{"id":292,"date":"2014-07-07T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/bob-rivers-day-of-christmas\/"},"modified":"2014-09-05T01:41:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T01:41:04","slug":"bob-rivers-day-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/bob-rivers-day-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Rivers Day of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/merryholidays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bob-Rivers.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Bob-Rivers\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-756\" \/>Howdy, it is Monday July 7th, 2014 and there are exactly 171 days left until <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Today is <strong><em>Bob Rivers Day of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. On this day in 1956 the world introduced Robert Rivers who would come to <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/a-glimpse-of-christmas-100-years-ago\/\">radio<\/a> prominence in the 1980s and a star of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> comedy in the 1990s. <\/p>\n<p>Bob Rivers <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/a-glimpse-of-christmas-100-years-ago\/\">radio<\/a> comedy has seen his <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> parodies hit the top 25 on Billboard charts. <\/p>\n<p>Rivers\u2019 first <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> album, <em>Twisted <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a><\/em>, surprised audiences in 1988 with his biting humor and dead-on impressions. From Jack Nicholson to Elvis, this sarcastic take on the absurd of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> from shopping to annoying relatives opened a new era in <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> comedy that coincided with film comedies such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> Vacation<\/em> that poked fun at modern American holiday traditions. <\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> album, <em>I am <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> Claus<\/em>, climbed the charts in 1993 with his still often-played spoof of Black Sabbath\u2019s <em>Iron Man<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>In all, Rivers has released five <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> albums that get regular and loving replay each holiday season, much to the dismay of Moms and <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> purists everywhere. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy, it is Monday July 7th, 2014 and there are exactly 171 days left until Christmas. Today is Bob Rivers Day of Christmas. On this day in 1956 the world introduced Robert Rivers who would come to radio prominence in the 1980s and a star of Christmas comedy in the 1990s. 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