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Four. I've got 4 more presents to buy and I'm done. Whew.

Please feel free to post as many articles you would like through Christmas day.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

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Bonus: Mel Torme sings "The Christmas Song" from David.

Written in 1944 by vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé , the song was written during a blistering hot summer. In an effort to "stay cool by thinking cool," the most-performed (according to BMI) Christmas song was born.

"I saw a spiral pad on his piano with four lines written in pencil," Tormé recalled. "They started, `Chestnuts roasting ... Jack Frost nipping ... Yuletide carols ... Folks dressed up like Eskimos.' Bob (Wells, co-writer) didn't think he was writing a song lyric. He said he thought if he could immerse himself in winter he could cool off. Forty minutes later that song was written. I wrote all the music and some of the lyrics."

Good stuff, David...

2007 Tropical Season Wrap-Up
Excerpt: Well, I guess it is time for a very overdue wrap up of the rather unusual 2007 tropical season. I have been holding out waiting for one last storm to sprout up before the end of the year.
Weblog: Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker

Will Smith sees “the Good in Hitler”?
Excerpt: Somebody tell me this aint so.
There’s nothing I would like more than finding out this was quoted wayyyyy out of some context.
Perhaps he should take the time to….”clarify”?
Weblog: Woman Honor Thyself

Merry Christmas 2007
Excerpt: Christmas is a time of hope, of expectation. We mark the birth of a child whose tragic fate we know, and yet we exult because of the glorious triumph that grows out of that seeming ignominious death and the possibility that opens for each of us.
Weblog: Rhymes With Right

Merry Christmas!
Excerpt: [img] I wish each and every one of you a blessed and merry Christmas.
Weblog: The World According To Carl

December 23, 1981 - Ronald Reagan’s Christmas Message
Excerpt: [video] See the Carnival of Christmas that is up over at Kat’s. There is quite a collection of blogs to visit, with all kinds of Christmas subject matter.
Weblog: Cao's Blog

I Pray on Christmas….
Excerpt: Harry Connick, Jr., said it all, so I’ll let his words communicate all that matters to me this Christmas season:
That the Lord will see me through
I pray on Christmas
He’ll show me what to do ...
Weblog: The Yankee Sailor

Light and Love this Hanukkah and Christmas Time
Excerpt: [audio] Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Norman Vincent Peale
That just bout sums up everything I have felt since I was 4 years old.
Weblog: Woman Honor Thyself

The Bear Tree
Excerpt: [img] In an earlier post I mentioned the “Bear Tree” at the church I attend (Lake Jackson United Methodist Church in Tallahassee, Florida). During the month of December, stuffed animals are collected and following the children’s portion of the service...
Weblog: The World According To Carl

Christmas 2007 Wreath On My Front Door
Excerpt: [img] This year’s Christmas wreath on my front door.
Weblog: The World According To Carl

Christmas Videos: Aaron Neville (3 Christmas Songs)
Excerpt: One of my favorite singers of all time is Aaron Neville. I have just about all of his albums (as well as almost all albums by all members of the Neville family). The following are three videos culled from the Aaron Neville Louisiana Christmas Concert...
Weblog: The World According To Carl

Holiday Message, courtesy of Fred!
Excerpt: What this is not: A campaign commercial. If he had not flashed his name at the end you would not have known. No voice overs, no photo ops. Just the music, and the photos which speak volumes. [video]
Weblog: Leaning straight Up

Clever Video: President George Bush “Covering” R.E.M. ...
Excerpt: This is quite clever. With some creative audio and video editing, we have President George Bush “singing” R.E.M.’s “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine). [video]
Weblog: The World According To Carl

Merry Christmas from osama
Excerpt: [video] Merry Christmas from osama
Weblog: Nuke's

Oh! Tannenbaum
Excerpt: 2007 has been a rather eventful year to say the least. A couple of weeks ago I finally set my mind to it and pulled the Christmas tree and the rest of the decorations out of the crawl space. Setting up our gen-u-ine plastic tree in front of the w ......
Weblog: Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker

Who knew I had have fans in Trinidad
Excerpt: Interesting?? Soca Warriors I might have to get a flag???
Weblog: Stix Blog

The Saudis Are Coming ...
Excerpt: For Whom The Bell Tolls: Ehrenfeld vs Bin Mahfouz, by Phyllis Chesler (posted by request) â€œThe Saudis are Coming, the Saudis are Comingâ€â€”and this time they mean to tax and silence us via lawsuit not via military action. Paul Revere's ...
Weblog: Right Truth

How the West Will be Won
Excerpt: So when moderate Muslims point to verses showing how peaceful Islam is, they are quite right. When they point to verses showing how tolerant Islam is toward other religions, they are quite right.
Weblog: planck's constant

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Excerpt: Just imagine y’all if Israel drew a map based on the Biblical Promised Land, (or better yet ALL the Muzlim lands)……….and plastered a Blue Star of David over the whole dang thing, and then went ahead and published it on some official site.
Weblog: Woman Honor Thyself

Illegal Aliens Head Home
Excerpt: And not for the Holidays either. Arizona provides more proof that enforcement works. (Hat Tip: Red State.)
We were joined by Ken Marrero of the Blue Collar Muse for most of the program, although technology gremlins dogged us throughout.
Weblog: Adam's Blog

Fred Thompson’s Christmas Message
Excerpt: After a Christmas party my wife and I attended last night, I have a few pieces of holiday advice for Ron Paul supporters.
1) Proper Christmas celebration headgear is a Santa hat, not a "Ron Paul for President" ball cap ...
Weblog: Stuck On Stupid

A Holiday Primer For Ron Paul Supporters
Excerpt: After a Christmas party my wife and I attended last night, I have a few pieces of holiday advice for Ron Paul supporters.
1) Proper Christmas celebration headgear is a Santa hat, not a "Ron Paul for President" ball cap ...
Weblog: Rhymes With Right

Godly Wisdom — December 22, 2007
Excerpt: [img] Godly Wisdom — December 22, 2007
Weblog: The World According To Carl

A Christmas holiday message for our troops
Excerpt: You would hardly know this was from Fred Thompson as he doesn't actually appear in the video. He doesn't plug his campaign website either and instead focuses on those who have sacrificed so much with courage and honor. This is a much needed...
Weblog: Mark My Words

Christmas Video: “Elf’s Lament” (Live) — Barenaked Ladies
Excerpt: I’ve been a huge fan of the Barenaked Ladies long before they hit it big in the United States. To give you an idea, I drove almost 200 miles to find a copy of the original release of their CD “Gordon” many years ago.
Weblog: The World According To Carl

This Explains A Lot
Excerpt: [img] We get heavier as we get older ...
Weblog: The World According To Carl

Americans Cannot Celebrate Christmas
Excerpt: While the country with the most supposed religious freedoms cowers in fear at uttering the phrase Merry Christmas, China, the most oppressive country in the world in regard to religious freedom, joyously proclaims a hearty Merry Christmas to one and all.
Weblog: Planck's Constant

The AMT, a Congressional Tax Scam
Excerpt: The Alternative Minimum Tax, or AMT, was enacted in 1969 to force millionaires to pay a «minimum» amount of taxes. The law was specifically aimed at the fewer than 200 millionaires in this country. I am sure Congress did not consider that there would b...
Weblog: Big Dogs Weblog

A Christmas Tag
Excerpt: A.C. at Fore-Left has tagged me for a Christmas meme. Here's the rules:
Weblog: Right Truth

Global Warming Today: Those CFL’s Are Great. And Required
Excerpt: We all should be using compact flourescent lightbulbs, right? They will help reduce man made global warming, right? Michelle Malkin noticed this the other day ...
Weblog: Pirate's Cove

Dayum! Fred Thompson refuses to pander in Iowa
Excerpt: And to farmers no less - in Iowa! Asking a politician what they will do to help farmers inevitably leads to some sort of pandering support for agricultural subsidies. But not with Fred Thompson ...
Weblog: Mark My Words

Mike Huckabee - a twofer
Excerpt: Baby Jesus is either crying or laughing or laughing so hard he's crying after Mike Huckabee attempted an obvious pander to a 7 year old to only end up later being pwned by the youngster...
Weblog: Mark My Words

PhotoHunt 89: Light
Excerpt: The latest PhotoHunt category from tnchick.com is “Light” which can be interpreted as one sees fit. For this week’s entry, I’m going with the definition of light meaning an electric device which furnishes light or illumination.
Weblog: The World According To Carl

Mr. Christmas Spirit
Excerpt: I don't normally rant and cuss in my weekend open trackbacks but this is all I am posting this morning before work, so there it is. Read at the risk of your ears bleeding.
Weblog: Shadowscope

Bush Just Won’t Be That Lame Duck POTUS! He Took Took The Pork Right Outta Their Mouths
Excerpt: Here were his words of warning:
I’m disappointed that Congress resorted to passing all this spending in one massive, more than 1,400-page omnibus bill, rather than considering and passing individual spending bills in the normal process.
Weblog: Right Voices

Bush Just Won’t Be That Lame Duck POTUS! He Took The Pork Right Outta Their Mouths
Excerpt: Here were his words of warning:
I’m disappointed that Congress resorted to passing all this spending in one massive, more than 1,400-page omnibus bill, rather than considering and passing individual spending bills in the normal process.
Weblog: Right Voices

Sen. Smith (R-NH) endorses Rep. Hunter for President
Excerpt: This is good news for Rep. Duncan Hunter. To have one of the most Conservative senators (in New Hampshire, no less!) endorse you is a big deal. Vermont is the first state to actually vote as we know it. Many people believe that whoever wins or supris...
Weblog: Rosemary's Thoughts

The Really Bad Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus
Excerpt: I'm going to get into political philosophy before this article is over, but I have to lay some groundwork first. The groundwork relates to the problem of antibiotic resistance in disease and how we're fighting it. You might also want to read this art...
Weblog: Conservative Cat

Fla newspaper publishes problem teacher list
Excerpt: From AP: A confidential, nationwide list of 24,500 teachers who have been punished for a wide array of offenses was made available to the public Friday by a Florida newspaper.
Weblog: Nuke's