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Buck Owens - "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy"
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Happy Holidays to Snapzu and all of you who put up with me! :D
So it is Christmas eve here in the states. It is time for family and friends, meats and deserts, and rum and wine. I wasn't able to get every tribe a present, I ran out of time. But there is always next year. So to Snapzu, /t/christmas, and everyone who was forced to listen to Holiday music, I give you all one last present. What is left of my Dignity (see picture bellow) :D I hope all your Holidays are Happy and you have a Bright New Year! Captain of the Crooked Tale Pirates
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Handel - Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus
I remember signing this in New Yorks Avery Fischer Hall in the 80's. Full choir from 5 states. It was amazing.
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In the spirit of the season
To honor my first Christmas on Snapzu I want to share one of my favorite holiday sentiments delivered by a well-known spokesanimal.
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Kid gets 'WWE 2K15' for Christmas instead of '2K16' and reacts with TOTAL DESPAIR
This has a happy ending, though.
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Lentils And Legumes For Good Luck In The New Year
All around the world, lentils and legumes are traditionally eaten to ring in the new year, in hopes of wealth and prosperity for the year ahead.
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This Christmas, Tune It All Out
Before I had kids, I despised Christmas. I thought the holiday was symbolic of everything that was fake, exploitative and wasteful about our culture. And nothing symbolized our population's sheep-like inability to think for itself than millions of economically strained people stampeding into debt because Television tells them they will offend Christ if they don't buy thousands of dollars of worthless crap.
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Hoverboarding priest suspended for forgetting his Ecclesiastes
An unidentified Catholic priest is taking some time to reflect on his decision to ride a hoverboard at the conclusion of Christmas Eve Mass, according to religious news site Aleteia. An official...
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Raw: Sydney Rings in 2016
Thousands of people gathered in Sydney to celebrate the start of 2016 with a spectacular fireworks display at the city's harbor. (Dec. 31)
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The best tips for organizing your holiday decorations [infographic]
The winter holidays are a wonderful time of year filled with family, friends and dazzling displays of blinking lights. It can also be a time of complete chaos as you wrangle tubs full of disorganized decorations and an onslaught of new toys take over your home. Here is a handy visual guide to help you.
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Vinegar Valentines: The Nasty Anonymous Letters of the Victorian Age
In the late 19th century, a valentine in the post might not necessarily mean a romantic message from a lover or admirer, it could be a downright acidic insult.
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The Day of The Dead’s Rich Traditions, In 33 Dazzling Photos
It's a culture, not a costume. By Michael Gardiner.
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Belief in Santa could affect parent-child relationships, warns study
Spoiler alert: this article contains sensitive information about the existence of Santa Claus. Children may wish to look away now. Parents, though, are being urged to re-consider the ethics of the great Santa Claus lie. In an article published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry, two psychologists have raised the spectre of children’s moral compass being permanently thrown off-kilter by what is normally considered a magical part of the Christmas tradition.
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The dark side of Christmas: the impact on sweatshops
It’s not elves, but underpaid Chinese workers working around the clock that will enable you to unwrap your presents, writes Amoge Ukaegbu.
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Rio Ferdinand donates £500,000 of toys for needy children this Christmas
Rio Ferdinand has donated toys worth £500,000 to charity as part of a drive to ensure children do not go without presents on Christmas Day. The former Manchester United footballer made the donation to Key 103’s Cash for Kids and the Mission Christmas Appeal campaign. Ferdinand, a father of three, announced his donation live on Key103, telling the presenters: “There are people that are less fortunate than we are so we want to try and help them. We are donating £500,000 worth of toys and gifts."
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Diane Abbott defends series of strikes planned in run-up to Christmas
The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, has defended union bosses planning a wave of strikes on the railways, in airports and at the Post Office in the run-up to Christmas. “Of course these strikes are going to be very disastrous if they all go ahead for the public over Christmas, but people do have a legal right to strike,” Abbott told the Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan. She added: “It’s not my role to second-guess the decisions of trade union leadership.”
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The Skeletal Welsh Horse You Must Beat in a Battle of Rhymes
In the Welsh folkloric tradition of Mari Lwyd, a horse skull visits your home near Christmas, and you must best it in a challenge of rhymes.
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DWP refusing to process appeals before Christmas while pursuing sanctions
Bosses at Scotland’s biggest benefits centre have told staff to focus on sanctioning claimants and to forget about processing appeals until after Christmas, according to a whistleblower. The Department for Work and Pensions employee has blown the lid on a drive to prioritise sanctions over appeals after being sickened by the management edict.
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Making Green: The history of New York's Christmas tree market
For many, the Christmas holiday in New York City finally comes to life when the sidewalks sprout evergreens.
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A Christmas carol service accidentally printed the words to Tupac's ‘Hail Mary’ instead of the carol
A Christmas carol service in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo has accidentally printed out the lyrics to late rapper Tupac Shakur’s ‘Hail Mary’ in its programme instead of the 15th century Catholic prayer. The mix-up occurred at the 2016 Catholic Joy to the World Festival at the city's Nelum Pokuna Theatre during one of Sri Lanka's largest Christmas celebrations earlier this month.
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