CHRISTMAS MUSIC: Guilty Pleasures & Dirty Confessions... "Der Bingle"..

I know it's very tacky, but I start listening to the Music Choice "Sounds of the Seasons" channel on cable during Thanksgiving week.... As silly as it is to many people, I sometimes just enjoy the simple pleasure of Christmas carols to ease my mind and lower my stress.

Among my favorites is just about anything Bing Crosby sings at this time of year! I know that makes me a Lawrence Welk-ite in the eyes of most of you, but “Der Bingle” practically owned Christmas as his own particular franchise. Irving Berlin certainly thought so! Imagine, Bing’s version of “White Christmas” is among the most profitable and widely sold pieces of music of all time! For me, one of the very happiest and most fun to lip-sync to around the house is “Mele Kalikimaka”….with the Andrews Sisters on top of it all!!! Hula Heaven!! Now where’s my grass skirt and coconut brassiere?? …and I need a little paper umbrella for my Mai Tai too!!

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Sybil Bruncheon's "THANKSGIVINGS PAST!"... you are what you eat... “TV Dinner”…

...Sadly, this was the episode where the Waltons were trapped for 4 months in the winter on Walton Mountain. They were forced to make their supplies last by dining on some of their own relatives.... here the traditional Thanksgiving dinner has been ...um... prepared: the Jedediah/Sweet Potato Casserole with "bacon bits", the Betty Mae/Waldorf salad with "fritters", the Enoch/"Pigs"-in-a-blanket, the Clementine/Cranberry sauce with "sausage-ettes", the Fiona/ Artichokes and "Sweetbreads", and the Little Biff/S'mores avec "médaillons d'imitation de veau"....

Despite their ...um, "discomfort", the remaining family managed to celebrate the Holiday season happily, and the ratings for this episode broke all records up to that point... even surpassing The Bing Crosby Christmas-Cannibal Special... starring the King Family …as an entire smörgåsbord table. 

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