It's Beginning To Sound A Lot Like Christmas . . .

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:53 am

I agree it does seem like we are getting Christmas Commercialism starting a little early this year. I'm wondering if that's not because folks are reacting to strain of a devisive election and the stress of an active war in Iraq. I for one, welcome it, this year, for those reasons. We need a little more time to get things together.

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:53 am

missy wrote:. . . it must be some type of canned, timed program, cuz the person that has it on here at work has the same song playing at the same time each day.

Sounds like a computerized station. One of the radio stations I worked at was like that. We got the prerecorded music on cartridge tapes (this was before the days of compact discs) and they were inserted into a large carousel that would move the cartridge into the tape player at the same time each day. The news and radio spots were also recorded on cartridges and put into the carousel to play at their designated times. We rarely went on the air live at that station.

missy wrote: "St. Stephen's Day Murders" is always a pick me up!!!!

I have to admit that I'm not familiar with that one. Perhaps the Chieftains have more than one Christmas CD . . .

Will O'Ban

jkrazy52 · Post by **jkrazy52** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:39 am

Will O'B wrote:
missy wrote:"St. Stephen's Day Murders" is always a pick me up!!!!
I have to admit that I'm not familiar with that one. Perhaps the Chieftains have more than one Christmas CD . . .

Will O'Ban

I have 'St. Stephen's Day Murders' with Elvis Costello on the Chieftain's The Bells of Dublin CD, 1991. Not sure which one Missy has.

What's the one you keep in your CD player? One can't have too many good CDs.

~Judy

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:42 am

jkrazy52 wrote:
Will O'B wrote:
missy wrote:"St. Stephen's Day Murders" is always a pick me up!!!!
I have to admit that I'm not familiar with that one. Perhaps the Chieftains have more than one Christmas CD . . .

Will O'Ban
I have 'St. Stephen's Day Murders' with Elvis Costello on the Chieftain's The Bells of Dublin CD, 1991. Not sure which one Missy has. What's the one you keep in your CD player? One can't have too many good CDs.

~Judy

Actually . . . I don't know. Someone made a copy of the CD for me, knowing that I like Christmas music and the Chieftains. The one track that stands out is Burgess Meredith narrating "Don Oiche Ud I mBeithil" (That Night in Bethlehem) in both Gaelic and English. The low whistle on that track is especially haunting. The Boar's Head Carol and several other songs have some fabulous soprano whistle segments. It's well worth the listen even for someone who doesn't care for Christmas music.

You're right, I wouldn't mind another Chiefains' CD (Christmas or otherwise). Who knows, I may even buy this one myself.

Will O'Ban

PS: You know, the CD I have could very well be the same one as yours (The Bells of Dublin). I read this link and it has a lot of the same songs. Some of them, though, didn't make it on to my copy. http://www.rambles.net/chieftains_bells.html

lonewhistler · Post by **lonewhistler** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:50 am

...I don't know about it sounding like Christmas around here (havn't paid any attention to what's on the radio or on the speakers at my local grocery market), but it sure as hell has been looking a lot like Christmas in my neck of the woods. The snow has been coming down.

As far as Christmas tunes go, you can't beat a little Bing Crosby during the Holidays...

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:56 am

Interesting stuff. Snow in Arizona, and temps in the mid 50's in Chicago. What's this crazy world coming to?

Will O'Ban

lonewhistler · Post by **lonewhistler** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:07 am

...Well, don't get Flagstaff confused with Phoenix. Here in Flagstaff, we're over 7000 feet above sea level. Unlike Phoenix (or even anywhere 45 minutes south of us), Flagstaff gets the four seasons. Most of the trees in Flag are pine and aspen, the latter turning to a really nice golden-yellow during the autumn months. The winter season in Flagstaff is considerably milder compared to the Eastern state's winters, but we do get our fair share of snow. Flagstaff is nestled at the bottom of a large mountain/volcano which is part of the San Fransico peaks. On this mountain is a ski resort which the town relies heavily upon for its' main economic stability during the winter. Although it may snow for a couple days to leave us with almost a foot of snow, all of that snow will be completely gone over the course of the next several days. Most of the time, the sun is out and it's clear blue skies, so snow doesn't last too long. Compare that with the endless gray of the Eastern winter. No thanks!