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December 22, 2011
Twas the Night Before Christmas
It's almost Christmas Eve. Few people are unfamiliar with this poem - but having it read by voice over artists is a bit different.
December 21, 2011
Animals of YouTube sing "Deck the Halls"
Cats! And dogs. And even the odd goat.
Alvin and the Chipmunks- Christmas song[original]
Modern kids might know about The Chipmunks - but not to many of them know mcuh about viny records and the fun you could have speeding them up. Oh the simpler things in life! I LOVED the Chipmunks in their orginal form.
December 20, 2011
A Social Network Christmas
If Mary and Joseph had Facebook.
December 19, 2011
Aussie Jingle Bells
Not a brilliant video, but I had to include an Aussie song in the mix. When I was a kid all the Christmas songs and carols we sang and heard seemed to come from the Northern Hemisphere and feature snow and ice and open fires. I love that my kids have had lots of Aussie influenced songs - and books, too!
December 18, 2011
Christmas In The Trenches
This one is a song and a story. It tells the same tale as one which my wonderful friend Norman Jorgensen brought to life in his book In Flanders Fields. It's a wonderful tale of Christmas goodwill in the midst of war - and a post script many years later.
December 16, 2011
Do they know it's christmas Live aid 1985 london
Another one from my youth. I was 17 when this one was made and, again, thought it was pretty wonderful at the time because it featured so may of my favorite singers - and, of course, because it was aimed at raising money for such a good cause.
Go on, sing along. You know you want to :)
Go on, sing along. You know you want to :)
Lego Christmas
It isn't Christmas at my house without Lego.
December 14, 2011
Snow Globes - Coca-Cola 2010 Christmas Commercial (long version)
Another video I've not seen before - and yes, I do realise this is a Coke ad, but it features Train, a band I happen to like. I went so far as to buy their CD this time last year and my kids said "that song sounds just like the Coke ad." Funny that.
New Friends, New Roles, New Books - and the National Year of Reading
Last night I had dinner with the members of my new bookgroup. To clarify, the group isn't new – but I am new to the group, having been invited to join because a member is leaving. I've wanted to be part of a bookgroup for ever, but never managed to find one with an opening for a new member. Then this one kind of fell in my lap, when I met up with a lovely lady I knew when I lived in Donnybrook 12
