Advent 2008: When the River Meets the Sea

Is "Linus and Lucy" from A Charlie Brown Christmas a Christmas song? It was written for a Christmas special, so maybe it is. And with that in mind, let's turn our attention to a song that was written for one Christmas special, has appeared on more than one Christmas album, and lyrically has absolutely nothing at all to do with anything even remotely related to Christmas or the Christmas season....

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Advent 2008: Winter Song

Earlier this month my brother gently encouraged many of his friends and relatives to consider obtaining a copy of new album: The Hotel Cafe Presents...Winter Songs . And when I say "gently encouraged" I mean harshly demanded. At one point, he dangled his youngest daughter over the edge of a balcony and threatened to drop her if we didn't get it. Well, I'm rather fond of Molly, so I found a copy ...

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Advent 2008: Valley Winter Song

It was back in 1996 that I first heard of Fountains of Wayne, when WHFS, the local alterna-rock station, put "Radiation Vibe" into heavy rotation. So you can imagine my surprise when, seven years and two albums later, they were nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy. They lost, which was unjust because they were by a wide margin the best of that year's nominees, but on the other hand they shouldn...

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Lamentations

Speaking of later insertions meant to link Jesus to an Old Testament prophecy , behold the following comic strip:

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Advent 2008: Christmas Is All Around

I've mentioned the movie Love Actually a couple of times this month, thanks to its soundtrack containing two of the songs I've featured during my Advent project: Darlene Love's "All Alone on Christmas" and Olivia Olson's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." I mention it once more today, because there's one more Christmas song featured in the movie that I want to share, one that plays a crucial ...

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Advent 2008: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child

Here's another carol by one of my favorite recording artists: me! "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child" is perhaps better known as "The Coventry Carol," reflecting its origin as part of a mystery play performed in Coventry called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors . The carol tells the jolly Christmas story of the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod ordered the death of all male ...

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Advent 2008: Happy Hanukkah

Yesterday was not just the winter solstice, but also the first night of Hanukkah, a minor Jewish festival elevated to prominence by its proximity on the calendar to Christmas. Most of what I know about Hanukkah I learned from the All-of-a-Kind Family books by Sidney Taylor and the Friends episode "The One with the Holiday Armadillo," but as I understand it, the festival commemorates the ...

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Advent 2008: A Christmas Festival

Today, as you churchgoers in the crowd already know, is the first Sunday in Advent. And you know what that means: it's time for annual Advent project! Every day during Advent -- the period starting four Sundays before Christmas -- and Christmastide -- a.k.a. the twelve days of Christmas, I make a holiday-themed post. In 2003 and 2006, I posted a holiday poem every day. In 2004 and 2007, I posted ...

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Advent 2007: Madonna and Child

Romare Bearden (1911 – 1988) Madonna and Child , c. 1973 Serigraph Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, N.J. There's a bit of an interesting coincidence in my featuring this work by Romare Bearden as New Jersey's representative to this year's Advent project. Back in 2004, I featured another Madonna and Child by Bearden , and my pal a2zmom said, "I love this piece. One of my favorites ...

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Advent 2007: Madonna and Child

... would be a perfect gift for his mother, who died nine years ago. JHeaton: Maybe you could have bought it, cremated it, and spread it over White Sand Lake. AHeaton: Did I tell you I visited the lake this summer? JHeaton: You did not tell me that! AHeaton: I had a free day in...'t remember why I had to go there, but ... why are you laughing? JHeaton: That's just such a Heaton thing to do. "I've got a...

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