Google Translate and Christmas
What would you get if you washed classic Christmas songs through Google translate? That question get answered in a clever and hilarious new video from Malinda Kathleen Reese. Rudolph will never be the same:
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What the Phrase Merry Christmas Means
It falls from our lips without much thought: “Merry Christmas!” But what is it we are really saying? In an informal survey conducted recently more than 94 percent of Americans asked thought that the word “merry” meant “jolly”. Taken in context, many around the world do indeed celebrate a “jolly” Christmas these days. But that […]
O Come Emmanuel
We have heard several beautiful renditions of O Come O Come Emmanuel these past few years but this new release by Jenny Oaks Baker takes it to an all new level. The music, combined with the powerful visuals of the Nativity makes for a fantastic Christmas message:
Star Wars Funk
We’ve been on the prowl for the great Christmas light videos of 2015 — where are they? It’s been pretty light this year, no pun intended. Here’s one but there’s little information to share with you about who did it or where it is from. It has only been on YouTube for a couple of […]
Friendly Beasts
There are tales and legends aplenty of the animals present at the Nativity. In a great telling of some of those legends in song is Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, star of stage and a voice known from many films. Dubbed “The Last Leading Man” by The New York Times, Mitchell has enjoyed a […]
Piano Guys with Placido Domingo Perform Silent Night
Wow. Can it get any better than the Piano Guys with Placido Domingo? Here they combine to perform Silent Night with a children’s choir and the sound is just exquisite. This is Christmas:
If I Were George Bailey
Shortly before Christmas last year I dropped by my parents’ house and caught my Dad watching the last half hour of It’s a Wonderful Life. As we watched the peak of George’s crisis we got into a conversation about what we would do if either one of us were George Bailey. What a great question! […]
More than a Half Million Lights on One Tree
Australia isn’t to be outdone by anyone in the world when it comes to Christmas. There’s no snow, few natural Christmas trees, and little that actually originates in Australia when it comes to Christmas. But they celebrate it big time and they want the world to know it. From their Lego trees to their floating […]
