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What a Perfect Christmas!

I feel guilty writing on Christmas, but I just had to jot down my thoughts while my children are playing with their new things. It’s been a perfect Christmas so far and we still have several hours left. I’m feeling so blessed and content that I just had to share. We started yesterday, having our holiday dinner on Christmas Eve, which is becoming a tradition. We let the kids open one small gift after dessert – apple pie alamode. My husband and I greeted Christmas as it turned midnight, with a sip of bubbly. We slept soundly, and awoke this … Continue reading →

Radio Stations Temporarily Change Format

I do not know if you have experienced this or not, but here in Jacksonville, North Carolina, we have had two stations that have gone from their normal format to 24 hour Christmas music through the holidays. It seems to be a growing trend! In fact, there are approximately 399 stations in the U.S. that have temporarily changed their formats and are playing Christmas music constantly. Portland, Oregon has two stations, but some cities – I am assuming cities like New York or Los Angeles – have as many as five stations doing this. Most stations begin their “new” broadcasting … Continue reading →

Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”

For some reason, many of us associated Christmas with snow and it may be just because of this song. Written by Irving Berlin in 1940, this song became THE Christmas song and still remains one of the most popular songs ever. Legend has it that Berlin was known to stay up all night writing songs and after writing this one, he told his musical secretary “Grab your pen and take down this song. I just wrote the best song I’ve ever written – hell, I just wrote the best song that anybody’s ever written.” Berlin was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who … Continue reading →