi5mkTi2MdZmP-BmUfUWZ_gGsL8THj2nNYzNb1m2ymsIfNk4WSJHbG9pVb_Ld4YvOfFNUxbDkNS3o5vYBEwiQ2FCebqOqbgVzis69WQQtrW73a0ojUsRkQKgFwYXHuUAQmJW6b57tfBjpGFTtL4asi2smz5S/w400-h400/cd469bdb8af38a546b0f7042b1aca4cf.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Since its release over eight decades ago, "The Shop Around the Corner" has left an indelible mark on cinema. Its timeless themes and memorable characters continue to resonate with audiences of all ages. The film's enduring legacy is a testament to the exceptional storytelling and the universal messages it conveys. "The Shop Around the Corner" remains a beloved Christmas film that brings joy and warmth to viewers around the world.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj498EhaZ5WXpysjoVFKQumrmEfCe7SMEg9DQZXEQ_NQRFrlko8Fn1kkk7ijUw9_FwxXbaNV9xK0HfUOtV5Xrl05dTSCyuJtkoxwFJjwOURGCnKPCXHeBybEtVFc1UFPjTuKQBaVH0ivSWMIt6lEsN_vgE39CU71KlI3Ech0TkOIvPNW4JNGkji5Ndw/s1990/wqgZSvgoctaadgwUdPYVsksivxn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1990" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj498EhaZ5WXpysjoVFKQumrmEfCe7SMEg9DQZXEQ_NQRFrlko8Fn1kkk7ijUw9_FwxXbaNV9xK0HfUOtV5Xrl05dTSCyuJtkoxwFJjwOURGCnKPCXHeBybEtVFc1UFPjTuKQBaVH0ivSWMIt6lEsN_vgE39CU71KlI3Ech0TkOIvPNW4JNGkji5Ndw/w400-h225/wqgZSvgoctaadgwUdPYVsksivxn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>"The Shop Around the Corner" has had a significant influence on the Christmas film genre. Its portrayal of the holiday spirit, coupled with a captivating narrative, set a precedent for future films to follow. The film's success inspired other filmmakers to explore similar themes of love, hope, and redemption during the holiday season. Its influence can be seen in subsequent classics such as "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street," solidifying its place in the canon of Christmas cinema.</p><p>One of the central themes of "The Shop Around the Corner" is hope. The film reminds us that even in the face of adversity, there is always the possibility for redemption and a brighter future. Through its characters' journeys, the film explores the transformative power of second chances, forgiveness, and the belief in the inherent goodness of people. These themes resonate deeply with audiences and make the film a timeless holiday favorite.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjwl2Hm0VI1-jjYs28Tt2bRV3sAmDWU7kflzCTv2B45Sn1kYLnbqvQppOQ8ec9y4gKaPWGqMhS22rlrVTOjn4JltdWR_m9nCPfor4sXDaQwJmplWhbcDXLv02RbdNmIatYwf82csuUMHb0cJfBDopRw4_cQt5fQjvS6pJ_C-94XWubIwcTPtiIEj3/s746/Shop-Around-the-Corner-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="746" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjwl2Hm0VI1-jjYs28Tt2bRV3sAmDWU7kflzCTv2B45Sn1kYLnbqvQppOQ8ec9y4gKaPWGqMhS22rlrVTOjn4JltdWR_m9nCPfor4sXDaQwJmplWhbcDXLv02RbdNmIatYwf82csuUMHb0cJfBDopRw4_cQt5fQjvS6pJ_C-94XWubIwcTPtiIEj3/w400-h315/Shop-Around-the-Corner-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The gift shop in "The Shop Around the Corner" serves as a symbol of community, dreams, and aspirations. It represents a microcosm of society, where individuals from different backgrounds come together, striving to find happiness and purpose. The shop acts as a catalyst for personal growth, fostering relationships and providing a sense of belonging. Its significance within the film reinforces the importance of human connections and the shared experiences that make the holiday season so special.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRvqA78keQ4GJr6_XGUktiu0C3KEk-tw4pCcMlgl2emjeolsKKeDV_JRWRp1s4YJzn-TF3MXILLLPGA3K3uqePpgMA2MrrGSZ307dzB10ekf1Wj66kabxNCis5jVocPOcf2eH7ajfJh2lwtmwaDVtezLu_QTbkuba7dUXWOiFbTOQYZx0hbB05DyR/s834/45b27dbf62be00bbfda589712ce6dd21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="580" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRvqA78keQ4GJr6_XGUktiu0C3KEk-tw4pCcMlgl2emjeolsKKeDV_JRWRp1s4YJzn-TF3MXILLLPGA3K3uqePpgMA2MrrGSZ307dzB10ekf1Wj66kabxNCis5jVocPOcf2eH7ajfJh2lwtmwaDVtezLu_QTbkuba7dUXWOiFbTOQYZx0hbB05DyR/w279-h400/45b27dbf62be00bbfda589712ce6dd21.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Despite being released in 1940, "The Shop Around the Corner" remains relevant and resonates with audiences of all generations. Its universal themes and relatable characters transcend time, making it a timeless classic. The film's ability to evoke emotions and transport viewers to a bygone era is a testament to its enduring appeal. Whether watched during the holiday season or any time of the year, "The Shop Around the Corner" continues to captivate and enchant.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVAWmK0dd19rWhgbWrZHFKxsti3vkU8Z3T-oOHOTIHcBCs2V-_yNh8873VlvBFcPLjHBzxoK5UUxTU7R4bakiBP8AxiYd48gLq34XVVLu6CbhARVRdxfD8Gv-o7mosSNNjDJtWw7A5CqPCUj6VZQKIp04cCY_tavSULhbqeau2QVvDtITc3yK9kQn/s1600/4ebaba6e67f30feeae5fe46af675844f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVAWmK0dd19rWhgbWrZHFKxsti3vkU8Z3T-oOHOTIHcBCs2V-_yNh8873VlvBFcPLjHBzxoK5UUxTU7R4bakiBP8AxiYd48gLq34XVVLu6CbhARVRdxfD8Gv-o7mosSNNjDJtWw7A5CqPCUj6VZQKIp04cCY_tavSULhbqeau2QVvDtITc3yK9kQn/w400-h225/4ebaba6e67f30feeae5fe46af675844f.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>"The Shop Around the Corner" has left an indelible mark on popular culture. It has inspired adaptations, including the beloved musical "She Loves Me" and the romantic comedy "You've Got Mail." References to the film can be found in books, TV shows, and other movies, highlighting its enduring influence. Its timeless themes and memorable characters continue to inspire and entertain audiences across different mediums.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">FAQs</h3><p>Q1: <b><i>Is "The Shop Around the Corner" a family-friendly film?</i></b></p><p>Yes, "The Shop Around the Corner" is a family-friendly film suitable for all ages. Its heartwarming story and gentle humor make it a perfect choice for holiday gatherings.</p><p>Q2: <b><i>Are there any remakes or adaptations of "The Shop Around the Corner"?</i></b></p><p>Yes, "The Shop Around the Corner" has inspired adaptations such as the musical "She Loves Me" and the romantic comedy "You've Got Mail."</p><p>Q3: <b><i>Where can I watch "The Shop Around the Corner"?</i></b></p><p>"The Shop Around the Corner" is available on various streaming platforms, and it is often aired on television during the holiday season. Check your local listings or popular streaming services for availability.</p><p>Q4: <i>Who directed "The Shop Around the Corner"?</i></p><p>Ernst Lubitsch directed "The Shop Around the Corner." His skillful direction brought the story to life and contributed to the film's enduring charm.</p><p>Q5: <b><i>Is "The Shop Around the Corner" considered a Christmas classic?</i></b></p><p>Yes, "The Shop Around the Corner" is widely regarded as a Christmas classic due to its heartfelt story, festive atmosphere, and enduring popularity among audiences.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xr3nsHRKZJA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><div><br /></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-54834223180817107732022-12-18T12:52:00.000-05:002022-12-18T12:52:06.932-05:00Vintage Christmas Jukebox Day 5<p> </p><p><b><i>Eleven more holiday treats from Christmases Past. </i></b></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf0Ge4XtdmdtozFeV3QNUES8Efmc2S5f9" target="_blank"><b><i>Here's the Complete Playlist </i></b></a></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Funny Little Snowman - Bobby Sabatino</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/67zymsYz9lY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AgcrjkxRaN4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2> Remember Suite Christmas - Deanna Lee</h2><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CU1evjHPTf4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><h2>Getting That Christmas Feeling Sherry Lyn & Dialtones</h2></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XGAtsuzNqT0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Joe Brown</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dr_dN6s6H1k" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2>I Got A Cold For Christmas (1954) - The Ames Brothers</h2><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hM4bmrq5yE0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><h2>Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (1949) - Ray Smith</h2></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sq4GjUm3eXw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><h2> Christmas Boogie - The Davis Sisters</h2></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_7kRB3xbJDY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><h2>Christmas Tree ~ The Voices of Walter Schumann, Bill Lee (Soloist) (1954)</h2></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/McVgYqUF7CA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><h2>Mele Kalikimaka (1950) - Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters</h2></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c-MBrLWdGuk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><h2>Christmas Time Is Here - Billy Scott</h2></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ptDqDDwtyE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-59584808734663654142022-12-18T12:17:00.005-05:002022-12-18T12:17:42.924-05:00Ordeal By Hallmark (Part Three) Our Italian Christmas Memories , The Royal Nanny, Reindeer Games Homecoming , A Gingerbread Christmas, Holly and the Hot Chocolate...<p><br /></p><p><i>You know how upset people got with Netflix when they felt that the Dahmer miniseries had been mistagged? That's sorta how I feel when people call these Hallmark-style products Christmas movies.</i></p><p>This installment of my masochistic foray into assembly line holiday fare is a bit late because after subjecting myself to watching these flicks I couldn't face revisiting their memory to write up this post - until now.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaYXMOulnaGGtuHOAQCEFdCOIMv5fPDxYHHmsqCrZmiD-SzQWJXLlKZC-TinLI4Q5EAHAgkRMf1VK7dT-Sl7NiPlgxKKRbco5KPPbmPUwUQldhTD9dNVNPen-33bZWP9svMLQGErxfmsK-_Gsx-XTeS7WApmzhniRlCrUeO5gbDu-5SqA3wcGKw55/s1200/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaYXMOulnaGGtuHOAQCEFdCOIMv5fPDxYHHmsqCrZmiD-SzQWJXLlKZC-TinLI4Q5EAHAgkRMf1VK7dT-Sl7NiPlgxKKRbco5KPPbmPUwUQldhTD9dNVNPen-33bZWP9svMLQGErxfmsK-_Gsx-XTeS7WApmzhniRlCrUeO5gbDu-5SqA3wcGKw55/w400-h210/download.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Our Italian Christmas Memories </h2><p><br /></p><p>Yeah. I've experienced a fair few Italian Christmases over the years, and none of them were this dull, soulless, and phony.</p><p>Not a genuine or likable character in sight.</p><p><b>Unrewatchable </b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4t4CvyzJKKrKo0uY20eW0A47ws6g6gAD5WtwZQtqbTs949AuUil7n9qK0p0guWHdpBWXeIzN-gHsAIEtkc_CbFE8qNztS-qEQ5y5W40BqIYp6O-E3u36W2z3ltzNZV_yN_9TwPKzcSO7KUC4jXNfLnCzeD5blkYiCFifSN3CEKPsDFnXtzZMfGHu0/s2048/The%20Royal%20Nanny%20(2022).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4t4CvyzJKKrKo0uY20eW0A47ws6g6gAD5WtwZQtqbTs949AuUil7n9qK0p0guWHdpBWXeIzN-gHsAIEtkc_CbFE8qNztS-qEQ5y5W40BqIYp6O-E3u36W2z3ltzNZV_yN_9TwPKzcSO7KUC4jXNfLnCzeD5blkYiCFifSN3CEKPsDFnXtzZMfGHu0/w266-h400/The%20Royal%20Nanny%20(2022).jpg" width="266" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Royal Nanny</h2><p>Meh spy comedy, meh romance, meh Christmas. </p><p>Nice to see <b>Greta Scaach</b>i, but that's about it. Still, not badly made, just not particularly well written. Letting a more skillful screenwriter give the script a thorough polishing would have fixed a lot. Alas...</p><p><b>Meh</b> (as previously indicated)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4l9h93cEKRpa1yEC9mKsjL1yydlMTEjPjy3NqY16KdD7h2JKNusQ1JUEWjBAGHM8B7i22rFSe6XfdI54usa47Qyv50I0h_HbPYtXszQbPqFh8Jnvr5Vk_GxQKiUNh3HEHYWzdjbF2XU_I_6eH4tnHr0Ns8LqmDn9KxDBu-qB0Hq3tU_vFRRofda84/s500/A%20Magical%20Christmas%20Village%20(2022).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4l9h93cEKRpa1yEC9mKsjL1yydlMTEjPjy3NqY16KdD7h2JKNusQ1JUEWjBAGHM8B7i22rFSe6XfdI54usa47Qyv50I0h_HbPYtXszQbPqFh8Jnvr5Vk_GxQKiUNh3HEHYWzdjbF2XU_I_6eH4tnHr0Ns8LqmDn9KxDBu-qB0Hq3tU_vFRRofda84/w263-h400/A%20Magical%20Christmas%20Village%20(2022).jpg" width="263" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Magical Christmas Village </h2><p><br /></p><p>I generally like <b>Allison Sweeney</b> in this kind of stuff, and it's nice seeing <b>Marlo Thomas</b> out and about but other than that, nada.</p><p><b>Unrewatchable</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Let's try something from <b>Lifetime</b> </i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI-qH8Mtc8EBy44KC3lbHN2tRw1BHpDrbVF7FqqK8ACcuepyxcbnBYEXnKaOz4R0wtLZbA7VwSQfHkO41JNnLAyr6p99x8sWcnhwv4kWqHTSSkYCnnzQcxJkm59gfUu6dr2FroMqvmTXz-j2uFvPOsa1DlttV0vTk8g37Sp1E3gVtYQH8HHWsjKnc/s770/reindeer-games-homecoming-770x433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="770" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI-qH8Mtc8EBy44KC3lbHN2tRw1BHpDrbVF7FqqK8ACcuepyxcbnBYEXnKaOz4R0wtLZbA7VwSQfHkO41JNnLAyr6p99x8sWcnhwv4kWqHTSSkYCnnzQcxJkm59gfUu6dr2FroMqvmTXz-j2uFvPOsa1DlttV0vTk8g37Sp1E3gVtYQH8HHWsjKnc/w400-h225/reindeer-games-homecoming-770x433.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Reindeer Games Homecoming </h2><p>Maybe it's because I was bummed that this wasn't a sequel to the underrated <b>Ben Afleck</b> action flick, but I actually, for the first time this season, dozed off during one of these. I don't think I missed much but what I saw seemed like a fairly good film school audition tape. Not scholarship material but with a few years of training, who knows, they might produce something that feels like a real movie. That would be cool.</p><p><b>Meh</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Changing channels again to <b>Great American Family</b>...</i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrM7JmSbnGvG3s4z6NGNBcXpqQAJHFcgH_UXjDTwl_LtJE_uKayuv5L6HlayQWlu_P9YIVqOfZYr8_D3G4lsEUTQbg_cTJLfpbWCYNtM0uE4zSsvlHDJqruJsmyb4wMqTS4H-85pPaVoC0Ae5t3tSY6vGWl58BbLkZ4HdBhQaKKSL4QzBeNrsiXrl0/s1800/A%20Merry%20Christmas%20Wish%20(2022).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrM7JmSbnGvG3s4z6NGNBcXpqQAJHFcgH_UXjDTwl_LtJE_uKayuv5L6HlayQWlu_P9YIVqOfZYr8_D3G4lsEUTQbg_cTJLfpbWCYNtM0uE4zSsvlHDJqruJsmyb4wMqTS4H-85pPaVoC0Ae5t3tSY6vGWl58BbLkZ4HdBhQaKKSL4QzBeNrsiXrl0/w266-h400/A%20Merry%20Christmas%20Wish%20(2022).jpg" width="266" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Merry Christmas Wish</h2><p>You had me at <b>Jill Wagner</b>, and <b>Cameron Mathison</b> is a pro but the script...oof. I feel like I've already seen this 20 times before, and often to better effect.</p><p><b>Meh</b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXPz9XjYh2RbmAuPQgBM5yD9hJvnqnksdZXa4Z-QKl0tCiP8JVKrgUx59uu2rgBDvbNs30VL9UJKMbdSBa4qyUdN-eIPZ51AP5jj2QNDUA69DKcsrbDlwLtLPVG0AuK_GcTG_T6N3e7egxWOB1BSrufQ0agHsupqoLzlveAzFpEFCpc5Gnq1BZlL8/s1920/8ef48-16676797749190-1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXPz9XjYh2RbmAuPQgBM5yD9hJvnqnksdZXa4Z-QKl0tCiP8JVKrgUx59uu2rgBDvbNs30VL9UJKMbdSBa4qyUdN-eIPZ51AP5jj2QNDUA69DKcsrbDlwLtLPVG0AuK_GcTG_T6N3e7egxWOB1BSrufQ0agHsupqoLzlveAzFpEFCpc5Gnq1BZlL8/w400-h225/8ef48-16676797749190-1920.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Royal Christmas on Ice</h2><p>What does it say about the genre when terrible filmmaker extraordinaire <b>Fred Olen Ray</b> makes one of the better Christmas romances, I've seen so far this year. It's not good, obviously, but it is a professionally produced TV movie, so it automatically rises toward the top of the list. </p><p><b>Watchable </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><i>Good lord, this has been a slog, and I'm not convinced that switching to a pair of <b>Up</b> releases will brighten my mood. </i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3owHAxJzVCcf5zq1LIyzief6sQwTiE2TGPogcjrO9d_M-C2jVgp2kcQgmBE_HOLIGeQmQljMqAGvo4DyqaoFS1OlX5YNRYF4hHUlb9jh4khzmeZ5g0-b6J_M2guhi0molvwtnqdJ8jD52eiPnrk2XUdGY5MM6ZK2Kp3Vr4H3uQrCYm76-fY9cOcd/s3600/A%20Tiny%20Home%20Christmas%20(2022).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3owHAxJzVCcf5zq1LIyzief6sQwTiE2TGPogcjrO9d_M-C2jVgp2kcQgmBE_HOLIGeQmQljMqAGvo4DyqaoFS1OlX5YNRYF4hHUlb9jh4khzmeZ5g0-b6J_M2guhi0molvwtnqdJ8jD52eiPnrk2XUdGY5MM6ZK2Kp3Vr4H3uQrCYm76-fY9cOcd/w300-h400/A%20Tiny%20Home%20Christmas%20(2022).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Tiny Home Christmas </h2><p>Another real estate soap, this time it's a failing contractor trying to save the family business with some seasonal virtue signaling. Dreck.</p><p><b>Unrewatchable </b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6mz1LUiJRD7WSE8Zv5wg6I6O7-XyopzOkoqKHaFB76yPP1KK_7SQhmtjBjnAew6LUnt9ZHkdgoDvGQ7bRG1tXvRYqxLaBfdjZlO7Wogc783g31z2YESiofRpJbiSFd8XNOgarl_6bkwGClL5RWIfCIwLEJH-s7wQ6i2TLo76-ZeFDlvo8dZNnaxR/s2340/The%20Christmas%20Retreat%20(2022).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="1620" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6mz1LUiJRD7WSE8Zv5wg6I6O7-XyopzOkoqKHaFB76yPP1KK_7SQhmtjBjnAew6LUnt9ZHkdgoDvGQ7bRG1tXvRYqxLaBfdjZlO7Wogc783g31z2YESiofRpJbiSFd8XNOgarl_6bkwGClL5RWIfCIwLEJH-s7wQ6i2TLo76-ZeFDlvo8dZNnaxR/w278-h400/The%20Christmas%20Retreat%20(2022).jpg" width="278" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Christmas Retreat</h2><p>Home shopping Channel host levels of acting ability pair beautifully with home shopping channel levels of production design to make this forgettable flop.</p><p><b>Unrewatchable </b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>One last <b>Hallmark</b> joint</i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtNl00isNwzh3bf3f-8sCn2-xX38IiXGoj8ys3GHNdI8y7ciranlz6EA-cKX1yhfN_qGHiJ7kq1T2mzX1FyhFWzIzHYKoIecKeAsY8ZLaTwEPqSGzRxJBIWmknzedCcLMAsNNLeTnNsUzHO9lq8t9MaSTqUzQahd66oazPXXMlnHtRKW4RFhluq75/s1500/Love%20at%20the%20Christmas%20Contest%20(2022).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1019" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtNl00isNwzh3bf3f-8sCn2-xX38IiXGoj8ys3GHNdI8y7ciranlz6EA-cKX1yhfN_qGHiJ7kq1T2mzX1FyhFWzIzHYKoIecKeAsY8ZLaTwEPqSGzRxJBIWmknzedCcLMAsNNLeTnNsUzHO9lq8t9MaSTqUzQahd66oazPXXMlnHtRKW4RFhluq75/w271-h400/Love%20at%20the%20Christmas%20Contest%20(2022).jpg" width="271" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Love at the Christmas Contest </h2><p>Even less original than a <b>Merry Christmas Wish</b>. It could have been a parody but made by people with no sense of humor.</p><p><b>Unrewatchable </b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Now it's <b>Food Network's</b> time at the tinsel trough...</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdXsLR-EjRxDFbfFkRBQzhNejEJ3dM0TEqcskpVIH3pEK5SHi5f5ZuSa3bL-db7jjcJcgKlszkQbIpRmIYYWO0B04WTN0TsD7-UMJpUuKfdn9QlCAIz02OFpx7NUwIqmhZ4Dy-uYpxEgZbfaGOWZJjxAkY-qOA9J_7pLsd-Qm5y2IihuWY0MIJcDO/s3000/A%20Gingerbread%20Christmas%20(2022).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdXsLR-EjRxDFbfFkRBQzhNejEJ3dM0TEqcskpVIH3pEK5SHi5f5ZuSa3bL-db7jjcJcgKlszkQbIpRmIYYWO0B04WTN0TsD7-UMJpUuKfdn9QlCAIz02OFpx7NUwIqmhZ4Dy-uYpxEgZbfaGOWZJjxAkY-qOA9J_7pLsd-Qm5y2IihuWY0MIJcDO/w266-h400/A%20Gingerbread%20Christmas%20(2022).jpg" width="266" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Gingerbread Christmas </h2><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Can you get salmonella poisoning through a monitor?</p><p style="text-align: left;">Once again proving that not only has <b>Food Network</b> stopped making watchable food shows, but they're picking up <b>Hallmark's </b>sloppy seconds and producing crappy Christmas movies.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Unrewatchable </p><p><br style="text-align: left;" /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Last, but at least not least is..</i></p><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXio9ew5iIjMqVOsa5Y4Edp0qh7qW2Gn-Q7dRBC_OF9KZGezh4KKMU5dPe-RqOZmtS835_ftEUg1qO8zPt5bEQew3-YDJjNnulR6Lt1Aq2_gTaUMERbzFEoXrFTx7nmfiSU9Eh3PEIo_M8hwqYP9Al2mDAp4wJk3UTWM1EWHbEay9SX-rBj4WBa1x9/s1500/Love%20at%20the%20Christmas%20Contest%20(2022).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1019" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXio9ew5iIjMqVOsa5Y4Edp0qh7qW2Gn-Q7dRBC_OF9KZGezh4KKMU5dPe-RqOZmtS835_ftEUg1qO8zPt5bEQew3-YDJjNnulR6Lt1Aq2_gTaUMERbzFEoXrFTx7nmfiSU9Eh3PEIo_M8hwqYP9Al2mDAp4wJk3UTWM1EWHbEay9SX-rBj4WBa1x9/w271-h400/Love%20at%20the%20Christmas%20Contest%20(2022).jpg" width="271" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Holly and the Hot Chocolate</h2><p>What's more ludicrous than food networks Christmas movies and yet totally on brand for these times? QVC making Christmas movies. And yet it sucks less than most of what I've suffered through in this ordeal. The script has some snap to it and a few of the performances are actual performances.</p><p><br /></p><p>Considering QVC already has higher production values than most basic cable movies so maybe it shouldn't be a surprise. </p><p><br /></p>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-71008682524876306752022-12-17T12:16:00.000-05:002022-12-17T12:16:07.767-05:00Vintage Christmas Jukebox Day 4<h2 style="text-align: center;"> Vintage Christmas Jukebox Day 4</h2><div><i><b></b></i></div><blockquote><div><i><b>Here's another collection of vintage holiday tracks, some familiar, some relatively obscure, for your festive enjoyment.</b></i></div></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p><b><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf0Ge4XtdmdvYSnCcJrvfdULUvK-nufPW" target="_blank">Here's a link to the Playlist featuring all of today's tunes </a></i></b></p><p></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"> I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Graham Donald</h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OJXPUujcbhk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> Hole In The Stocking - Denise Regan</h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qsZLqzcuvB8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> Santa Claus Boogie - The Voices</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LLHBrDmorHA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> The Christmas Turkey - Shad And Mike</h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qP1BcM-vSwo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> How Lovely is Christmas - Bing Crosby</h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MJHfIdumvNM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> Rock Around the Christmas Tree ~ Big Bud (1955) </h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UN_j9X50rKk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> Tony Raymond – “The Infant King” (UK Oriole) 1962 </h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WUqqwGJk6Ig" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> Too Fat For The Chimney - Teresa Brewer</h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C3u7Z1KILcQ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> Arthur Godfrey – “Pine Cones And Holly Berries” (Contempo) 1963 </h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pCM4LHWa5rE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> - A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's House - Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters</h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gkhBq8-4iAI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> Merry Christmas Polka (1949) - The Andrews Sisters </h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mb9Z3ghkspY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-4771829586618738012022-12-16T11:17:00.001-05:002022-12-16T11:17:16.653-05:00Festive Tidbits 1973 (Los Angeles Times - TV Times)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc55PwNYtFy8MBzXLdw0acbCFGWKLfs24yqUkXcutYDkcPIee8EAD9AnFJuBAMXMGJn2qGvEzIwQGxK9gv5Vl13f0PvoXvjtzlJ0ug12_ABLV5cuUhQ5SFyh4U-nqyVhJtf7xG2g6YKAhMdRjZ5AqCz9E-Idtn7OdofzK-A_4bXm_AD5M6LQ9Z6hql/w200-h200/a3928782243_10.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Neil Diamond Christmas</h2><p>I'm generally a fan of Neil's Christmas stuff, and everything here is previously released, but I was fairly meh about this compilation. Maybe it's just not programmed to my taste, so don't let that stop you from checking it out.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2aXyuqTupIwH3cxmEy4hlo?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b> A Very Very Cassie and Maggie Christmas </b></h2><p><br /></p><p>A fine collection of original festive tunes and engaging arrangements of old favorites from popular Canadian folk duo.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=279697773/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://cassieandmaggie.bandcamp.com/album/a-very-very-cassie-and-maggie-christmas">A Very Very Cassie and Maggie Christmas by Cassie and Maggie</a></iframe></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas with Cliff</h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">Cliff Richard</h2><p><br /></p><p>Another legendary artist defies the ravages of time, though not quite as extraordinarily as <b>Johnny Mathis</b>. Cliff's voice and delivery aren't what they once were but he's still produced a holiday album well above the standard set by many contemporary acts. I'm absolutely grading on a curve cause I've always been a fan so listen accordingly.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3s6LvCzbhw6UiWOtkvpo9s?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p> </p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Snow Blossoms: Lost Country Christmas Classics </h2><p>Terrific collection of lesser known holiday tunes</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2597913619/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://sundazedmusic.bandcamp.com/album/snow-blossoms-lost-country-christmas-classics">Snow Blossoms: Lost Country Christmas Classics by Various Artists</a></iframe></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Home For Christmas</div><div style="text-align: center;">Con Funk Shun</div></h2><p>Started slow, but after a couple of iffy tracks, the songs really start to work - <b>Christmas Kind of Day</b>, <b>My Favorite Things</b>, <b>Do You Hear What I Hear</b>, and <b>Christmas for Two</b> are prime cuts</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/22iQ0h9GXq3J1HpPLq6ns1?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Second Edition: A Very South Bay Xmas </h2><p>I didn't really find anything worth hearing again apart from Mack Ogden's My Holiday Angel. YMMV, and it's for charity, so check it out at Bandcamp</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2383801728/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://averysouthbayxmas.bandcamp.com/album/second-edition-a-very-south-bay-xmas">Second Edition: A Very South Bay Xmas by Various Artists</a></iframe></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Juste après novembre</h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">La chorale de Y'a du monde à messe</span></h2><div><span style="text-align: left;">I know nothing about this group from Quebec but their Christmas album is emerging as one of my favorites this season.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1NIWJWUhkoJ5Imycc9M1rW?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">Holly Jolly Christmas / On Christmas Eve - John Owen-Jones</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0GubVAAlOR1ZL4M5D6tyD5?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Christmas with Aled and Russell</span></h2><div><span style="text-align: left;">Solid Classical Crossover Christmas Collection</span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3m8kIp6sqchVrJqVZGFgxL?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>.</span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">White Winter Hymnal - Jade Bird </span></h2><p>Not the best cover of of this tune I have but not at all poor.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/6vvQPyBTCABvVeD7sipPdt?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Santa Train - Paige King Johnson</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/3RaXNjWZIcbApyL4INrilg?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree - Aidan & the Wild</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/21G3i2zmKzIfD3iWkGnBKk?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-72254287719317206672022-12-14T10:36:00.001-05:002022-12-14T10:36:54.273-05:00Yule Logged (Noël à tous les étages, Snowball Effect, Christmas in London, Christmas Carols with Lucy Worsley, Nigellissima, Darling Buds of May, Magic Christmas Tree and more)<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2J9Snfi9mkgMzBTDes66qyS_PhlQjm4x8TAIM3oj-ebN8dGuv1ve0B-2lAXHhSBUcWOzBL5fMvKzLIt7E4FKIQAcl8WouEcu5dX__ULRhtRGjMVBcJNKAOeMhlfZ4rl3V-oWDJQZM4s4pn0oD5NvRqYtakG-A2yVz6KthRgPBozdh1EmUJi1Tg6A/s600/noelatouslesetages.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="600" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2J9Snfi9mkgMzBTDes66qyS_PhlQjm4x8TAIM3oj-ebN8dGuv1ve0B-2lAXHhSBUcWOzBL5fMvKzLIt7E4FKIQAcl8WouEcu5dX__ULRhtRGjMVBcJNKAOeMhlfZ4rl3V-oWDJQZM4s4pn0oD5NvRqYtakG-A2yVz6KthRgPBozdh1EmUJi1Tg6A/w400-h210/noelatouslesetages.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Noël à tous les étages (Christmas Next Door) (2021)</h2><p>Very well made, though somewhat heavy handed, French ensemble drama. Noël à tous les étages features the usual collection of miserably affluent and privileged characters moping through the holiday. From politicians to astronauts, virtually everyone’s feeling the holiday malaise. I’m the most curmudgeonly grouch you’ll ever have the misfortune to meet and I simply can’t relate to the current population of Christmas film universes. They’re either soulless mannequins or the miserable elite. Anywho, if you don’t mind a decent wait for all the fairly unsympathetic characters to, perhaps, find Christmas redemption this is a well crafted film with a terrific cast and worth a watch.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3e6xmpBairMqPvvjDnICBxYZjbkiTfu7u7yBrwnICN6k8BBPLMrc8D6d45uAOSqK3tsxdgsRmZ8JDt_EFz3e8IzArn6d4w8VimJWKMAhNaD4XyJO9HeQXAj4t1_JALzJrad-S7dfS_JdvgCeTx_mL6nJYqAufGz-75VzEn-WMzpyMwkXXuc1P4EqW/s853/af02d232f1-112872537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="853" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3e6xmpBairMqPvvjDnICBxYZjbkiTfu7u7yBrwnICN6k8BBPLMrc8D6d45uAOSqK3tsxdgsRmZ8JDt_EFz3e8IzArn6d4w8VimJWKMAhNaD4XyJO9HeQXAj4t1_JALzJrad-S7dfS_JdvgCeTx_mL6nJYqAufGz-75VzEn-WMzpyMwkXXuc1P4EqW/w400-h225/af02d232f1-112872537.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Snowball Effect (2022)</h2><p>Dueling weather persons find love at Christmas. The craziest part of the film is the idea that meteorologists are somehow judged by accuracy. Other than that it’s pretty good for what it is, better than most of the Hallmark stuff I’ve suffered though.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>BBC Select at Christmas</b></p><p><b>Thought I'd check out BBC select's holiday selection - not alot here but what's on offer's pretty good...</b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrrf7ZMq_SOSqCKyiuuD6ZVl8hHBB-jFAnv0vkf4mWxaCLnLU6hX8zq7zs4LxdJJYfR54MgdiwJ1Jo2rD7rUe2ATIa_XtaaK2vowCHyILmWDZgek6u4EtwSZ608sUDUXmL7k4htjU5TeEEjAnOOXp4xX5TkF0g3jsw0lC_Q26tE09g_687frDVDpb/s1920/Christmas_In_London_Website_cover_artwork_horizontal_1920x1080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrrf7ZMq_SOSqCKyiuuD6ZVl8hHBB-jFAnv0vkf4mWxaCLnLU6hX8zq7zs4LxdJJYfR54MgdiwJ1Jo2rD7rUe2ATIa_XtaaK2vowCHyILmWDZgek6u4EtwSZ608sUDUXmL7k4htjU5TeEEjAnOOXp4xX5TkF0g3jsw0lC_Q26tE09g_687frDVDpb/w400-h225/Christmas_In_London_Website_cover_artwork_horizontal_1920x1080.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas in London (2007)</h2><p>Essentially a tourist information video but still worth a watch to see what was going on in that metropolis back circa 2007</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGaB6qjc4ubFA6exNtZ-UQYuse00_jZ4jfx18nvfnEo-4PEjqmzIfYLiIig3NvaPPL80a7riO8_qZhWE-nStgnNcnGuxeUB86CAO2iDOjwixND44ppqRfTkhHKHwUgou_nOQ9jNkUX5_up93OD6SW0MqF35OtmQujv-3G3d2bUbNDtkHQJ3eoBPna/s1200/ChristmasAtThePlaza_showtile.png.b4dec12f459082862633b8d4af0b30bc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGaB6qjc4ubFA6exNtZ-UQYuse00_jZ4jfx18nvfnEo-4PEjqmzIfYLiIig3NvaPPL80a7riO8_qZhWE-nStgnNcnGuxeUB86CAO2iDOjwixND44ppqRfTkhHKHwUgou_nOQ9jNkUX5_up93OD6SW0MqF35OtmQujv-3G3d2bUbNDtkHQJ3eoBPna/w400-h210/ChristmasAtThePlaza_showtile.png.b4dec12f459082862633b8d4af0b30bc.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas in New York Inside the Plaza (2020)</h2><p>2020 documentary looks at Christmas for the 1 per centers, and wannabes, of the Plaza Hotel.</p><p>There's something a bit sad about a luxury hotel offering a multi thousand dollar Home Alone 2 package .</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNv4JIO_Phow375XrQxE1p9bR9HOSuqx1kpJ5n7-eJ6N1Au9qLChEZOVfa-z4SQgbq7H5p2pKrr5GJkg9ycn9K_h99yxT-t8SAaY4lPw2cGwpU1-F0lCFhHgECopfQ-nn-3SdGJhOyHeZkchM5b8AaytRZREE0n4AaBGDC9YGXTSTMD3b0M-3r5pl/s3732/19218596-high_res-lucy-worsleys-christmas-carol-odyssey-scaled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2098" data-original-width="3732" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNv4JIO_Phow375XrQxE1p9bR9HOSuqx1kpJ5n7-eJ6N1Au9qLChEZOVfa-z4SQgbq7H5p2pKrr5GJkg9ycn9K_h99yxT-t8SAaY4lPw2cGwpU1-F0lCFhHgECopfQ-nn-3SdGJhOyHeZkchM5b8AaytRZREE0n4AaBGDC9YGXTSTMD3b0M-3r5pl/w400-h225/19218596-high_res-lucy-worsleys-christmas-carol-odyssey-scaled.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Carols with Lucy Worsley (2019)</h2><p>Well produced festive middle brow pop history that examines the greatest hits in the Christmas Carol Canon.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRIDGW664iHgrtIUBysrbiiMvq7dhnZGEDWzA0lWlvcEUuGJSi2chnCq42SDjheHCq3W0l6yaO0xiuRCSempFQHNbvq5NqaUx9MdBLFdjr9aHUnF9CfHYty1rxxngXY8GhzhNWus3r93lB08zaeKtfS8Jcf0oAoJI0p2GLM9I94_7LiXAVVAIiVzX/s1200/nigellissima-an-italian-inspired-christmas.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRIDGW664iHgrtIUBysrbiiMvq7dhnZGEDWzA0lWlvcEUuGJSi2chnCq42SDjheHCq3W0l6yaO0xiuRCSempFQHNbvq5NqaUx9MdBLFdjr9aHUnF9CfHYty1rxxngXY8GhzhNWus3r93lB08zaeKtfS8Jcf0oAoJI0p2GLM9I94_7LiXAVVAIiVzX/w400-h210/nigellissima-an-italian-inspired-christmas.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nigellissima - An Italian Inspired Christmas (2014)</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nigella Lawson<span style="font-weight: 400;"> always does a great Christmas show and while thus isn't my favorite it's quite good, assuming you're a fan.</span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaO71wRJkFM9vNQZdH8VT9oaooGPHbqa7uZaKVuD-uOETzIbmIfLNrRewP9oE2m_oQneMSE-4jwuPzcU6T8M1cYzffZfYxeJaGR5LO_atxCHVweFm_NNB5jgTyuksZIVkrzUjBFRsifc2r8XJ719qZGsS0uQZLTcIZkem6z7xArb4q-0Mr90rgSgN/s939/maxresdefault%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="939" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaO71wRJkFM9vNQZdH8VT9oaooGPHbqa7uZaKVuD-uOETzIbmIfLNrRewP9oE2m_oQneMSE-4jwuPzcU6T8M1cYzffZfYxeJaGR5LO_atxCHVweFm_NNB5jgTyuksZIVkrzUjBFRsifc2r8XJ719qZGsS0uQZLTcIZkem6z7xArb4q-0Mr90rgSgN/w400-h259/maxresdefault%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Carol's From Kings (1997)</h2><p>I closed things out with a welcome re view of 1997's edition of <b>Carol's From Kings</b> </p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Brit box</h2><p>So the relatively niche BBC Select had some Xmas on offer. Let's check out the American version of Britbox, a BBC / ITV showcase for British TV entertainment.</p><p> In the UK December is all about Christmas telly, festive holiday-themed specials, Christmas episodes, and entire series built around Christmas cooking, crafting, and so on. Christmas is also the time for big splashy premiers and specials that often become enduring classics. But not on Britbox.</p><p>As of Dec 14th there is no Christmas programing listed on the main menu, though there is a row of "wintry lifestyle delights", none of which mention Christmas in title or thumbnail. </p><p>For weeks the Radio Times and all the other UK TV listings are nuttier than a fruitcake about yuletide telly but the highest profile Brit tv outlet in the USA can't be bothered to fill a row with classic Christmas episodes or specials? There's likely plenty of content already in their existing library but now I have to search for it, plus there's no way to discover Christmas themed episodes of series I'm not familiar with. </p><p>I'll check back even closer to the big day.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6GLWwfq-hQz-h6iUIOBLV7B_ttMQQgftm2yuVKCDpJ4CMkXVvdjm8JJRnW7eSlZ0pYIyTeFMKG15CZxcKE1X05gtNhEp3uifCaTfnms2NouxT4m-w58TzKDeHbEOs2HewzqzHEOHmJ5-1kX8tnY3dE4M632A-DmReh5FSbjhvzHEUDnaxliKI4BM/s1080/$value.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6GLWwfq-hQz-h6iUIOBLV7B_ttMQQgftm2yuVKCDpJ4CMkXVvdjm8JJRnW7eSlZ0pYIyTeFMKG15CZxcKE1X05gtNhEp3uifCaTfnms2NouxT4m-w58TzKDeHbEOs2HewzqzHEOHmJ5-1kX8tnY3dE4M632A-DmReh5FSbjhvzHEUDnaxliKI4BM/w266-h400/$value.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Darling Buds of May - Christmas is Coming (1991)</h2><p>Seasonal episode from the first season of the original series adaptation stars <b>David Jason, Pam Ferris</b>, and a stunning young <b>Catherine Zeta-Jones</b>.</p><p>A bit of comedy, a dash of drama, and a pinch of suspense make for a satisfying Christmas episode, even if you are otherwise unfamiliar with the series, and if you haven't watched it, you really should.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU413maCENHKRgGd2sP6WDrDULvzCxbxjZdDB9CWS5ZWdXxN2siDz2mcinjjo263GBH3oeRjp4yhh_zFGEgigfrMskWZiMgsyJ3GdCH1HMD7lH5xZf01EE0jUuL2LMXrbwmmfXh2Z_Wq2dLRaxcK1tUK--_iwIGEF0dNgk5-fV_Q4bUqqj7xzmLegH/s833/A_bears_christmas_tail_titles.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="833" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU413maCENHKRgGd2sP6WDrDULvzCxbxjZdDB9CWS5ZWdXxN2siDz2mcinjjo263GBH3oeRjp4yhh_zFGEgigfrMskWZiMgsyJ3GdCH1HMD7lH5xZf01EE0jUuL2LMXrbwmmfXh2Z_Wq2dLRaxcK1tUK--_iwIGEF0dNgk5-fV_Q4bUqqj7xzmLegH/w400-h225/A_bears_christmas_tail_titles.webp" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Bear's Christmas Tail (2004)</h2><p>(Don't let the above image fool you, this is not a charming animated special)</p><p>What the feck did I just watch? Grotesquely tasteless and a veritable smorgasbord for today's cancel culture-obsessed puritans. From <b>Leigh Francis</b> of <b>Bo Selecta</b> fame (infamy) this edgier-than-thou slog has some funny moments but they are far overrun with the crass drivel that makes up the bulk of it.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas with the Vienna Boys Choir</h2><p>Part concert, part docudrama portraying the festive goings on around the choirboys at Christmas. Most entertaining,</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jkkkONKOPxg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Magic Christmas Tree 1964</h2><p><br /></p><p>This mess of a kiddie matinee is hard enough to watch with the bots from <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vLRwpsLh44" target="_blank">Rifftrax</a></b> slinging zingers, but on its own, it does the Spanish inquisition proud as a torture device.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QDHcVwdrVX8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Wizards Christmas (2014)</h2><p>Pretty much terrible.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEph6SNaAj7ivd3iZikX8dsc0_5DFkNol5ZhT6XC1CyIPEjC0rQOg-_zrvOH6781DKD8K_CsPN-DupMga826z5q6OlkqJXwpFik0lvRRS9U2oIaHBRXXWjaNgA8BAeEJMeK6drLpapvjFWqfH34X7gTJwttpk8VdOOsNKDqoSjdMVrh5P_WZj_w3F/s865/MV5BNTNkOWFhYjctZDljMy00N2IwLWIwYzMtOWIwODUzMzI2NzJkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzg2MDE0Nzg@._V1_UY1200_CR121,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="630" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEph6SNaAj7ivd3iZikX8dsc0_5DFkNol5ZhT6XC1CyIPEjC0rQOg-_zrvOH6781DKD8K_CsPN-DupMga826z5q6OlkqJXwpFik0lvRRS9U2oIaHBRXXWjaNgA8BAeEJMeK6drLpapvjFWqfH34X7gTJwttpk8VdOOsNKDqoSjdMVrh5P_WZj_w3F/w291-h400/MV5BNTNkOWFhYjctZDljMy00N2IwLWIwYzMtOWIwODUzMzI2NzJkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzg2MDE0Nzg@._V1_UY1200_CR121,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Crime Story (2017)<br /></h2><p>Unpleasant little Christmas set drama, not abysmal but I couldn’t be bothered to finish it.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Tree & Piano Music (2020)</h2><p>"Starring...Christmas Trees"</p><p>Remarkably low-effort holiday ambiance will dull piano arrangements and stuttering random video elements.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-43285984588192518142022-12-12T09:46:00.002-05:002022-12-12T09:52:03.569-05:00Yule Logged (The Nutcracker (1993), Glen Campbell, George Burns, Barenaked Ladies, Loud House, AfterMASH, Naughty or Nice and more...)<p> </p><p><b><i>(Some combination of Playboy Playmates and Barenaked Ladies has triggered Google's "Sensitive Content" algorithm. If you received a warning when attempting to access this page and expected something naughty you're going to be disappointed. )</i></b></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Nutcracker (1993)</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIDrWqIYyZZa6oqh3fZrxm623QPpCK1OL25I6ocrcAsWx2PE6MRIubcb1Y5uAUAuTWma_xS_ROAAWtDdydFhTBbUL5I4PuJ6-pnzsSOtBnPdzA5meWuK7Gzobe-nidS_CAuiqB4-RkCQlYrrP_OfiDH5BVqgHm3mGfdIP0e4f0e-hIMmUNoWBkHH8/s1350/backdrop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1350" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIDrWqIYyZZa6oqh3fZrxm623QPpCK1OL25I6ocrcAsWx2PE6MRIubcb1Y5uAUAuTWma_xS_ROAAWtDdydFhTBbUL5I4PuJ6-pnzsSOtBnPdzA5meWuK7Gzobe-nidS_CAuiqB4-RkCQlYrrP_OfiDH5BVqgHm3mGfdIP0e4f0e-hIMmUNoWBkHH8/w400-h225/backdrop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It pains me to say I haven’t particularly enjoyed something when I know it’s been made with exquisite care, great craftsmanship, and artistry, and the tremendously talented people involved have given their all. But this is a ballet on film, and my kid isn’t dancing in it, so I have little to no interest or requirement to sit through it. Having <b>Macaulay Culkin</b> in it is more a novelty than a draw for me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve never been a Nutcracker fan (ballet or Christmas decor staple) despite having seen it a number of times in both world-class productions and local attempts. The big fancy Lincoln Center productions at least had the benefit of being gorgeous to look at with extraordinary production design, though that only went so far before my thoughts wandered to after-performance meals and the best route for maximum window shopping before the cold got to us. The less said about the local productions, the better.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, it’s not a bad film; the production design is quite good but loses its impact as it's simply a filmed stage performance. If you love dance or the underlying score then I absolutely recommend this if you haven’t seen it yet. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;">A Loud House Christmas (2021)</span></span></h2><div><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq8_Twm8cUkRVgz5W9ImhlRHUs58-NbyYs4zF23hd2UWaikCGTpTqxk1c7yQzQ809BVsy9WTIKwTgfYHmwvXlBMmmNnUuSXTnhXn4tj04YKpvwrKAMxhFWxp79fNfaOvuGrPIRkFa4cNWda2R1yeYzMHpd2SlWsXdgT4A48mZhIaijQrDsOYMSTkS/s1481/20211130045458-61a5aea25f84d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq8_Twm8cUkRVgz5W9ImhlRHUs58-NbyYs4zF23hd2UWaikCGTpTqxk1c7yQzQ809BVsy9WTIKwTgfYHmwvXlBMmmNnUuSXTnhXn4tj04YKpvwrKAMxhFWxp79fNfaOvuGrPIRkFa4cNWda2R1yeYzMHpd2SlWsXdgT4A48mZhIaijQrDsOYMSTkS/w270-h400/20211130045458-61a5aea25f84d.jpg" width="270" /></a></div></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;">
Thank God I don't have Nickelodeon-aged kids anymore, this methed-up mess was unwatchable.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special</span></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XvHApNf4ntw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Late stage network variety special featuring national treasure George Burns. Burns does his gamest with some dodgy writing and numbers like special guest Ann-Margret's milf disco number <b>Hold Me Squeeze Me</b>, and a <b>Playboy Playmates</b> musical number are painfully cringe.
Highlights include George riffing with Bob Hope, Hans Conreid doing some nifty Scrooge schtick, and an unlikely appearance by <b>The Hawkins Family</b> gospel group, A heartwarming appearance by Georges old vaudeville partner <b>Billy Lorraine</b> is a lovely surprise.
The closing scene, featuring Burns flanked by <b>Playmates</b> on one de and Gospel singers on the other, is a sight to behold. Take away the two risqué musical numbers and this is a pretty charming special, not a classic but good fun.
</span></span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;">Naughty or Nice (2012)</span></span></h2><div><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvQjo9LpbxIJwiXy4j8-_TjDSTE3tvpdhMcCdBaRNMDN_O7zfnwCjHExrv8EB8QMnr14thGV_y2OAZykK4xycWFk5icJa0Y4JVk5DQZv1OPu4y2Kslgj4wi-NgN9Xzl7nnNXa1W-JW5yx0_RFm-bMwVRZN84McTHAsYZyGSSqgFc1Q3SvZWh4ekYi/s1170/MV5BODBlZjM0YTgtNDEyYy00ZmQ5LWEzYzYtZTBkMmU3NjNjMzBjL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjg5MzE4NTA@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="780" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvQjo9LpbxIJwiXy4j8-_TjDSTE3tvpdhMcCdBaRNMDN_O7zfnwCjHExrv8EB8QMnr14thGV_y2OAZykK4xycWFk5icJa0Y4JVk5DQZv1OPu4y2Kslgj4wi-NgN9Xzl7nnNXa1W-JW5yx0_RFm-bMwVRZN84McTHAsYZyGSSqgFc1Q3SvZWh4ekYi/w266-h400/MV5BODBlZjM0YTgtNDEyYy00ZmQ5LWEzYzYtZTBkMmU3NjNjMzBjL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjg5MzE4NTA@._V1_.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;">A ten-year-old <b>Hallmark</b> Christmas movie whose stunt hook was a <b>Family Ties</b> reunion of sorts with <b>Meredith Baxter</b> and <b>Michael Gross</b>.
It's amazing how little these films have evolved over the last decade; if anything, they've devolved.
Anyway, it's not particularly good. despite a promising premise., it was just about watchable,</span></span></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Abe Lincoln of 9th Avenue (Streets of New York) (1939)</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfUfTaiMtX8_KbK9JTDR3TRVLQBi_DwW3ty55hi5pG4M8wUq26GCo5tQHaKpkguMa54kl5pFLLW7nQ2MSp9uQBzRl0r4fJSOo73FUvaU3gqkfwf9zIZ2xr8bNwOVXc6X62zsrKxrAO2YoA93-MpQPxYUOZToSGwcNdCIrAKuZdy2QISFIisE8Supj/s1000/73fdcf0b-c5f2-428f-a7aa-ecbe4fee8241_1.a264cccc65b521fa9c2d4da451243320.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="725" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfUfTaiMtX8_KbK9JTDR3TRVLQBi_DwW3ty55hi5pG4M8wUq26GCo5tQHaKpkguMa54kl5pFLLW7nQ2MSp9uQBzRl0r4fJSOo73FUvaU3gqkfwf9zIZ2xr8bNwOVXc6X62zsrKxrAO2YoA93-MpQPxYUOZToSGwcNdCIrAKuZdy2QISFIisE8Supj/w290-h400/73fdcf0b-c5f2-428f-a7aa-ecbe4fee8241_1.a264cccc65b521fa9c2d4da451243320.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Just about decent poverty row drama set on the mean streets of 1930s New York, at Christmas, and the dangerous lives of newsies. </p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel - The Christmas Present (1955)</span></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NUm32c_GxC0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></div><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evergreen public domain series with a Christmas episode that appeared on a plethora of budget holiday compilations. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That elusive Pimpernel endeavors to rescue a group of very young aristocrats during Christmastide, from a France that has banned the celebration of the day. . Entertaining enough, for what it is.</span></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">AfterMASH - All About Christmas Eve (1983)</span></span></h2><p><span style="color: #202124;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqf-TAR4hVYhW33giT0zytxiJDCjIJGCaAStKLuqyPLfc9a0m-WND6PCAeEGiHPW985h67YMmL52RGmxEYVI1pGKEpcMtt_aZb3PZUb1gC-uQfOC1i266ZOazuf36-RjZrlcEws7WkNsViO8r6hkiioX_lPGN8WBD_LT-YoCkzxegbyVb2VfQJ_xAj/s600/featured_aftermash_spotlight_013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="600" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqf-TAR4hVYhW33giT0zytxiJDCjIJGCaAStKLuqyPLfc9a0m-WND6PCAeEGiHPW985h67YMmL52RGmxEYVI1pGKEpcMtt_aZb3PZUb1gC-uQfOC1i266ZOazuf36-RjZrlcEws7WkNsViO8r6hkiioX_lPGN8WBD_LT-YoCkzxegbyVb2VfQJ_xAj/w400-h210/featured_aftermash_spotlight_013.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202124;"><br /><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Holiday episode of off balance dramedy spin-off. Where the gallows humor of </span><b style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MASH</b><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> seemed natural in its wartime setting the tonal shifts in the post war Hospital set follow-up uncomfortably mixes cheesy sitcom with fairly heavy drama in a way that prevents either from really landing. </span></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #202124;"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not a bad little Christmas episode but nothing I'd return to anytime soon.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Barenaked For the Holidays Live at the Rehearsal Hall (2004)</span></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OLTXUdwW5G0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></p><p><span><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slightly subdued holiday infused concert special. Big fan of the band, not a huge fan of their Christmas album. This isn't the best concert film I've got of them but it is the most Chri</span></span><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">stmassy.</span></p><p><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Christmas Special (1969)</span></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X6-aXdHCStU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></span></div><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Highlights include Glen tabulating the <b>12 Days of Christmas</b> with guest <b>Andy Griffiths</b>, sad Santa <b>Paul Lynde</b> pouring his heart out to bartender Griffiths plus a number of holiday tunes.
Lowlights, a too-long western sketch, with a pre-Wild and Crazy <b>Steve Martin</b> (shot on film so they really thought they had something I guess), and <b>Cher's</b> dull stab at (<b>Sitting on the) Dock of the Bay</b>.
Overall a fun and festive holiday special.</span></span><div><br /></div><div><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winter and Christmas in America's National Parks (2012)</span></span></h2><p></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T-4xfQBUmiCFdpZaAHp2DzV5Hf8aaF2Z8pLe-IlR6-IpASLAMr7T1POWPFn2AWmmIHYEu9xXAzwEmiLwNlm9Gv1hFty6Mpa3vTEjvVtsuUijCv7FbOEQ_wEm1H01t4cJKSZl2Nun0kIeHwlEsxQYHa7Cd_XoKIP_xNi4_0axeDrZOce8S5ZPcgRb/s450/th-325483428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="340" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T-4xfQBUmiCFdpZaAHp2DzV5Hf8aaF2Z8pLe-IlR6-IpASLAMr7T1POWPFn2AWmmIHYEu9xXAzwEmiLwNlm9Gv1hFty6Mpa3vTEjvVtsuUijCv7FbOEQ_wEm1H01t4cJKSZl2Nun0kIeHwlEsxQYHa7Cd_XoKIP_xNi4_0axeDrZOce8S5ZPcgRb/w303-h400/th-325483428.jpg" width="303" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202124;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pleasant and occasionally interesting holiday-themed travelogue.
</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Norman Rockwell Christmas (1996)</span></span></h2><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6wvMTbYUzApoMh-YLSmaojM9yvsrgF4Y2lDNa0xSWAMKQQy74od5scmCwX_Mt6hZK3P7C8oRSZfCzZ_LfOAnB73fgYHKugR4ba9K3C2uPqO5tGA4CGq07JmUOub-5rWGCvp96jfrzwcEYuqIVgVb3nJUArK8liYti2tPdXzP9326mHggW3QrDtV3/s500/a-norman-rockwell-christmas-story-1996-amazon-instant-video.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6wvMTbYUzApoMh-YLSmaojM9yvsrgF4Y2lDNa0xSWAMKQQy74od5scmCwX_Mt6hZK3P7C8oRSZfCzZ_LfOAnB73fgYHKugR4ba9K3C2uPqO5tGA4CGq07JmUOub-5rWGCvp96jfrzwcEYuqIVgVb3nJUArK8liYti2tPdXzP9326mHggW3QrDtV3/w300-h400/a-norman-rockwell-christmas-story-1996-amazon-instant-video.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
Well-meaning but basically incompetent period drama hamstrung by its micro budget and community theater vibe. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><div><br /></div></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-16292237187528915742022-12-02T14:28:00.003-05:002022-12-02T14:28:29.780-05:00Season's Reading: Traditional Home Christmas 2001<p> </p><p>Christmas 2001. Here in NYC it was, to state the blindingly obvious, different. But, looking back now at that year's crop of holiday magazines there's a reassuring level of normalcy, due, no doubt, many issues having been put to bed months earlier. There are a surprisingly small number of Christmassy ads though, but I imagine that's just a coincidence.</p><p><i>(Please pardon the quality of the scans, I'm in the midst of moving house and both my flatbed scanner and Printer/Scanner are packed away at the moment.)</i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcUbrskfkNHwGfiC3xfqAriKNzdJfnPQhhykTSbFlqucNp17xNRvFMKjBrvYlmjVY_PMBLmY93hIXB1YtOc9JzF8-HAMDrv_NEWOdi_FeooqgpSl330GaipIZDLae1GTcflIg7C_TLrJAMJP_q-jI9qQK4b00Qr2o_7ATlIWYb5FTf10N_8V5GNdm/s4032/20221202_092505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcUbrskfkNHwGfiC3xfqAriKNzdJfnPQhhykTSbFlqucNp17xNRvFMKjBrvYlmjVY_PMBLmY93hIXB1YtOc9JzF8-HAMDrv_NEWOdi_FeooqgpSl330GaipIZDLae1GTcflIg7C_TLrJAMJP_q-jI9qQK4b00Qr2o_7ATlIWYb5FTf10N_8V5GNdm/w300-h400/20221202_092505.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The issue is made up of the usual array of well turned out homes of the well off and tradition interior design inclined. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAyNTdKkGhz0EFLkrb9nI5vrhAW8Rdc7yirKp5y1mjkrA_2PNEv-D8T1m1KxwrB2RM78EKILFQvuAH_R9hnkooV1f2Q82wF22xIj0p8xX3o47Wy17IQRaRhrMqMxyWgDNsmKBia-4P9MpbAOpXJX-7FAP29-ojvrczk6DuES6bV8yk1KXrojW-8k7/s2451/1669991177498-dd8acd95-16e5-4159-9823-a794838cd00d-b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2451" data-original-width="1688" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAyNTdKkGhz0EFLkrb9nI5vrhAW8Rdc7yirKp5y1mjkrA_2PNEv-D8T1m1KxwrB2RM78EKILFQvuAH_R9hnkooV1f2Q82wF22xIj0p8xX3o47Wy17IQRaRhrMqMxyWgDNsmKBia-4P9MpbAOpXJX-7FAP29-ojvrczk6DuES6bV8yk1KXrojW-8k7/w275-h400/1669991177498-dd8acd95-16e5-4159-9823-a794838cd00d-b.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember being quite the <b>Smith & Hawken</b> fan back in the day. I'd absolutely forgotten that they'd become corporate compost back in 2009.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1D2iwpP1aAovNUIqMM1yYCBW1StG41TZG_CQZKMniRjlTfW4wPecQJ4b2JdWZrV6daFz1ZPiUXkQwvdRwR2rNQ-lF9extpLp_jxvy7-XYHRBn_hv5AVj3J1pjgdpqoZ6e7b21HWJCMOa4ANDeUpNMtFKbCmn-F-L8MO9mrf24FKGYBpfHZP8d8kDE/s3000/1669991350073-b818dd18-0f8f-4ad0-be78-047770364e00-b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2233" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1D2iwpP1aAovNUIqMM1yYCBW1StG41TZG_CQZKMniRjlTfW4wPecQJ4b2JdWZrV6daFz1ZPiUXkQwvdRwR2rNQ-lF9extpLp_jxvy7-XYHRBn_hv5AVj3J1pjgdpqoZ6e7b21HWJCMOa4ANDeUpNMtFKbCmn-F-L8MO9mrf24FKGYBpfHZP8d8kDE/w298-h400/1669991350073-b818dd18-0f8f-4ad0-be78-047770364e00-b.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My daughter went through a <b>Swarovski</b> phase when she was little, luckily she preferred the relatively less expensive little animal figurines and had doting Grandmothers to help her build her collection. I think we have a couple of the annual ornaments around somewhere, or perhaps she has them at her house. Not sure if we ever got the 2001. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82PwD7HiCbV71Xz1YTJwEx3dm0GHJ1Zbzp1VC6Pyh4BWGWb4ew6Xr4E3dSUO_6_uKquqihuRufZHdr-KY8LGfZCI6faNS9saZMLRmGcLFbDsAZsJB0s9TohjKp080jvZ9T0G84tzloB2vA1eN_Qp_M8UNWrkcx4rk_ZrT4njAycSnmgbZFi3NuQJx/s2889/1669992819001-85c755c3-2ce4-4344-b55a-63d4c0bec520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2889" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82PwD7HiCbV71Xz1YTJwEx3dm0GHJ1Zbzp1VC6Pyh4BWGWb4ew6Xr4E3dSUO_6_uKquqihuRufZHdr-KY8LGfZCI6faNS9saZMLRmGcLFbDsAZsJB0s9TohjKp080jvZ9T0G84tzloB2vA1eN_Qp_M8UNWrkcx4rk_ZrT4njAycSnmgbZFi3NuQJx/w278-h400/1669992819001-85c755c3-2ce4-4344-b55a-63d4c0bec520.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Another victim, I assume, of the 2008 financial crisis, <b>Home Depot's </b>fancier sister chain<b> EXPO Design Centers</b> went the way of <b>Smith & Hawken</b> the same year of our lord 2009.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOi7ksc7NI22D9pmJ8Q_OxdeX67BUs1sG6lzfEicRSFUd9hoSQEcIGOkQEjsaP8TV9LHWmCnyRgIKbEz0maw-KKrgCaiVeOThDTOACInuxfvJIu0iM_DF2-ZeSBlYxMb9CSRItdiMdj0smxenc1ElS1p1ORHKnH56TealtTO-FxvPT4W2lydOSlcZ/s3000/1669992222577-3a740e63-3fb8-410c-b1b3-3b570856fafa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1558" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOi7ksc7NI22D9pmJ8Q_OxdeX67BUs1sG6lzfEicRSFUd9hoSQEcIGOkQEjsaP8TV9LHWmCnyRgIKbEz0maw-KKrgCaiVeOThDTOACInuxfvJIu0iM_DF2-ZeSBlYxMb9CSRItdiMdj0smxenc1ElS1p1ORHKnH56TealtTO-FxvPT4W2lydOSlcZ/w208-h400/1669992222577-3a740e63-3fb8-410c-b1b3-3b570856fafa.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtaHFVTZ5yjPw7rEtptcQzeHQwHeKb_5j3JUQ3x7S03j1yAI9BXzyXEgJTfPjwjnEiKb84EDHRBJzdYZBdgptmF8OQZxMg66QuNPqtfsoaDf-LrA76T0wtFSnOikurbPAtHDog-p9VsVDaOYHJ5sVPvdPGLlWd3WnbN6QmikdQOuc8sozDS7yGKV6/s3000/1669992669593-c59246b5-3b0c-4262-bfa7-2551e4ad71b9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtaHFVTZ5yjPw7rEtptcQzeHQwHeKb_5j3JUQ3x7S03j1yAI9BXzyXEgJTfPjwjnEiKb84EDHRBJzdYZBdgptmF8OQZxMg66QuNPqtfsoaDf-LrA76T0wtFSnOikurbPAtHDog-p9VsVDaOYHJ5sVPvdPGLlWd3WnbN6QmikdQOuc8sozDS7yGKV6/w300-h400/1669992669593-c59246b5-3b0c-4262-bfa7-2551e4ad71b9.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not much of an interior design guy, so when browsing Home mags I usually forward to the token food article they usually have. The very brief foodie feature in this issue finds legendary</div><div> <b>Chef Lydia Bastianich</b> creating a menu of antipasto for the holidays.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dia-EM-NnM7L7voYmofDy_7oLWPWgqljwDeuEkSH2yT8NAxoFgap7b0l8TZMZlajA-VfKakb2htcS4jb7rlqYJIzakoWm18VZaRZAVZCxMU8xkJxKsmXj3XrVd4tTFVvzxdBdaRp6rTX1WxxOewV2hxrNO8gmM3-qRKI7eeRaFyQcPe546F1s_T9/s3000/1669992724223-fc89c077-fcbf-4433-a1f3-708c0df50569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dia-EM-NnM7L7voYmofDy_7oLWPWgqljwDeuEkSH2yT8NAxoFgap7b0l8TZMZlajA-VfKakb2htcS4jb7rlqYJIzakoWm18VZaRZAVZCxMU8xkJxKsmXj3XrVd4tTFVvzxdBdaRp6rTX1WxxOewV2hxrNO8gmM3-qRKI7eeRaFyQcPe546F1s_T9/w266-h400/1669992724223-fc89c077-fcbf-4433-a1f3-708c0df50569.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of, less refined, but likely quite nummy, recipes came courtesy of a <b>GladWare </b>advertisement</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMb8x5JIPtGiucWEURj9ePbXU9qX9cs_L11WoWLnhPUOaR3FlqMePYux6lKF4UeStWLUdikl9AxevUzSSoFAPCT2VQkbD7Ub3DgT-YlQfmGAjyHEeRACkjVzeWhb8q-6QJUNgKcbXR6P-GUd5N9aV5iFhiP6weEIiJzj7ELDJZfqb_7q1evYhmKnJW/s3000/1669992858703-45f1bf7d-3d11-48a7-b086-4e5387086bac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1593" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMb8x5JIPtGiucWEURj9ePbXU9qX9cs_L11WoWLnhPUOaR3FlqMePYux6lKF4UeStWLUdikl9AxevUzSSoFAPCT2VQkbD7Ub3DgT-YlQfmGAjyHEeRACkjVzeWhb8q-6QJUNgKcbXR6P-GUd5N9aV5iFhiP6weEIiJzj7ELDJZfqb_7q1evYhmKnJW/w213-h400/1669992858703-45f1bf7d-3d11-48a7-b086-4e5387086bac.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An ad for that year's <b>Christmas Revels</b>, which are always a delight and which I unfortunately didn't make the trek to see in 2001.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZG0-xV9LE5g6IquCqOORbDrzCJNRV5L0s8EWUIJER6QyNRMzQP2EDL4Q9FH-8Ha7Sa5yQBImVjKtC7_hyW6BwWovn7ghJGCM1hpx1KmNSGrwk6pxcb-UynulbxoEul3zFtegB2QABrqBsBNhFp3WvSgtjGJU9e1UVbCOtfQBu7Q1J0wJNmqtMdtzM/s3000/1669992771627-60407312-07db-4fe1-9ec2-7aee5df5da11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1844" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZG0-xV9LE5g6IquCqOORbDrzCJNRV5L0s8EWUIJER6QyNRMzQP2EDL4Q9FH-8Ha7Sa5yQBImVjKtC7_hyW6BwWovn7ghJGCM1hpx1KmNSGrwk6pxcb-UynulbxoEul3zFtegB2QABrqBsBNhFp3WvSgtjGJU9e1UVbCOtfQBu7Q1J0wJNmqtMdtzM/w246-h400/1669992771627-60407312-07db-4fe1-9ec2-7aee5df5da11.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll close things out with the only non-Christmas ad I found at all interesting, from <b>Ikea</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-46124891667217633032022-11-30T15:08:00.000-05:002022-11-30T15:08:13.680-05:00Do You Hear? The Alcoa Singers, Arthur Godfrey, The Forester Sisters, Beegie Long, Christmas Filmstrip soundtracks and more...<p> </p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">An Old-Fashioned Christmas with The Alcoa Singers (1979)<br /></h2><p>Featuring a number of songs from <b>The Stiguest Man in Town </b>(sadly those few songs are the only ones I could find streaming.)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NLbeOGitS1k" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>And, while I'm at it, I might as well include the original television soundtrack to <b>The Stingiest Man in Town</b> from <b>The Alcoa Hour</b> in 1958</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nG7QADrF2wk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKg1WtZvbR3Ed0fPwpO6UTwBKlegYzgG7kB7n4JIJbcz9TNrYH0Fq9l38uRLPHCpTA_J14znIpiBKOBb5Th-bXGAOC6Qh8UL_fz38n-2BCzKXm_au3xqEIH0XuYjPGlw1awt6wQq-T4Xpoyh_JWx4M68LpLJ2NIS4i8-CvWhf83RbnKQxdQvyQeMNn/s300/618PlZZh6ZL._SL500_SY300_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKg1WtZvbR3Ed0fPwpO6UTwBKlegYzgG7kB7n4JIJbcz9TNrYH0Fq9l38uRLPHCpTA_J14znIpiBKOBb5Th-bXGAOC6Qh8UL_fz38n-2BCzKXm_au3xqEIH0XuYjPGlw1awt6wQq-T4Xpoyh_JWx4M68LpLJ2NIS4i8-CvWhf83RbnKQxdQvyQeMNn/w396-h400/618PlZZh6ZL._SL500_SY300_.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">Arthur Godfrey - All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth (1967)</h2><p style="text-align: left;">Kid's album from Godrey and <b>The Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus</b>. Godrey's reputation took a major hit back in the fifties when he fired popular singer <b>Julius LaRosa</b> while on the air. My father knew LaRosa personally and hated Godfrey from that moment on, a hatred that persisted well into the 70s and 80s as I began my interest in old time radio, vintage pop and classic movies. so, I have mixed feelings about "the old redhead" and the drunken uncle unctuousness of his performance here makes this one a tough sell for me. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">A far more palatable holiday release is the much earlier <b>Christmas with Arthur Godfrey and All the Little Godfreys</b>. A more traditional album with a more diverse array of vocalists, including the aforementioned LaRosa, make this more enjoyable, though still inessential effort.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NhZN6wpSYc0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCgshkh51oBPlSWCzru-qNsC_iFvnXYiIuP8t29J5CL4lg-dzwQnHOANxSU_D15BAVOTgRvAZmOYxHyLa4rdJ4ylPgYX-h18teqFY-fCzttK4ytCFQoLPItIC8LZgbmWNEMOWupvFVjmZWDsi2Mf39JCnhMQmPpLIs5RxI-COFZu9OJyUTt-FUWRO/s585/s-l640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="585" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCgshkh51oBPlSWCzru-qNsC_iFvnXYiIuP8t29J5CL4lg-dzwQnHOANxSU_D15BAVOTgRvAZmOYxHyLa4rdJ4ylPgYX-h18teqFY-fCzttK4ytCFQoLPItIC8LZgbmWNEMOWupvFVjmZWDsi2Mf39JCnhMQmPpLIs5RxI-COFZu9OJyUTt-FUWRO/w400-h386/s-l640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">From 1980 comes the lackluster bargain bin easy listening/ elevator music of <b>The Birchwood Pops Silent Night</b>. Not even worth using as background music.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Christmas Card (1987)<br /></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Forester Sisters </span></h2><div><div style="text-align: left;">Nice 80's country release.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/37vfI3AZZpQOYXXKl14QJZ?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'll close with a handful of recent shares from legendary vintage Christmas music blogger </span><b style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ernie (not Bert)</b><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. For years Ernie has been rescuing rare, forgotten, out of print Christmas vinyl and giving it new life while exposing a whole new audience to the songs and sounds of Christmas past. The work he's done over the years has been a magical gift to holiday music lovers. Let's take a peek at just the tip of the iceberg of what he's got going on so far this season...</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>(All images in this section come from Ernie (Not Bert))</i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #202124;"><i><span style="background-color: white;"></span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-W4i1GtJ7QY35A54z4FjaTiUFCYIs_en7HBvhIi_w6qfRSds5PJsWYIcJtC8kmImwR1dCGsorW_RENewKqBm-aIsRf6COjYUmXSSogMX29yXVW9_uixXckyZ_vAAEmKmbCrrr1WQp24K931_AYEhFIqN2SorjH19JVjLBjeULxSx7JEsr_xuX0xy/s400/Beegie%20Long-Organ%20&%20Chimes-Smaller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="400" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-W4i1GtJ7QY35A54z4FjaTiUFCYIs_en7HBvhIi_w6qfRSds5PJsWYIcJtC8kmImwR1dCGsorW_RENewKqBm-aIsRf6COjYUmXSSogMX29yXVW9_uixXckyZ_vAAEmKmbCrrr1WQp24K931_AYEhFIqN2SorjH19JVjLBjeULxSx7JEsr_xuX0xy/w400-h395/Beegie%20Long-Organ%20&%20Chimes-Smaller.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202124;"><br /><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beegie Long - Organ and Chimes (1966)</span></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2022/11/beegies-back.html" target="_blank"><b>Visit Ernie</b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A pure nostalgia bomb. Albums like this were a staple of my parents and grandparents generation at Christmas time. So many visits to so many friends and families homes during the holidays had this sort of thing backgrounding their festive hospitality. Listening to this, I can smell the olfactory warm hug of hot cocoa, Gingerbread and fresh Christmas tree. </span></div><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you never experienced it the way I did this may seem like dull, old fashioned elevator music ripped from vinyl that's seen better days. For me it jumpstarts a Proustian rush of pure joy and contentment, with just a tad of melancholy for times, people and places now past.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2H43Q-XA_p1Rr2uezBsczwetzSxuBE2j1hukcYORTuFTDcpmfXK7nDFEHcHRfVD13fkYmOx_ShjnB4oL1-5jfC_ob-wE6W0tTLz4rnDQ-75kZLQ3NEGQldpUnLPbb7eez4qEWBc4Qb4vzrEJ0m_YnhCFCu8VpNu_SRRKWfds7npObrKJYt9CxqkXj/s400/Al%20Martino-Christmas%20With-Side%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2H43Q-XA_p1Rr2uezBsczwetzSxuBE2j1hukcYORTuFTDcpmfXK7nDFEHcHRfVD13fkYmOx_ShjnB4oL1-5jfC_ob-wE6W0tTLz4rnDQ-75kZLQ3NEGQldpUnLPbb7eez4qEWBc4Qb4vzrEJ0m_YnhCFCu8VpNu_SRRKWfds7npObrKJYt9CxqkXj/w400-h400/Al%20Martino-Christmas%20With-Side%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christmas with Al Martino</span></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2022/11/christmas-on-radio-part-2.html" target="_blank">Visit Ernie</a></b></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seasonal radio program featuring festive reminisces from crooner Martino between appropriate musical selections, mostly from Martino himself, naturally. Martino recounts tales of Christmas during his humble Philadelphia childhood and a look at how the Martino's past and present celebrated the holidays.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A nice flashback to Christmas radio back in the day.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0AYr1i70RszdjhVkLKChLK0L4c5ufNSVBoI5zJJ_HhMa2y1CK0uTEdjlQEkcsRLpkGzWWqasMN8Q4iE_FtScKQ72kdk97suqdwNLBidYkuIPUp-ODO7EJkAI-HPa-d8OpnqgG5fNyEl2CxZwTxHi71ybosMMkCXYuIlW6M7CQJ5XaFXeewI6niUa/s1098/Barefoot%20Man-Santa%20Got%20A%20Sunburn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1098" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0AYr1i70RszdjhVkLKChLK0L4c5ufNSVBoI5zJJ_HhMa2y1CK0uTEdjlQEkcsRLpkGzWWqasMN8Q4iE_FtScKQ72kdk97suqdwNLBidYkuIPUp-ODO7EJkAI-HPa-d8OpnqgG5fNyEl2CxZwTxHi71ybosMMkCXYuIlW6M7CQJ5XaFXeewI6niUa/w400-h400/Barefoot%20Man-Santa%20Got%20A%20Sunburn.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2022/11/all-day-saturday-part-2.html" target="_blank">Visit Ernie</a></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A cute novelty single from <b>Barefoot Man</b>,, <b>Santa Got a Sunburn</b> is worth at least one or two listens, though the flip, <b>Grandpa's Christmas Fiddle</b>, perhaps less so</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfswq-LeE0ONYz-Y0-09meGBHpfC37TG1te1ZYIXsNSDBvuPds-9FDgNF3tr8-28vrmjOE0VtODMeEXj19UJa5oK3dH9qEjwybthDqSjG5v9dfAnIib7X4p1biKnqXKxkvI-zW6duzmfBPRj60gnCWgbHQ1oI9jVN_74gcQShSYnPQG8_SdtbcvQnr/s400/Little%20Tommy-I%20Played%20A%20Trick%20On%20Santa%20Claus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfswq-LeE0ONYz-Y0-09meGBHpfC37TG1te1ZYIXsNSDBvuPds-9FDgNF3tr8-28vrmjOE0VtODMeEXj19UJa5oK3dH9qEjwybthDqSjG5v9dfAnIib7X4p1biKnqXKxkvI-zW6duzmfBPRj60gnCWgbHQ1oI9jVN_74gcQShSYnPQG8_SdtbcvQnr/w400-h400/Little%20Tommy-I%20Played%20A%20Trick%20On%20Santa%20Claus.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><a href="http://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2022/11/little-records.html" target="_blank"><b>Visit Ernie</b></a></span></div><span style="color: #202124;"><br /><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Speaking of novelty singles today Ernie offered a bit of a novelty post - eleven tracks by artists whose name begins with "Little". So we get everything from blues great <b>Little Milton</b>, bandleader <b>Little Bobby Rey</b> and a bunch of kid novelty acts with tracks like <b>Have a Gluey Christmas</b>, <b>A Oscar for Santa </b>and <b>Picture Of Mommy Twisting With Santa</b>. The <b>Little Milton</b> track is the best of the bunch with Rey and the "<b>Little Toodles</b>", a kid act that seems to have an older girl singer, also providing listenable fare.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzb-c9gmjDmlRmPc9NnLsY6xuOPsNFtgPGOgILGgApnntP2eid_4YNeLVbPY2v21RT4vnWwkoblorhkuaNzmt4w7ExEv4gDs09-eOfgZACfAL-jrOTdI-hNuVjZtweyyCQCTJVq8p_bhjRIfmFLS2Jf6yMl9aTB11g-lHNwQueAlq6vofxtZPr_oR7/s2429/Mary%20Skol-The%20Friendly%20Beasts%20At%20Jesus'%20Manger-Generic%20Sleeve-Front-Smaller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2429" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzb-c9gmjDmlRmPc9NnLsY6xuOPsNFtgPGOgILGgApnntP2eid_4YNeLVbPY2v21RT4vnWwkoblorhkuaNzmt4w7ExEv4gDs09-eOfgZACfAL-jrOTdI-hNuVjZtweyyCQCTJVq8p_bhjRIfmFLS2Jf6yMl9aTB11g-lHNwQueAlq6vofxtZPr_oR7/w395-h400/Mary%20Skol-The%20Friendly%20Beasts%20At%20Jesus'%20Manger-Generic%20Sleeve-Front-Smaller.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2022/11/at-sound-of-beep-part-3.html" target="_blank">Visit Ernie</a></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">More rare and wonderful finds from The Ernie-verse include a selection of holiday themed films strip soundtracks.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">They all have there own nostalgic charm, even without the accompanying visuals, though <b>Holidays - The Spirit of Christmas</b> from <b>Eye Gate House</b> is hampered by a particularly harsh beep to indicate when the teacher should move the strip along, making the terrible voice acting and on the nose storytelling where young Wendy visits Mr. Oldman, and old man, and Mr. Riches, a rich man, armed with holiday gifts.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A f</span></span><span style="color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ar more pleasant and professional sounding releases come from <b>Singer </b>featuring less brutal, and sometimes even lovely, cues. <b>The Beasts at Jesus' Manger </b>, <b>How We Got Our Christmas Customs</b>, <b>The Baby King</b> and the children's story <b>The Lollipop Dragon Helps Santa</b> are quaint, charming listens.</span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ernie also offers up a trio of excellent releases from<b> Cathedral Films</b> ; <b>The Story of Jesus - The Nativity</b> (two different versions) and <b>Stories for Christmas - The Christmas Donkey and Peter and the Hermit.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ12HvAj0Pr1EfxNsX1gyl4Og3HB8C18mZ0p3UPxkRyWMi3ceU7oXQdiU9jjdo5bb2jpSuPiMbuxFCdlZqxk3-_9fo26mWaRD2hw-e1g44y0bTYjY1Skyeb_Isb-PA-TLLOeEh3QX4OzgXqa5OA1wHlv9r6lWjGqVQ6oKrdZZx1mfP-T5NhwuE64m/s1216/Christmas%20Songs%20In%20Latin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1216" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ12HvAj0Pr1EfxNsX1gyl4Og3HB8C18mZ0p3UPxkRyWMi3ceU7oXQdiU9jjdo5bb2jpSuPiMbuxFCdlZqxk3-_9fo26mWaRD2hw-e1g44y0bTYjY1Skyeb_Isb-PA-TLLOeEh3QX4OzgXqa5OA1wHlv9r6lWjGqVQ6oKrdZZx1mfP-T5NhwuE64m/w400-h400/Christmas%20Songs%20In%20Latin.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #202124;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/2022/11/at-sound-of-beep-part-2.html" target="_blank">Visit Ernie</a></b></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'll finish off my Ernie's with another filmstrip release, though these play more like a regular album. </span><b style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christmas Songs in Latin</b><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><b style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christmas Songs in Spanish</b><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> featuring solo operatic performances. accompanied by Organ of various hymns and carols. An interesting one time listen. especially the Latin selections, but not much more. Still. A treat to have the chance to experience this all but forgotten Christmas media.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-15527500153097351862022-11-30T11:07:00.001-05:002022-11-30T11:07:08.005-05:00Yule Logged - Dead of Night, Scrooge (1935), The Abominable Snow Baby, A Christmas Gift, Carols from Kings, I'll Be Home for Christmas and more...<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2K7gSUsTgwgktspUA0D0ESIFsFxuKJF3TAgNlhyCqdDutv5-yAY07gSCBibMfgzWc7sahrlzGwxNt9CKagCoiK5YC1f9NiG1iU71Yyr48WmzQ__5-40chgRTBiIKMhbNodlabJY3Uwtq18YFnntUMe8EI-T0aeN67RW-ZuYgpFmjdVxmsWQmG3ql/s800/Dead-of-Night-1945-poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2K7gSUsTgwgktspUA0D0ESIFsFxuKJF3TAgNlhyCqdDutv5-yAY07gSCBibMfgzWc7sahrlzGwxNt9CKagCoiK5YC1f9NiG1iU71Yyr48WmzQ__5-40chgRTBiIKMhbNodlabJY3Uwtq18YFnntUMe8EI-T0aeN67RW-ZuYgpFmjdVxmsWQmG3ql/w270-h400/Dead-of-Night-1945-poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Dead of Night (The Christmas Party) (1945)</h2><p><br /></p><p>Started my black Friday with a quick rewatch of <b>The Christmas Party</b> segment of the classic horror anthology in which an innocent Christmas party game of sardines leads to an otherworldly encounter.</p><p>Over the years, I've warmed to the English tradition of ghost stories being part and parcel of the holiday season. I really dive into the spooky stuff after Christmas, as Winter's darkness takes hold,, but I do enjoy the occasional ghostly visitation as a palate cleanser to the more traditionally cheerful or sentimental holiday fare.</p><p>Also, I must note that while I enjoy a good ghost tale. I generally dislike Christmas-themed horror, with a few exceptions, such as <b>Black Christmas</b>, <b>Rare Exports</b>, and last year's <b>Le Calendrier.</b> I'm planning on finally watching Krampus this year; though I've owned a copy for a few years, I've never gotten around to watching it. Hopefully, it will join that select group.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2web5TIRA7YnTn1emFhhpN3FPm_EbhSVlEtqcengibcwjUEQhc-EKIXehAJeBspmqiNac97KDecKqCrOQczgWtO3BM07-X5BLvov28VFYx504tTbtLIXb6db9ml91N9RJq9DRZrXhmsZc9Pt4xoqsOb0rL4uY_uaYB-5WtwVGMEI8cTKYcy0f83D/s2048/p39663_p_v10_aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2web5TIRA7YnTn1emFhhpN3FPm_EbhSVlEtqcengibcwjUEQhc-EKIXehAJeBspmqiNac97KDecKqCrOQczgWtO3BM07-X5BLvov28VFYx504tTbtLIXb6db9ml91N9RJq9DRZrXhmsZc9Pt4xoqsOb0rL4uY_uaYB-5WtwVGMEI8cTKYcy0f83D/w300-h400/p39663_p_v10_aa.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">Scrooge (1935)</h2><p>Of course the most obvious Christmas ghost story is <b>Dicken's A Christmas Carol </b>though I don't really include it in that genre.</p><p><b>Seymour Hicks' </b>second go-round as the stingiest man in town, coming more than two decades after his appearance in 1913's silent <b>Scrooge (aka Old Scrooge)</b>. </p><p>Hicks was a fine actor in his time and an important figure in the history of English theater, but his Scrooge is underwhelming in this stage melodrama.</p><p>Scrooge is a bit creaky but as it's the very first sound version, that's to be somewhat expected. For a change I decided to watch a "fully restored and colorized" version that sadly added nothing of value to the experience. As vintage adaptations go, it's lower tier; while it has its moments, it doesn't really have any high points.</p><p>Interestingly, according to Letterbxd the invisible ghost of<b> Jacob Marley</b> was voiced by <b>The Invisible Man</b> himself, <b>Claude Rains</b>.</p><p>Though I happily watch multiple versions of <b>A Christmas Carol</b> year in, and year out, I seldom revisit this iteration. Recommend for Carol completions and old movie buffs only.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUHGpAongZ6y3bmNXFrPgVSX7as_ZhC8ov4E0TqG8sqySC_VelOc3p4GeBicxkGbRVV26wWRJ0OkwXsweDKFgLRCqeWDrjpsHoRxBsmKDb_Quzi4OCp4QVpFznc01br25zOzWfOgUyjrmc2I4T2-7DedaK63BDp3auD_iPayKwlMVuN6KhDiPacdL/s1920/The-Abominable-Snow-Baby.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUHGpAongZ6y3bmNXFrPgVSX7as_ZhC8ov4E0TqG8sqySC_VelOc3p4GeBicxkGbRVV26wWRJ0OkwXsweDKFgLRCqeWDrjpsHoRxBsmKDb_Quzi4OCp4QVpFznc01br25zOzWfOgUyjrmc2I4T2-7DedaK63BDp3auD_iPayKwlMVuN6KhDiPacdL/w400-h225/The-Abominable-Snow-Baby.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Abominable Snow Baby (2021)</h2><p><br /></p><p><b>The Abominable Snow Baby</b> is a bit of a horror tale itself. Not just because of the titular creature but because it opens with an apocalyptic event that's played for laughs, though it doesn't deserve any. Based on a story by the wonderful <b>Terry Pratchett</b>, yet mostly devoid of the wit and ingenuity of any other Pratchett I've encountered, and I've read most of his work over the years.</p><p>A perfectly acceptable kid's special but nothing more than that.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwmK_UDTwF4jGIrcvs9-5Nj7lZnP53pMZhIFXy8Jcifp4oKPc3JwegjjKe1EU4XmTpe7ui3REpYU86qOg7UwsbkyP7jP5GKZZ7kBVPc5IrsHWBt6C_WoDRo1D6EhfeTg7jousG1-nd87yt74wQiajrtBoeqBocFe1X3ep6GUFDLEDFoOUjkgKKdV9/s740/image-w1280.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="740" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwmK_UDTwF4jGIrcvs9-5Nj7lZnP53pMZhIFXy8Jcifp4oKPc3JwegjjKe1EU4XmTpe7ui3REpYU86qOg7UwsbkyP7jP5GKZZ7kBVPc5IrsHWBt6C_WoDRo1D6EhfeTg7jousG1-nd87yt74wQiajrtBoeqBocFe1X3ep6GUFDLEDFoOUjkgKKdV9/w400-h225/image-w1280.webp" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Christmas Gift (1980)</h2><p><br /></p><p>Obvious sentimental Christmas short from <b>Will Vinton</b>. I'm not a huge fan of <b>Claymation</b>; I find it to be very much of the Uncanny Valley and while I appreciate the exceptional craft and talent behind it, the finished product just doesn't affect me as the film intends it to. If this isn't an issue for you, though, I highly recommend checking it out.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wxaLyJ5G4zM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">Carols from Kings (2021)</h2><p>Perfect background watching /listening material. Always lovely and exceptionally well-produced.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wE6qdypK1a4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">The Red Green Show - Snowed In (2002)</h2><p>Next I caught <b>Snowed In</b>. a winter episode of <b>The Red Green Show,</b> which is another type of palate cleanser thing during the holiday season, sometimes watching a frosty themed show can break up the festive monotony without totally breaking the mood. Santa Claus does get a mention though, plus, technically, Red (&) Green is always pretty festive by default.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSs2vl--nNLOuN4YwTDzOMr5O2JQyQB-yVbqv8ZQvWChdGOGK3Aau8u1nHNrHA6SO80R7y4KfhKPwOsf4Qpjd2utBAJ5OpkLCBzGXJOA7mQdGXp07b2E8l2XnLnOq6seeDz1yLxUCfJsLlO8CnSO_WKC6g_h2p2aYdd7m0xTvz7J2ZpRfiqnpsNrR/s720/a-christmas-solo-movie-1920x1080-1-720x720.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSs2vl--nNLOuN4YwTDzOMr5O2JQyQB-yVbqv8ZQvWChdGOGK3Aau8u1nHNrHA6SO80R7y4KfhKPwOsf4Qpjd2utBAJ5OpkLCBzGXJOA7mQdGXp07b2E8l2XnLnOq6seeDz1yLxUCfJsLlO8CnSO_WKC6g_h2p2aYdd7m0xTvz7J2ZpRfiqnpsNrR/w400-h400/a-christmas-solo-movie-1920x1080-1-720x720.webp" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Solo (2017)</h2><p>A pair of High School choristers rivalry leads to romantic complications for their single parents in this merely competent effort from 2017.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjximKyxEgMsqjU3cD_TT1m9fM7R5pa9BteC9gEuZl8zX1TyflaLJejF6C8EWT-lLdoVHfNteX78ox5EiE-_PDoziYlCkFAJ3WNGlfUwq95Q0I2iR5T4WBa1Q00RI5MlNxytEPDLISAyufxBJ_GC_6BMjm6ubjBvCFZCi0Wdd2Gxh61HDi469fwY3Pq/s425/ill-be-home-for-christmas-1997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjximKyxEgMsqjU3cD_TT1m9fM7R5pa9BteC9gEuZl8zX1TyflaLJejF6C8EWT-lLdoVHfNteX78ox5EiE-_PDoziYlCkFAJ3WNGlfUwq95Q0I2iR5T4WBa1Q00RI5MlNxytEPDLISAyufxBJ_GC_6BMjm6ubjBvCFZCi0Wdd2Gxh61HDi469fwY3Pq/w283-h400/ill-be-home-for-christmas-1997.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">I'll Be Home for Christmas (1997)</h2><p><b>Ann Jillian, Robert Hayes</b> and <b>Jack Palance</b> star in this small town Christmas romance. It's a charming little flick with the bonus of <b>Corner Gas's Eric Peterson</b> sporting some long luscious locks. And it's better than every Hallmarked product I've seen so far this year, despite being just as cliché driven as any of them.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj81PI2ymU9hX8Id58OLN9n36UBYfQpBOHWmpkBoDI25gl5aprYFBkq-VNN-_QNUHPhnmeh5fzR3oixDz_O9eLQntxrlZ6erIFcLKw6HSfXBGEdwU00OLUKsu-o1ZgnNuD_06DSZqV2tw741ICqE7zlo7pKPZ1v8kWo2ihAj77TJVq7lWtUIeDWyJB/s232/vlcsnap-2022-11-30-10h48m56s533.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="232" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj81PI2ymU9hX8Id58OLN9n36UBYfQpBOHWmpkBoDI25gl5aprYFBkq-VNN-_QNUHPhnmeh5fzR3oixDz_O9eLQntxrlZ6erIFcLKw6HSfXBGEdwU00OLUKsu-o1ZgnNuD_06DSZqV2tw741ICqE7zlo7pKPZ1v8kWo2ihAj77TJVq7lWtUIeDWyJB/w400-h267/vlcsnap-2022-11-30-10h48m56s533.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">London Burning - Ding Dong Merrily (1988)</span></h2><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solid Christmas set episode of British fire brigade soap. I remember watching London Burning back in my UK tape trading days and though I only dimly recalled the characters it was easy to pick things up and enjoy the show.</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_pLXrFJ2z8Q" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Paramount Mountain Holiday Campfire (2021)</span></span></h2><p><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;">I'm a bit of a yule log aficionado so I was pleased to see Paramount Plus had added one to their streaming service - <b>Paramount Mountain Holiday Campfire </b>- and it's fine. Not much holiday going on and really it's at about the level of an above average YouTube ambience channel. But it's fine.
</span></span></p><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-20496499845288920472022-11-29T12:32:00.002-05:002022-11-29T12:39:53.913-05:00New Christmas Releases from Elton John, David Foster & Katherine McPhee, Loreena McKennitt, Sissel, Ellie Holcomb, Hush Kids, A Very Yinzer Christmas and more...<p> </p><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbA36bRpEshpRLyNnrGEdzFpf2TyK1jY-XuIGGngwGLsOwVHLTx1yHkA8FNLdaEf84rqMakbOMItBrSEEXLOoAxHRo-S0bE6tQZCU-K3hdV2zv6biv4f2y6iadzPjx5GF2Bvf1k3vFXz4Ymq--CRR-KfSIU6sZYHQI6xkAwIXtbxd383S8UmNcsfRA/s474/OIP%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nice enough mini album with highlights being the energetic take on Santa Claus is Coming to Town and a terrific big band-ified Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (the </span></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">arrangement is such fun ill forgive McPhee's cringe shout out to Rudolph at the very end.)</span></blockquote><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6TrBZsEdcM4SiIAiEEZJbJ?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Under a Winters Moon (Live at Knox Church,Stratford,Ontario/ 2021)<br />Loreena McKennitt</h2><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">McKennitt's voice is as transcendent as ever on this live recording which combines traditional hymns and carols with relevant readings including <b>Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales</b>. A lovely performance best <i>listened to</i> rather than relegated to background duty.</p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Recommend </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0LpJihfyyiw5co8WS9NklT?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Winter Morning <br />Sissel</h2><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><blockquote>Another ephemeral voice is heard from on this 7 track offering from <b>Sissel </b>joined by <b>The Tabernacle Choir. </b></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote><b>Recommended</b></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6ZsYYeyBnM93AI6SKREsvB?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Ellie Holcomb<br />Sing : Christmas Songs</h2><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Nice mix of both praise and Christmas songs (sacred and secular).</p><p style="text-align: left;">Recommend </p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4pkZIHysqjrPBgCJw48SnW?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Miracle in a Manger. <br />Jason Crabb</h2><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Fine collection if mostly familiar tracks from Christian artist Crabb</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Recommend </b></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4lCduOiVpnPIA1CuGn8WgY?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2>A Very Yinzer Christmas</h2><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">Pittsburgh area regional compilation. sporting a generous 26 tracks. Not too many familiar names for those of us not immersed in the Pittsburgh scene, I'm only familiar with a few; <b>Donnie Iris, Norman Nardin</b>i and <b>Joe Grushecky</b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Compilations of this sort are often seriously hit and miss but,<b> A Very Yinzer Christmas</b> maintains a steady level of average to above average songs, As I was listening and starting to formulate my review in my mind i wanted to note the rare accomplishment of not having a bad track in the bunch. That thought persisted right up until I hit the last few tracks. At least whoever programmed the album had similar taste to mine and hid the significantly less successful cuts at the back</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0IsybbfvJ5xxSoejfPqgYk?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div></div><p> </p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Step Into Christmas<br />Elton John</h2><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>5 track digital ep collecting the solid title single, the fun to hear once or twice a year novelty track H<b>o! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be a Turkey at Christmas?)</b> , the earlier, inessential, <b>Joss Stone</b> duet <b>Calling it Christmas</b> and two other songs I don't consider Christmas. </blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6qXYjhnacPdM4QT0aYrFuJ?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Christmas from Ireland</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anuna</div></h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Lovely Celtic choral crossover .</p><div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6mUHYyj6tKLN5EwgPDQxgH?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><h1>Singles</h1><div><br /></div><h2> All I Want for Christmas is You / It's Christmas - Hush Kids</h2><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>A decent subdued take on "<b>All I Want</b>" does as much as it can with the source material. The flip, the Hush Kids original <b>It’s Christmas</b> is far more affecting and a lovely Christmas song.</blockquote><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6stDo8b4EYNFZCPn0vESRz?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Wrapped up in a Bow - Jamie Fine</h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">The vocal styling here are nit for me and the song isn't strong enough to transcend them</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/2rZPw3dfHEcCGGYanVJS4k?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="40%"></iframe></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> L<span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ast Christmas / Winter Wonderland - Remi Wolf</span></h2><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I honestly have no context for contemporary artists like this, many millions of listens but I've never come across them before. Is this single terrible, no, especially the go at <b>Last Christmas</b> but I don't imagine I'll ever want to hear it again.</span><p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4UvWqFOHO52TlLLEANkeqr?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="40%"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Driving Home for Christmas - Tom Grennan</span></h2><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"></span></div></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Overwrought take on </span><b style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Chris Rea'</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">s classic. Not bad but a bit much.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/0yCuAztZbBfa3eg2fRaxyl?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because It’s Christmas - Peter Cincotti</span></h2><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><blockquote>Solid, catchy pop jazz original.</blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="352" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/2bnCUBgmqbirSSyUWiK1jw?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe> </p></span></div></span></div></div><p></p><p></p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.1px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p></p>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-62205933870954355232022-11-25T10:37:00.002-05:002022-11-25T10:37:18.277-05:00 Kenny And Corky - Nuttin' For Christmas / Suzy Snowflake <p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 14px;"> Kenny And Corky - Nuttin' For Christmas / Suzy Snowflake </span></h1><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHRM6TUS2nTyKIw-DtBeCvxUFrwYmfHHr9tygJzI_9VycyX9u8kqE6lGPoPQ-WL_0prsGY4c5KWaJOzZAT2rzWddKYQvZE4Rmrz--_ktqy2DIPdbuo0V5Kf5zTLK3mMPfTSjqeVgYp9mj0EDek7WMgiVr2i93uyFgkrtnSg8CzEcQfbUfFzGRNjFu/s750/45cat%20-%20Kenny%20And%20Corky%20-%20Nuttin'%20For%20Christmas%20_%20Suzy%20Snowflake%20-%20Bigtop%20-%20USA%20-%2045-3031.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u0bGIBdEjxg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-12620958376246118192022-11-25T08:42:00.000-05:002022-11-25T08:42:16.352-05:00Vintage Christmas Music YouTube Jukebox Day Three<p> </p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">Poppy The Puppy - Gene Autry</yt-formatted-string></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gy63bclDD88" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Grandfather Kringle - Burl Ives </h2><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YEuguHkhjzo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Snow Coach - Russ Conway</h2><p style="text-align: center;">,<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P5qp4ZNMmHk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">Santa's A Hippie - Don Sneed & Co.</yt-formatted-string></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vz1dUpvj7Yk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></yt-formatted-string></div><div style="text-align: center;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><br /></yt-formatted-string></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">Santa You're A Hippie -</yt-formatted-string> Gus Schwartz </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROZ-cFa3-Ro" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"> A Marshmallow World = Bing Crosby</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uAZx_tww7mc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Santa Claus, Jr. ~ Eddie Cletro with The Frontiersmen</h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iTnYcAr1vOo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">White Christmas - The Ravens </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zG_kpI-sBxA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">Santa Claus Baby - The Voices</yt-formatted-string></h2><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><br /></yt-formatted-string></div><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sKEiUnMxaUw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></yt-formatted-string></div><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><br /></yt-formatted-string></div><h2><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""> Christmas Dinner -</yt-formatted-string> Ralph Emery</h2><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4EI-rBVk9wY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-67676689110344233212022-11-25T07:45:00.001-05:002022-11-25T08:09:01.019-05:00Disney Jingle Bells Book and Record Read-Alongs 1976 & 1987<p> </p><p><b>Here are two entirely different Disney Book and Record Read-Alongs titled Jingle Bells...</b></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Jingle Bells | 1976 Little Golden Book & Record </h2><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; 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This is a charming and fun collection and about as poppy as I can take. The originals hold up really well among the more familiar fare.</p><p><b>Recommended</b></p></blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2VK0Dal7Vb0Piz7d9mnlPo?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">O Holy Night: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square</h2><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4p0SQ6KNd6ietLC3SFZ0RU?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Wish You the Best for Xmas</h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">Per Gessle / PG Roxette</h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Swedish pop legend <b>Per Gessle</b> (<b>Gyllene Tider, Roxette</b>) offers this four track holiday Single/EP (it’s really two songs plus two instrumental versions of those songs).Catchy europop,</p><p><b>Recommended</b></p></blockquote><p><b></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7dH11unJ2G9ID6ys7krvqO?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Purple Hawaiian Christmas</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kalani Pe’a</div></h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Perfectly pleasant, if fairly generic holiday offering elevated by a warm layer of Polynesian flavor. If you like that sort of thing, you’ll like this sort of thing.</p><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/2mRuhcdPu9afdbNmQio4ex?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Xmas</div><div style="text-align: center;">Michela Anne</div></h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Four track EP limited by its choice of four massively over-covered songs that should IMHO, just be left alone if you don't have something exceptional to add to them. Outside of a slightly better than average take on <b>Last Christmas</b> nothing here really stands out. Most of the tracks are fine but do nothing to justify listening to them as opposed to the existing iconic versions. It doesn't help that they include one of my least favorite Xmas songs, and a song so generic that only its original version is worth listening to. Plus, I already have a handful of amazing versions of <b>River</b> to choose from. <b>Michela Anne’</b>s take on the one song that can survive incessant cloning, <b>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,</b> is…fine.</p><p></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote><p>Fans of the artist will enjoy this, no doubt.</p><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/4rsrvPc1NDWfvYWZIQGbYb?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">A Living Room Christmas</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lunar Vacation</div></h2><p>Three track single/EP that at least tries to salvage their uninspired choice of covering <b>Last Christmas</b> by making it fairly unique, fairly. I’m guessing whoever wrote the Spotify Christmas algorithm was a big Wham fan, what else would explain the glut of these covers?) The other two tracks include a a slightly left field take on <b>Skating</b> and a surprisingly recent cover choice <b>Norah Jones’ Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones).</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1T6dFnGqYWcZpnQbWgumWm?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></b></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas in the Car</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blane Howard</div></h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Solid country release with a nice mix of familiar tunes with fresh arrangement plus an excellent new song. There are a couple of tracks that aren’t all they might have been, a tepid take on <b>The Christmas Song</b>, for example., but a generally enjoyable effort.</p></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p><b>Recommended</b></p><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/7FglOyXuXLnbkoeqjEvbeb?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas Night with You</div><div style="text-align: center;">Straight No Chaser</div></h2><p></p><blockquote>One great thing, or maybe not so great, depending,, about the Christmas music scene is that it turns would be one hit wonders into perennial chart hitters. If Straight, No Chasers’ claim to fame had been a clever cover of almost anything other than a Christmas song they would be novelty, with a small n, act. Luckily for them it led to a seasonal windfall, (not to the same extent of say Pentatonix, but still…) sadly it leads to abysmal tracks like this one being forced upon us at holiday time. Unlistenable.</blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/6Sq3zZIxUkBgHTQS8YooAQ?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">We’re Home for Christmas</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our distant worlds</div></h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Minimal solo piano arrangements that barely register even as background music. </p><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0ne2v4nlcqGxX9BdEONxcY?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus</div><div style="text-align: center;">Diego de Galdeano</div></h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Another low effort solo piano EP tailor made for Spotify “Relax” “Peaceful” “Calm” playlists.</p><p></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" loading="lazy" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/5MaXMlmiT3f2wZ5oqYKebv?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="50%"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas Time (Is Here Again)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spoon</div></h2><p></p><blockquote><p>Faithful cover of the <b>Beatles</b> Christmas tune, so barely listenable</p><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=1669558350/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 42px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://spoontheband.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-time-is-here-again">Christmas Time (Is Here Again) by Spoon</a></iframe>
</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-39898235458675012852022-11-15T13:29:00.000-05:002022-11-15T13:29:08.783-05:00Ordeal by Hallmark (Part 2) My Grown Up Christmas List, A Maple Valley Christmas, Well Suited for Christmas, All Saints Christmas and more...<p> </p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>I feel slightly guilty that I'm not including my recent viewing of the <b>Lindsey Lohan</b> rom-com <b>Falling For Christmas</b> here. Not because it was a Netflix Original, Netflix is more than capable of turning out junky Christmas flicks, but because it was a pretty good movie. And, I mean :movie" as opposed to Hallmarkesque inspired holiday product consume repeat consume repeat. So, if you want to accuse me of putting my thumb on the scale by omitting a much better than average film from my ordeal - fair enough.</i></p><p></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">My Grown Up Christmas List</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5plrwV0x78KY0wngy8sZukdZi7B3dyGJjpRPH2u3rfq0ifoG2nBePZ9vlrwf6qfLUKfqMq2C0SF8szY-_aZidpsc6PNTzpjdztKQO_qA4xg_Ofh4mXcj9SsKQfBQqj5XT5khOluMX13WALzjEa4lpZ-wRUJkdOIryIDpQiKyRSXj6c3DwqNizMbMG/s474/OIP%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="474" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5plrwV0x78KY0wngy8sZukdZi7B3dyGJjpRPH2u3rfq0ifoG2nBePZ9vlrwf6qfLUKfqMq2C0SF8szY-_aZidpsc6PNTzpjdztKQO_qA4xg_Ofh4mXcj9SsKQfBQqj5XT5khOluMX13WALzjEa4lpZ-wRUJkdOIryIDpQiKyRSXj6c3DwqNizMbMG/w400-h230/OIP%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><blockquote><p>Inoffensive but dull trifle that a few years ago would have been considered a weak effort but nowadays it’s solidly middle of the road. It tries to do something a bit more interesting with time jumps but I've already forgotten most of what happens in the film.</p><p></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">A Maple Valley Christmas </h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_y50aRbiA6-m4hCCsQ4jBAITG57zPw_PMTM0IJKa21zK4Y15iU-vnRuhMDCNTCJCVo8rDYnUPX7ZOk82EvfAHB_hVy0q88DzrGr4ughqroRWLcs8QGuCQe_Qh5ZEbotDMkcXM54sfomQeRxXmWQWNLqq4A1fkVJ0EVP0HVA-gWMls-gcLKCU692D/s780/AMapleValleyChristmas_0155_RT.jpg-e1667599720481.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="780" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_y50aRbiA6-m4hCCsQ4jBAITG57zPw_PMTM0IJKa21zK4Y15iU-vnRuhMDCNTCJCVo8rDYnUPX7ZOk82EvfAHB_hVy0q88DzrGr4ughqroRWLcs8QGuCQe_Qh5ZEbotDMkcXM54sfomQeRxXmWQWNLqq4A1fkVJ0EVP0HVA-gWMls-gcLKCU692D/w400-h225/AMapleValleyChristmas_0155_RT.jpg-e1667599720481.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><blockquote><p>Epic drama set in the rough and tumble world of a family Montana Maple Syrup Barons, it's basically <b>Yellowstone</b> with pancakes. Well, not really, I wish it was though. Instead we get a pedestrian real estate McGuffin driven romcomdram.</p><p>Though<b> Hallmark</b> are the ne plus ultra of these types of festive fodder they're clearly not the only ones peddling quickie Christmas pix this time of year so, let's move on with a couple of offerings from <b>Lifetime - Television for Women</b>...</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b>Well Suited for Christmas </b></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNL91Zaaj_mXRC-70hWfPWu7J9Cl3dOqo3-UJFa8iqQkUrZcA9T7Flf1h7GanWMVBBRvcpuxI9zww8oMdCuHwxUFc-omLO9Ln_XvC7Vw6-2C6DYH-mV2QwVkQoDGlR06rNPQhk28q2kH2OZVKBcWfXPBdGIoaJoXtaFhFxbAMUbiRo_P3DvA9xpFG/s702/OIP%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNL91Zaaj_mXRC-70hWfPWu7J9Cl3dOqo3-UJFa8iqQkUrZcA9T7Flf1h7GanWMVBBRvcpuxI9zww8oMdCuHwxUFc-omLO9Ln_XvC7Vw6-2C6DYH-mV2QwVkQoDGlR06rNPQhk28q2kH2OZVKBcWfXPBdGIoaJoXtaFhFxbAMUbiRo_P3DvA9xpFG/w270-h400/OIP%20(1).jpg" width="270" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>My first <b>Lifetime</b> flick of the season combines my favorite time of year with the world of high fashion, something I literally care nothing about. Despite my antipathy towards the films McGuffin, a bachelor tuxedo design contest, the film wasn’t terrible. It was certainly a step up from <b>My Grown Up Christmas List</b>, if only a small step, though it felt as if the Christmas aspect was merely an afterthought.</blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Merry Swissmas</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQYSAQ9_U2_qJ5FKAvese5xifp-3p-XYnmuJmBvpcZZYS8bXC8ZgF6hnbeEC3Pj2FKTyOPy6n3p6a3YwdXQ0UVh8HSvPp85gDrARkj2km8RUd_IgVmM05NfHgD6H2i94j-A5Iu-AZBFLj-oRAakF6hU2NXqyXJaxOQgAzvRWHoP1RwivtopdzMeBE/s474/OIF%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="474" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQYSAQ9_U2_qJ5FKAvese5xifp-3p-XYnmuJmBvpcZZYS8bXC8ZgF6hnbeEC3Pj2FKTyOPy6n3p6a3YwdXQ0UVh8HSvPp85gDrARkj2km8RUd_IgVmM05NfHgD6H2i94j-A5Iu-AZBFLj-oRAakF6hU2NXqyXJaxOQgAzvRWHoP1RwivtopdzMeBE/w400-h225/OIF%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><blockquote>Another <b>Lifetime</b> movie, this one starring <b>Jodie Sweetin</b> as an architect whose Mom owns a Swiss inn , in the Swiss quarter of British Columbia apparently, and nothing interesting or charming happens. It’s too bad because it had a promising premise. This one was a definite step down even from MGUCL. In last place so far.</blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Back to Hallmark </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">All Saints Christmas</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gYA42J6gUEnbloyZJR0bS3dXkerjIajs2avqYsqQSV3qnpG087AmWo5WkuSEOSgiCIZLWZz-4VCn6o3fqyuKttz0NCNh6MCo70W04uCDPFEHYX6NR06sTYIDK_FepwxhlLF4KJehA7BF9T6T4lPHkrZrHSmlG8gtoQddSoGmqbWWPVNC3meEr4OV/s780/AllSaintsChristmas_0195_RT_RV1.jpg-e1667600873830.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="780" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gYA42J6gUEnbloyZJR0bS3dXkerjIajs2avqYsqQSV3qnpG087AmWo5WkuSEOSgiCIZLWZz-4VCn6o3fqyuKttz0NCNh6MCo70W04uCDPFEHYX6NR06sTYIDK_FepwxhlLF4KJehA7BF9T6T4lPHkrZrHSmlG8gtoQddSoGmqbWWPVNC3meEr4OV/w400-h225/AllSaintsChristmas_0195_RT_RV1.jpg-e1667600873830.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote><p>Not a holiday musical starring 90's girl group <b>All Saints</b> (which is probably a good thing ?), but it is set in some fictional music industry where huge stars can browse Christmas markets on their own and their albums go "double gold".</p><p>Pretty good New Orleans set rom-com, definitely above average thanks to a snappy script and some solid performances from the leads. I sort of enjoyed it.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas on Mistletoe Lake</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqzFRpXyGQKWcC8zvtIEWLWKLja4ladz0gmi7vtUdswwz3bfq9CdvBaRODBfKKByqyiOjzAn9LiZQGzXT1k5NEfo4p3qwa4LILUg4v_x_9OLlMEACjz6h9AMcrR6HpMShmXyS2RuMhRf8K0CWGkFc2XR5-VcYXHmnFNn0MSspDtie-ykkzU7MruWH/s474/OIF%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="474" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqzFRpXyGQKWcC8zvtIEWLWKLja4ladz0gmi7vtUdswwz3bfq9CdvBaRODBfKKByqyiOjzAn9LiZQGzXT1k5NEfo4p3qwa4LILUg4v_x_9OLlMEACjz6h9AMcrR6HpMShmXyS2RuMhRf8K0CWGkFc2XR5-VcYXHmnFNn0MSspDtie-ykkzU7MruWH/w400-h208/OIF%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><blockquote><p>While <b>All Saints Christmas</b> buffeted my sails a bit but <b>Christmas on Mistletoe Lake</b> was like hitting a dead calm.</p><p>Meh but not terrible holiday filler. I've already forgotten it, which is becoming a bit of a theme here. FWIW, I can still recall loads of scenes, snippets of dialogue and major plot points and superior performances from a bunch of Christmas movies from the last few years that I've only seen once and yet the vast majority of these films slide of my brain like it's been coated in Teflon .</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">In Merry Measure </h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklXe4VqYybwZ5Z2ufsR8J3bJi3q02VPrfcvqf4Nwm2DvKDEAZtgPBZ_kOcyARoZNtswBi5vK3uI2Z6m9x45LOzx2gBHFYPlwyUn0Fu--pR2Mh1WWNmNIsfEFb3LbUSWEQPniOgZD_-K_Ol0oCgEZ-4a42W5Nxt_h3Hv4NyNy_OhD8cp27pYoxGo1L/s768/InMerryMeasure_0151_RT_RV1.jpg-768x390.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="768" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklXe4VqYybwZ5Z2ufsR8J3bJi3q02VPrfcvqf4Nwm2DvKDEAZtgPBZ_kOcyARoZNtswBi5vK3uI2Z6m9x45LOzx2gBHFYPlwyUn0Fu--pR2Mh1WWNmNIsfEFb3LbUSWEQPniOgZD_-K_Ol0oCgEZ-4a42W5Nxt_h3Hv4NyNy_OhD8cp27pYoxGo1L/w400-h204/InMerryMeasure_0151_RT_RV1.jpg-768x390.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><blockquote>In which a group of seemingly sentient mannequins act out a dull and predictable story about a a high school singing competition. The “actors” are surprisingly lifelike, with little of the uncanny valley effect you usually see with this technology, though the supporting characters are still stock royalty free NPCs . Sadly the AI scriptwriting app has produced a weaker than usual story and In Merry Measure doesn’t measure up to much at all in the end.</blockquote><p></p><p><i></i></p><p> </p><blockquote><p><i>Before we get to the current standings I want to stress that, while I have a general disdain for these films, it's absolutely not the actors or the crews that I dislike, it's the cynical assembly line corporate product churn that grinds my gears. Just as I think the fans of these films are lovely people who just want to settle into some cozy comfort viewing, I'm sure the bulk of the people on the screen and behind the scenes are doing the best they can with what they've been given and what little seems to be expected of them.</i></p><p><i>I don't hate the players, only the way the game is being played.</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><blockquote><p>So, this time most of the films fell into the "<b>Meh</b>" category with only one <b>Watchable</b>, meaning if I had to rewatch it I could, if I had to. The good news is only one fell to the newly renamed <b>Unrewatchable</b> ranking. I've switched to a softer definition of "I would walk out of the room, and maybe the building, if the alternative was having to watch t again". </p><p>I've also added a new ranking, the <b>Worth Rewatching</b>. So far only Netflix's <b>Falling For Christmas</b> would have qualified, but since I reviewed it in my Yule Blogged series instead I'm not sure I should include it.</p></blockquote><p></p><p> </p><p><i></i></p><p><b>The Watchables</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>All Saints Christmas</li><li>Ghost of Christmas Always</li><li>A Kismet Christmas</li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Mehs</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Christmas on Mistletoe Lake</li><li>Jolly Good Christmas</li><li>Merry Swissmas</li><li>My Grown Up Christmas List</li><li>Well suited for Christmas </li></ul><p></p><div><br /></div><p><b>The Unrewatchables</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Catering Christmas</li><li>Christmas Bedtime Stories</li><li>Destined at Christmas</li><li>In Merry Measure </li><li>Noel Next Door</li><li>We Wish You a Married Christmas</li></ul><p></p>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021152106988507148.post-58485966526622115942022-11-15T12:10:00.000-05:002022-11-15T12:10:48.396-05:00Vintage Christmas Music YouTube Jukebox Day Two<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;">Vintage Christmas Music YouTube Jukebox Day Two</h1><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf0Ge4XtdmdvCp7l-zFswuQcqjRcTmWeb" target="_blank">Complete YouTube Playlist Here</a></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas ~ Phil Reed (1947) </h2><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shO7D6uc3_E" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Rita Faye - I Fell Out Of A Christmas Tree </h2><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m_W30t4SnK4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> ROCK N ROLL POLY SANTA CLAUS - LILLIAN BRIGGS </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qeHYyRvKi1M" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Jingle Rock · Tommy Lee & The Orbits</h2><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C21LHANLLmc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Camarata Chorus Jungle Tree </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f-j7gRcCBqA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Ralph Emery Christmas Can't Be Far Away </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GeiJVBWz12E" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Mike Sammes Singers - Deck The Halls </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nc4y2dmWdHE" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Billy Beau - Santa's Coffee </h2><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAoS4Fu4S84" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Little Angels – “I’ll Be A Little Angel” (Warwick) 1961 </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jbJxz18vB-s" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Look Out The Window (The Winter Song) (1951) - The Heartbeats </h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NES5BIQlWn8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>swohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03908900937905223672noreply@blogger.com