Holiday albums less jolly, more lump of coal

I heard my first holiday song of the year a few days ago. It was Bruce Springsteen’s cover of Charles Brown’s chestnut “Merry Christmas, Baby” (using Otis Redding’s soulful 1968 arrangement). Back when Springsteen released the song, he tucked it away as the flip side to his “War” single, from late 1986. Since it didn’t appear on any album, it was a holiday gift of sorts.

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Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special

The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots.

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Claudia Hendershot spent nine years working for IBM, got laid off and made a career change into real estate appraising. Then real estate went bust.

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Zhu Zhu Pets is a hamster playset without having a real hamster to deal with. Zhu Zhu Pets are a kind of toys which are battery operated. These toys are interactive, realistic, innoative and plush intelligent hamsters. Even, they can move around in their own play sets and talk.

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Im so happy this holiday

The holidays always bring joy to me, even though i really not supposed to celebrate xmas, all the people who buy my gifts, I feel i must give them something in return.

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You better WATCH OUT...!!! He knows if you've been bad or good. ====

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The streets are dark and the town is deserted, but Pam and Warren Adams still put up Christmas lights outside their Gilchrist, Texas, home. It is one of the few remaining after Hurricane Ike devastated the area in September.

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You have to be carefully taught.indeed! what passes for thought here? Children have been happily on the lap of the Spirit of Goving no matter what color he was, whether he had an accent, smoked, or smelled of beer! I am aghast and I am weooing to think that racism is so deeeply i …

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Does the X belong in Xmas?

Some people get upset when Christmas is abbreviated as Xmas. They think it is disrespectful of Christ to do this. These people seem to think that using Xmas is trying to take Christ out of the Christmas season.

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A teacher has been banned from a primary school after telling children Father Christmas does not exist. The female supply teacher told pupils at Blackshaw Lane Primary in Royton, Oldham, that it was parents, not Santa, who left their gifts on Christmas Day.

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Mom, Dad - Hold the gifts

With the overshadowing of a shrinking economy, the daily reports of rising unemployment rates, and the increasing difficulty getting credit in a frozen market, its easy to imagine that many families will be cutting back this season when it times to exchange gifts.

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Creative Vado Camcorder shoots video in HD quality

The beauty of pocket camcorders is in their simplicity. So far this came at expense of video quality. But with the new generation of HD-capable pocket camcorders this restriction is no longer valid. There are several models on the market already.

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Xmas or Christmas?

Christmas or Xmas? Which on is which? Do you see Xmas as an insult, or do you know what the origins really are?

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Tis,the season to be jolly...This happens to be one of my favorite videos to laugh at and to bring me up a bit or show to others having a bad day. I use to do music blogs for myself and do request for people for songs they haven't heard in years or they're bored at work.They'll  …

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Why I Celebrate Christmas.

I understand the modern interpretation of Christmas as a religious (Christian) holiday, and Im not here to rain on anyone's parade. But I feel that Christmas has evolved beyond a Religious holiday, and in many ways is not even seen as one in Popular culture any more.

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In five short days, it could be the beginning of the end for some of the nation's malls.

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Wanted: Cheerful, chubby men, preferably with fluffy white beards and no criminal record, ready to work hard for one month. Germany is running out of qualified Santa Clauses and needs to recruit and train them fast, a leading job agency says.

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Christmas, chocolate, and contrails

If you happen to be headed to Las Vegas, Nevada for the holidays this year, and have a weakness for chocolate and holiday lighting, be sure to check out the Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Cactus Garden in Henderson, Nevada, about 15 minutes from "The Strip".

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Building a Gingerbread house is a family holiday tradition all over the World. Build your Gingerbread House with an original bakery recipe and step by step tutorial !

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Residents In Poole Create A Christmas Light Show To Envy

Now I know it is said that envy is a sin but, if you ever get the chance this Xmas to visit Runton Road in Poole Dorset, then you will see why I was so envious not to be living in THAT Road, as opposed to living in Central London.

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The annual Christmas booze advisory

Here it is again the christmas season, where we spend time with our families, eat too much, swap meaningless trinkets and get drunk out of our minds.

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If You comes in Umbria in Xmas time you can see The Biggest Xmas Tree in the World ; as You can see in the photos below, this Tree is 'On' the Gubbio's Town.

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Heartless thieves ransacked a nursery's Christmas light display in the early hours of Saturday, leaving children and staff devastated.

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This is a fun piece, especially her kids reaction when she hears dirty versions of the Chipmunks songs And yes I know this is my third xmas seed today but i'm getting into the spirit of things

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As you know, I never have been much of a believer. The longer I live in Bodacia, the less I think I believe. I been gripin' about hypocrites and back-biters for forty years. I been damned and cursed more times than Satan hisself.

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It's not about whether your hopes materialize or not, instead hopes are what we pin our daily activities on - it's all around us, in our minds, in our thoughts and in our actions.

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