Fred Waring – Kentucky Wassail Song
With the Christmas holiday underway, it seems appropriate to have some holiday cheer with Fred Waring and Pennsylvanians ...
Christmas Time
Phil Ochs – No Christmas in Kentucky
"Let's drink a toast to congress and a toast to Santa Claus, and a toast to all the speeches that bring the loud applause, there's not enough to give, no, there's not enough to share, so, let's drown the sounds of sorrow with a hearty Christmas cheer ...
"No, they don't have Christmas in Kentucky, there's no holly on a West Virginia door, for the trees don't twinkle when you're hungry, and the jingle bells don't jingle when you're poor ...
"Have a merry, merry Christmas and a happy new year's day, for now's a time of plenty and plenty's here to stay, but if you knew what Christmas was, I think that you would find, that Christ is spending Christmas in the cold Kentucky mine."
No Christmas in Kentucky – Phil Ochs (1963)
Some Christmas music to get you into the mood ...
Fred Waring and Pennsylvanians – Rudolph
This song, from State College's most famous band, is still is the best version of the Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer ever recorded.
Vintage Aluminum Christmas Tree And Color Wheel.
These Christmas Trees were all the rage until Charlie Brown turned people off from them starting in 1965.
3D LED Christmas tree
Almost time to get into the holiday season.
Most dangerous Xmas gift of 2017?
"When you buy directly from other countries you effectively bypass local trading standards and safety testing. Many of the products bought from international sellers on eBay may be made for an unregulated or less safety biased market. This video is my choice of what I believe may be one of the more dangerous products being sold in many forms. I'll guess that it may be based on an original product that may be made to safer standards, but the original has probably been buried under a flood of clones and style copies."