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Showing Original Post only (View all)I spent 8 hours listening to Christmas songs in a car and I have some questions [View all]
We drove back from Georgia on Saturday. 550 miles - 7 1/2 hours - 1 stop. Nothing but holiday songs on satellite radio.
What are the odds that all the angels would be named Harold?
My Favorite Things Im told this is a holiday song because The Sound of Music is during the Christmas season. Okay Ill skip over the Nazi Christmas thing and ask
How many dog bites and bee stings did people suffer back then? Was it THAT MUCH of a regular thing?
In 1985 there was some uncertainty about whether people in Africa actually knew that it was Christmas, did we ever get a confirmation on that?
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I spent 8 hours listening to Christmas songs in a car and I have some questions [View all]
underpants
Nov 2020
OP
My Favorite Things has the holiday season association from some of its lyrics...
thesquanderer
Nov 2020
#47
You don't have to believe he was the son of god, but he is a true historic figure.
cwydro
Nov 2020
#71
Yeah, I think that's probably the best way to look at it. People rarely make things up out of whole
shrike3
Nov 2020
#102
There were lots of preachers spouting off in those days, and lots of crucifixions. So, yeah, he prob
lindysalsagal
Nov 2020
#97
Yup, anthropomorphize things "they" can't explain.. a construct of the human brain... nt
mitch96
Dec 2020
#130
What *I* want to know is if Doug and Bob ever got to drink that beer that was in the tree....
Roland99
Nov 2020
#10
Was Brenda Lee really 13 when she recorded "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"?
bucolic_frolic
Nov 2020
#12
No but there was a cover and the same artist did "A Willie Nice Christmas" 😆
underpants
Nov 2020
#19
The "do they know its Christmas in Africa" song is painful having been to Africa
Demovictory9
Nov 2020
#31
I would have just kept the radio off, I would go literally nuts listening to that...imagine how it
SWBTATTReg
Nov 2020
#36
Now that you're throughly brain washed & in the Xmas spirit underpants, maybe you want to
Illumination
Nov 2020
#38
Willie was known for yodeling a bit, but I don't know if he did any Christmas tunes
Brother Buzz
Nov 2020
#108
I'm still surprised that Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is used as a Christmas song at times (his own
highplainsdem
Nov 2020
#100