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 Posted - Dec 04 2019 : 08:24:28
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I know this is late. Honestly, I wasn't convinced I still had it in me. Finding interesting things to write about is getting to be difficult by the 5th year. I started it a few days ago and found I'd duplicated things from past years.
Another benefit of starting late is that there are fewer days to fill...
Are you filled with the Christmas spirit yet? 
So, without further ado ...
Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel, as performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
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Posted - Dec 04 2019 : 16:15:02
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I'm amazed with your creativity in writing. I have zero idea where you come up with all the stuff you do... it would take me hours looking up crap on the Interwebs… and then I would have to figure out what I wanted to say about it...
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Knowledge is power... has been since time eternal. Arcane knowledge is thereby ultimate power and can
therefore lead to ultimate corruption. Wisdom (and the experience that comes with age) is a serum for corruption.
Perhaps that is why there are so many Old Men with Arcane knowledge and so few young ones...
Arcane OMO - Circa 2001
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Posted - Dec 05 2019 : 06:45:36
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Thanks
Johnny Marks was an American songwriter, who although Jewish, wrote many of the Christmas standards we hear today. His songs include Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, A Holly Jolly Christmas, Silver and Gold (pretty much all of the music for the Rudolph TV special) and I Heard Bells on Christmas.
But the feature of this post is his song, Run, Run Rudolph, which Chuck Berry recorded in 1958. (A fine year! I must say...)
Berry re-purposed the melody the next year with his own Little Queenie.
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Posted - Dec 06 2019 : 08:41:47
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Well well that's some interesting trivia indeed. Love Chuck!
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Posted - Dec 06 2019 : 15:40:08
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"It is entirely up to the US what Christmas gift it will select to get."
With current events as they are ... well, this seemed appropriate.
Crhistmas at Ground Zero
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Posted - Dec 06 2019 : 16:07:49
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Gota love Weird Al.
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Novus Ordo Seclorum
Knowledge is power... has been since time eternal. Arcane knowledge is thereby ultimate power and can
therefore lead to ultimate corruption. Wisdom (and the experience that comes with age) is a serum for corruption.
Perhaps that is why there are so many Old Men with Arcane knowledge and so few young ones...
Arcane OMO - Circa 2001
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Posted - Dec 07 2019 : 06:44:57
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There's still time, but you might want to start this weekend.
Weihnachtsstollen or Christstollen (Christmas Stollen, if you speak English) is traditional German Christmas desert bread full of nuts and dried fruit and covered with powdered sugar (to resemble snow). It also features a characteristic ridge down the middle.
Initially, the bread was rather bland since, due to the Advent fast, the use of butter wasn't permitted. Prince Elector Ernst of Saxony petitioned the Pope to be permitted to use butter and was initially turned down. Eventually Pope Innocent VIII allowed the use of butter in what has become known as "the Butter letter" in 1490, but only for the Prince Elector, his family and his household.
Dresden has become known for its stollen and annual Stollen Festival, each year culminating in baking and enormous stollen, which requires a 5 feet long knife to cut.
It's not a difficult recipe to prepare, but it is time consuming. The longest step, which may be optional is a two week settling time to allow the flavors to blend.
Want to try to make one?
Here's a recipe.
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Posted - Dec 08 2019 : 17:05:46
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This one is for Pace ... wherever he might be.
Although I've never lived North of the Mason-Dixon Line, I don't really consider myself a Southerner. Maybe it's because I only live a few miles South of it. Regardless I know a few Southerners and appreciate Southern "culture".
So, here's Twas the Southern Night Before Christmas.
And to Pace, I hope the fish are bitin' and the wind's blowin' the direction you want to go. Bless your heart. 
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Posted - Dec 09 2019 : 17:56:32
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Come on slacker... it's already the 10th
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Posted - Dec 10 2019 : 06:21:58
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I was going to respond with a "Bite me, doughboy", then I thought f@#k it, it's Christmas, I should be more cordial.
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia."
Charles M. Schulz
Now, onto today's post...
As Christmas approaches, time starts feeling short and shopping crowds can get unruly. Occasionally, things escalate ...
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Posted - Dec 12 2019 : 07:29:54
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George Fridric Handel (1685-1759), was a German composer, who, in 1741, composed the English language oratorio, Messiah. It was first performed in Dublin on April 4, 1742. Handel had been living in England since 1712 and, initially, composed most of his works in Italian. In response to public taste, he began composing works in English around 1730.
Messiah was originally written as a modest work, but has since been adapted to larger and larger scale performances. It is an oratorio in three parts and recounts the story of Jesus from prophecy of His birth until His death and resurrection through the first tow parts. Part 3 addresses the significance of Jesus' and the grace offered by His life to mankind.
Interestingly, the most well-known part of Messiah is actually within the second part, after the crucifixion and resurrection, so one could argue it was meant more as an Easter celebration rather than Christmas. Be that as it may, it's a common part of every Christmas.
What's an oratorio? It's basically the same thing as an opera, but in the case of an oratorio, it's intended to be performed as a concert rather than as musical theater.
Hallelujah (anthem and fugue chorus), from Handel's Messiah, as performed by the Mormon Tabernacle choir and orchestra.
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Posted - Dec 14 2019 : 14:42:57
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Gayla Peevey is a former singer and child star from Oklahoma City. She's is best known for the 1953 song I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. The Oklahoma City Zoo capitalized on the popularity of the song and tied a fund raiser and raised $3,000 to purchase a baby pygmy hippopotamus and name her Matilda.
Matilda died in 1998, but Ms. Peevey, now married with a daughter and three grandchildren is still with us.
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
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Posted - Dec 16 2019 : 03:46:58
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I've often thought that the Christmas carol, We Wish You a Merry Christmas was kind of weird. After all, it has people wandering around both simultaneously wishing you a merry Christmas, but also making demands and mild threats ... hardly in the Christmas spirit, right?
The carol originates in the West Country of England - Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset. Composer, Arthur Warrell is responsible for its modern popularity, having made an arrangement in 1935. (He used "I" instead of "we", by the way.) It seems to date from the 1830's and included these lyrics.
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy new year;
A pocket full of money,
And a cellar full of beer.
I can get behind that.
But, what the heck is a figgy pudding? It turns out the modern version doesn't contain any figs. (The one from medieval times does though.) And, at least to Americans, isn't a pudding either. Pudding is a generic term for dessert in England, but it's more of a cake.
What is figgy pudding?
... in case you were wondering about the medieval version.
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Posted - Dec 16 2019 : 13:26:12
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Oh, oh!!! I want to throw my favorite O come, O come, Emmanuel back at you Aged:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7ySn-Swwc
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Posted - Dec 16 2019 : 18:19:52
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That's a beautiful version!
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Posted - Dec 17 2019 : 02:38:02
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This was on just last weekend, but if you're a parent, you know it's spot on ...
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Posted - Dec 18 2019 : 02:31:57
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Ok let's be honest, Santa's Christmas voyage is basically a home invasion.
Santa's had a few thousand years to develop his process and it goes smoothly. Stewie and Brian found out otherwise things can go terribly wrong...
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