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FReeper Canteen - Merry Christmas Troops! - 22 Dec 2012
Merry Christmas Troops Vets, Allies & Military Families! | The Canteen DJ's

Posted on 12/21/2012 6:05:20 PM PST by AZamericonnie


 

 

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Christmas Tunes For The Troops
 



 



A Merry Christmas to all of our heroes serving our country to provide a better way of life & protect the freedoms we enjoy at home. We appreciate every sacrifice you are making and we are thinking of you every minute of the day. God Bless all of you.


This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families!

Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen Deejays have provided throughout the thread.

I will leave this music up through Christmas Day.
Thanks to all the DeeJay's for their time & effort providing entertainment for the Troops!

*Canteen Mission Statement*

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
 

 




Trans Siberian Orchestra - The Christmas Attic
 

Windham Hill - The Carols Of Christmas

Celtic Myst~The Christmas Collection
 
Celtic Woman~A Christmas Celebration

Various Artisits - Christmas Tantrum
 
Various Artisits - Country Christmas

Patti Labelle - Miss Patti's Christmas
 
The Canadian Brass - The Christmas Album

Toby Keith - A Classic Christmas
 
Celtic Women - A Christmas Celebration

Various Artists - Hear Something Country Christmas
 
Jars Of Clay - Christmas Songs

Larry the Cable Guy - Christmas In Larryland
 
Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Song

Martina McBride - White Christmas
 
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Trilogy

Trans Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve
 
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas

The Ventures - Christmas Album
 
The New Christy Minstrals - Christmas

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
 
Kathleen - Battle - A Christmas Celebration

David Benoit - Remembering Christmas
 
Bryan Dunacan - Christmas is Jesus

Andy Williams - Christmas Present
 
Amy Grant - Home For Christmas

Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
 
Joey & Rory - A Farmhouse Christmas

Libera - The Christmas Album
 
Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Symphony

She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas
 
Various Artisits - A Very Country Christmas

Celtic Women - A Celtic Christmas
 
Chicago XXXIII - O Christmas Three

Jackie Evancho - Heavenly Christmas
 
Michael Martin Murphy - Cowboy Christmas III

Mr Hankies Christmas (not for the kiddos!)
 
The Columba Minstrals - A Celtic Christmas

The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
 
Toby Keith - Christmas To Christmas


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To: AZamericonnie; All
My dad served 32 years in the USAF, flew the F-105 Thunderchief over North Vietnam and he is near death. He is truly an exceptional man. Please pray for him.
41 posted on 12/21/2012 6:56:22 PM PST by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: LUV W

A very Merry Christmas to you & all your family Luvie! *Hugs*

I gotta go make some dinner & just a couple more dozen cookies to bake.


42 posted on 12/21/2012 6:56:37 PM PST by AZamericonnie
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To: AZamericonnie

Thanks! Mmmm...I’m comin’t to your house! LOL!


43 posted on 12/21/2012 6:58:12 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)
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To: AZamericonnie

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list


The Heavens Declare

December 22, 2012

You don’t have to gaze long at the night sky to marvel at the wonder of God’s awe-inspiring handiwork. The massive stretch of galaxies and the cloudy mass of our own Milky Way remind us of the spectacular creation and the sustaining work of Jesus by whom it is all held together (Col. 1:16-17). It’s as though all of us have front-row seats in the theater of God’s creative power.

But the nightly show we experience is nothing compared with the glory that God displayed when He sent His Son to Earth. While shepherds were watching their flocks, the sky was suddenly ablaze with angelic messengers praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest!” (Luke 2:14). Even Magi from a foreign land came and worshiped the King when God planted the brightest of stars in the east, which led them to Bethlehem.

While “the heavens declare the glory of God” nightly (Ps. 19:1), never before or since has the theater of the universe been more alive with His glory than it was with the announcement that the Creator of this universe loved us enough to come to our planet to save us from our sin. Keep that thought in mind the next time you marvel at the stars!

Lord, make us mindful of the glorious day when the
heavens resounded with the announcement of the
coming of Your Son. Lead us to glorify Him in ways
that catch the attention of our watching world.
The spectacular glory of God’s love for us
was revealed in the coming of Jesus.

Read: Psalm 19:1-6

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. —Psalm 19:1
Bible in a Year:
2 Peter 1-3


44 posted on 12/21/2012 6:58:28 PM PST by The Mayor ("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" — Ronald Reagan)
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To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; left that other site
Thanks to the hard work of M-L (“left that other site”), I’ve compiled a list of politically correct Winter Holiday songs that have no hint of anything that could possibly offend anyone’s tender sensibilities. The first one is actually being sung in our public schools today.

“Still in the Night”

“O Come All Ye Ambivalent”

“Random Chance Rest Ye Merry Gentlepersons”

“O Little Town of the Occupied Territories”

“Hark, the Herald Ancient Aliens Sing”

“O Inclusive Night”

“We Three Democratically Elected Presidents of the Indigenous Peoples of Asia Are”

“The Height-Challenged Transgendered Percussionist Boy/Girl”

“Do You Hear What I Hear (Closed Captioning Provided)”

“The Obese, Pipe Smoking, Commercialized, Unshaven Unauthorized Distributor of Entitlements is Coming to Town”

“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, and My Other Mommy is Really Pi$$ed Off”

“Testosterone Producing Units Roasting on a Properly Vented, Thoroughly Safe, Non-Fossil-Fuel-Consuming Emission-Free Heat Source”

”It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, and the ACLU is Going to Sue Your A$$ Off for That”

“I’m Dreaming of an Ethnically Diverse Solstice”

George Frederick Handel wrote a magnificent cantata. (The politically incorrect word would be oratorio, but that would imply prayer, coming from the Latin orare, “to pray”, and we all know that there’s no one there to listen, don’t we?) The one-word title of this piece is so politically incorrect that it can barely be translated without offending someone! A proper translation into Politically-Correctese would be:

”Person Who Has Symbolically Had Vegetable Oil Poured on His/Her Head, Thus Signifying That He/She is Special (But No More Special Than Anyone Else!)

The politically correct version of this towering work contains:

(I may just burn in heck for all eternity for this entry.)

Then there is the beloved Winter Holiday ballet by Tchaikovsky known as “The Hypo-Allergenic Non-Peanut-Cracker (Produced on Equipment That Does Not Process Peanuts or Other Tree-Related Products)”

This includes:

Now, for our Winter Holiday festivities, a list of politically correct movies:

”It’s a Wonderful Life, Unless You’re a Member of an Oppressed Minority”

“Easily Explained Scientific Phenomenon on 34th Street”

“How the Grinch Brought Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity to Whoville”

“Multicultural Solstice” (except for the problem that the music was written by a member of the Zionist Entity, Irving Berlin)

Canteen members, add your own!

45 posted on 12/21/2012 6:59:08 PM PST by Publius (Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
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To: AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar

The Interior (middle of Alaska) is always MUCH colder.
It's -8 and still dropping at my house right now.


46 posted on 12/21/2012 7:03:06 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: LuvFreeRepublic

Praying for him and you.


47 posted on 12/21/2012 7:03:18 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: AZamericonnie; All


Jingle Bell Rock
~ Bobby Helms ~







48 posted on 12/21/2012 7:03:43 PM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...




USAF Concert Band~Armed Forces Medley

WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!



Proper Way To Listen To Classical Music
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49 posted on 12/21/2012 7:04:26 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)
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To: AZamericonnie; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; All
Connie: Diabloson - Descarga

 
The music page will open in a new window. There is the option of clicking on individual songs or clicking the Jukebox link. If you choose the Jukebox link then the page can be minimized while you continue surfing:

Friday Night Salsa for the TROOPS and their supporters everywhere!

http://www.computerwhizguru.com/El_Gran_Salseron/Music/12-20-2012FridayNight/12-20-2012FridayNight.html

Here is a list of the songs in the Jukebox:

Artist/s - Song Names:

Alazan - Ave Nocturna

Antonio Cartagena - Apaga La Luz

Arrancando - Mi Vecina

Arrancando - Suena Sabroso

Cache - Descarga Cache

Celia Cruz Y Oscar D'Leon - El Son De Celia

Cheo Feliciano - Experto En Ti

Cheo Feliciano - Recordando A Louie

Cheo Feliciano Y Pete El Conde Rodriguez - Soneros De Bailadores

Chino Espinoza Y Los Duenos Del Son - Secreto Escondido

Cumbia Mix - Colombian

Cumbia Mix

Diabloson - Cuidate

Diabloson - Descarga

Diabloson - Gracias A La Vida

Eddie Palmieri - Pa' Huele

Hector Lavoe - Mi Gente

Ismael Rivera - No Soy Para Ti

La India Y Marc Anthony - Vivir Lo Nuestro

Luis Enrique - La Manana

Orquesta De La Luz - Somos Diferentes

Orquesta Guayacan - Alabio, Alabao

Pancho Cataneo - Amore Con Salsa

Ray Barreto - Acid

Rubén Blades - Pedro Navaja

Salsa Con Clase, Johnny Y Ray - No Vale La Pena

Siempre Salsa All - Stars - Salsa Para Siempre

The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - Alejate Viento De Agua

The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - Cantando Vivire

The Best Of Latin Tiempo-2 - El Cielo, El Mar Y El Sol

50 posted on 12/21/2012 7:08:10 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: AZamericonnie; All


Hallelujah, It's Christmas
~ .38 Special ~







51 posted on 12/21/2012 7:08:37 PM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...


Music for our Troops, Veterans, and their families

Warren Hill~O Holy Night

To purchase the music that you hear on the thread
please go to the top of the thread for links!

Please ping any DJ to your song requests
made on the thread.
Thank you!


52 posted on 12/21/2012 7:11:52 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)
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To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; left that other site
The successful writers of Christmas carols were men with the common touch, such as John Wade, Franz Gruber and that wonderful old pro Anonymous, who wrote so many carols. But the great classical composers sometimes got their names on Christmas carols, but not in any way they would have recognized.

There is an old saying in the classical music game, “Good composers borrow, but great composers steal.” George Frederick Handel stole from himself constantly, but he also freely stole from others, once saying of another composer, “That melody was too good for him.” The composer gets credit for “Joy to the World”, but only because someone stole part of a Handel chorus for a carol of his own. It was a case of karmic payback years after the composer was dead and wasn’t in a position to complain.

Felix Mendelssohn gets credit for “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” because a tune from one of his cantatas was stolen as a replacement melody for Charles Wesley’s original solemn tune. Those early Methodists were definitely solemn! Temperance will do that to you, especially around Christmas.

In his day, Franz Schubert was as prolific a songwriter as Paul McCartney or George Gershwin, penning more than 600 tunes written to German poetry. At the Vienna Choir Boys School, Antonio Salieri ran a musical gym for Schubert, and the young composer tried his hand at everything from poems to old Italian opera libretti. In this period Schubert even tried writing a Christmas carol, but the song remains forgettable and unknown.

Johannes Brahms turned a poem by Emmanuel Geibel into “Lullaby of the Spirit”, a song for contralto with piano and viola accompaniment as his Christmas contribution. (Don’t confuse this song with the famous “Brahms Lullaby”.) The text of the poem is Mary’s plea, asking the treetops to be still lest they wake the baby Jesus. While the contralto sings Brahms’ musical line of Geibel’s poem, the viola sings a completely different German Christmas carol under her as a counter-melody. It’s a brilliant achievement, but not something that can be sung by anyone with a voice of less than operatic quality.

The classical winner has to be Adolphe Adam (accent on the second syllable of both names), the French composer of the rather insipid ballet “Giselle”. On one of his better days, he composed Cantique de Noel, known in English as “O Holy Night”. That alone qualifies him for a spot in the Composer’s Hall of Fame – despite “Giselle”.

“Cantique” is written in D-flat Major (5 flats) which can be a bit of a problem for inexperienced organists; occasionally there is transcription to the less difficult keys of C or D Major. But the real challenge is for the vocalist. At the end, Adam expects his tenor or soprano to hit a high A-flat and come down to D-flat, carefully sounding each note separately, not using portamento to slur the notes. Good singers can handle this, and some church choir soloists are quite up to the job, even if transposition to a different key is necessary.

But the fun really starts when a well meaning choir director decides to have the congregation sing along. I recall all too well listening to my fellow congregants fall flat on their – ahem! – faces at the those eighth notes at the end.

You’re not supposed to giggle in church!

53 posted on 12/21/2012 7:13:19 PM PST by Publius (Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
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To: AZamericonnie; All


Merry Christmas Everybody
~ Slade ~







54 posted on 12/21/2012 7:13:19 PM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: AZamericonnie; All


Jingle Bells
~ Kenny Chesney ~







55 posted on 12/21/2012 7:13:29 PM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: AZamericonnie; All


Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
~ The Beatmas ~







56 posted on 12/21/2012 7:13:39 PM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: AZamericonnie; All


Tropical Christmas
~ The Bellamy Brothers ~







57 posted on 12/21/2012 7:13:50 PM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: Publius; left that other site

That is hilarious!!...and makes my TEETH hurt! ROFL!!


58 posted on 12/21/2012 7:14:23 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)
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To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Thanks, unique, for the Troops Christmas wish!

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.

Bing Crosby ~ White Christmas

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59 posted on 12/21/2012 7:14:57 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

-40 Centigrade = -40 Fahrenheit

Don’t believe me? Check it out!


60 posted on 12/21/2012 7:15:22 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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