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What do you think of the Governor of Colorado’s holiday video? 😖

Cole’s re-entrance marks the longest break between top 10 hits in chart history.Nat King Cole’s celebrated “The Christmas Song” posthumously reached No.9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated January 7, marking his first top 10 hit in nearly 60 years. Shop the best of Nat King Cole’s discography on vinyl and more. Cole, who died in 1965, returned to the top 10 after 59 years, six months, and a week, which marks the longest break between top 10 hits in chart history. This breaks the record previously broken last year by The Ronettes, whose holiday smash “Sleigh Ride” returned...

This is a parody of that old Christmas song,"It's Begining To Look Like Christmas" https://www.bitchute.com/video/aPeV12m5CaKn/

The holidays are here, which means it’s time to debate whether or not the lyrics to “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” are creepy or just crappy and annoying. According to CNN, Star 102, WDOK-FM, a Cleveland Christmas radio station has decided it won’t be playing “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” this year. The 74-year-old song by “Guys and Dolls” writer Frank Loesser is also known on Urban Dictionary as the “Christmas Date Rape Song.”On the station’s website, radio host Glenn Anderson explained that the song is no longer appropriate for #MeToo era: “Now, I do realize that when the song was written...

It’s the Christmas season again, which means it’s time for the annual debate. Well, actually, it’s time for several annual debates: Is “Happy Holidays” a valid greeting, or is it the sign of a Liberal War on Christmas? Is Wham’s “Last Christmas” the GOAT of Christmas songs, or is it a cheesy artifact that should have been left in the 1980s with parachute pants and bleached bangs? Now that we survived the discomfort of avoiding political discussions with Uncle Frank at Thanksgiving dinner, do we really have to do it again at Christmas? What should Starbucks put on their cups?...

One of my two favorite Sherlock Holmes shows - Bernard Cumberbatch's for Frank Sinatra's "Christmas Song." And for a variation on a theme, Nat King Cole singing the same song for The Professionals, a British spy show.

If you haven’t heard a rendition of Do They Know It’s Christmas yet this year, it’s only a matter of time. But should you curse Bob Geldof for writing That Song, you’ll be in good company. He’s fed up with it too. The single was released 26 years ago today as Geldof set up Band Aid to raise money for famine-hit Ethiopia. And although it became the biggest selling single in the world at the time, it seems he’s had enough. He said: ‘I am responsible for two of the worst songs in history. One is Do They Know It’s...

Legend holds that the beloved carol was actually a tool to help children learn Christian teachings. Here's what I found in regard to the meaning of the 12 gifts for the 12 days of Christmas. When Oliver Cromwell came to power in England, Catholics were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Tradition holds that Catholic parents developed "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to teach children their beliefs.