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MORE FROM CHRISTMAS 2025

December 25, 2025 by

Why would a baby boomer blogger want something more from Christmas 2025? Every writer knows why, with thanks to Charles Dickens. Now you do too. Merry Christmas   It has been said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas. This, of course, is not true. It is more correct to say that with his 1843 masterpiece, A […]

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DEPRESSING CHRISTMAS WITH JOHNNY CASH TO CHEER THINGS UP

December 18, 2021 by

I’d never heard Johnny Cash sing Christmas songs. It was a revelation. Adding to my ignorance, I wasn’t aware of so many depressing Christmas songs. Maybe it’s the times, or age of man, but Johnny Cash doing spoken word depressing Christmas is a perfect fit. When he sang a mournful Silent Night he changed how […]

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