Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! This seasonal episode comes to you just under the wire with my very best wishes for a joyous Christmas.

Thank you to these very talented artists for allowing me to use their music in this episode. Please visit their websites to learn more about them and their music:

Angels We Have Heard On High and O Holy Night - Performed by Mark Bodino. Used through a Creative Commons license. https://www.jamendo.com/album/170343/my-favorite-christmas-guitar-songs

Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella, Deck the Halls, and Here We Come A-Wassailing - Performed by Jon Sayles. Used by permission http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm

O Come, All Ye Faithful - Performed by Cindy Ribet and David Fields. Used by permission. https://cindyribet.com/

100 year old predictions for 2025; Betsy Ross gets no respect from Cleveland; I guess I am sore afraid after all; Those Elflocks make him a real Snoutfair when he isn't being a Cockalorum; The ball isn't all that drops on New Year's Eve; Every day is New Year's Day; Preserving today for tomorrow (thanks to Ideisha Bellamy for the idea); The real Auld Lang Syne.

Credits:

Frog Legs Rag by James Scott is in the Public Domain and is available at https://tinyurl.com/yhp783cj

Happy Happy Happy Happy Birthday by Jeffrey Moore is available for us under Creative Commons license BY 3.0 and is available at https://tinyurl.com/mr2c5wsu

Motionless Land and Orbit by Josh Woodward are available for use under Creative Commons license BY International and are available at joshwoodward.com

Holding Hands by Macroform is used pursuant a license from Jamendo Licensing and is available at Jamendo.com.

Fun Comedy by Yehven Onoychenko is available for use under a Content License and is available at https://pixabay.com/music/search/baroque/?pagi=2

Auld Lang Syne by Maya Filipic is available for use under Creative Commons license ND NC BY and is available at https://tinyurl.com/ycd9hf7w

Auld Lang Syne by Kara Square is available for use under Creative Commons license NC BY and is available at https://tinyurl.com/2jtav52f

Auld Lang Syne by The Whistlebinkies is available for use under Creative Commons license BY NC SA and is available at archive.org

https://tinyurl.com/mr3bxm43

https://blog.oup.com/2023/07/dangerous-neighbors-sore-and-sorrow/

expresswriters.com

etymonline.com

https://www.spain.info/en/discover-spain/new-years-eve-spain/

https://tinyurl.com/prnhx5ce

https://www.wrenchdrop.org/

https://tinyurl.com/2vy9y6na

https://www.scotland.org/inspiration/the-history-and-words-of-auld-lang-syne

https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/AuldLangSyne.pdf

Practicing true hospitality - no home or hearth required.

Music by Jon Sayles

http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm

In this episode I take a brief look at Twelfth Night (the Christmas custom, not the play), with an assist from Marshal Matt Dillon. You'll also hear music from Jahzzar as well as a bit of The Nutcracker Suite. Check back soon for A Volume Down Christmas 2004, Part 3.

Credits:

https://jahzzar.bandcamp.com/track/snowman

https://jahzzar.bandcamp.com/track/family-tree

https://musopen.org/music/2204-the-nutcracker-suite-op-71a/

https://tinyurl.com/GunsmokeTwelfthNight

https://tinyurl.com/britannica-Christmas

https://tinyurl.com/country-life-twelfth-night

https://tinyurl.com/PBS-roman-empire

https://tinyurl.com/britannica-Christmas-Dec

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Epiphany

https://tinyurl.com/bplblogtwelfthnight

https://projectbritain.com/Xmas/twelfth.htm

Happy Holidays! For Christmas this year I'll be posting several short episodes discussing a variety of slightly off-beat seasonal topics - all with Christmas music that you haven't heard until you could scream. These episodes will be quick and easy listens that may tell you something you didn't know. We'll start off light then get a bit more serious as the episodes progress. In this episode you'll hear a little bit about the old Pepper Custom Recording Company and what it has to do with Christmas. If you like it let me know - there's more where this one came from. Thanks for listening.

Credits for this episode:

Music for this episode was produced by Pepper Production Music and is used under a Creative Commons 4.0 International license. The music is available at https://archive.org/details/pepper520352145219

Additional material from Discogs.com and https://www.discogs.com/release/6787723-Lazenby-Twins-with-Berl-Ofswanger-Orch-Ooh-La-La-I-Fooled-You-Title-Wondering

Episode 6 now out. You'll hear:

Louisville and Scottie Scheffler – What’s in a name?; July birthdays; Don’t forget to brush your scam – fake Amazon reviews; The first of many songs by Carsie Blanton; Movie discussion – Salesman (1969); My Dad’s display of business integrity.

Music:

Holding Hands by Macroform is used under a license issued through Jamendo Licensing. The song can be found at https://www.jamendo.com/track/1863981/holding-hands

Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday by Jeffrey Moore is available for use under Creative Commons license BY 3.0 and is available at https://archive.org/details/The_New_Birthday_Song_Contest-13010/Jeffrey_Moore_-_27_-_Happy_happy_happy_happy_birthday.mp3

Night Jazz by Yevhen Onoychenko is used under a Content License and is available at https://pixabay.com/music/

Orchestral Waltz by Anastasia Kir is used under a Content License and is available at https://pixabay.com/music/

Buoy by Carsie Blanton is used by permission of the artist and is available at www.carsieblanton.com/ Also find Carsie at https://www.facebook.com/carsieblanton/ and https://www.instagram.com/carsieblanton/

Grand Dark Waltz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Devonshire Waltz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Quietly celebrating a few of the things that make Christmas special.

Credits:

O Come All Ye Faithful, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Good King Wenceslas, Silent Night, and O Holy Night as performed by Mark Bodino are used under a Creative Commons license and are available at jamendo.com.

I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day as performed by Roger McGuinn is in the Public Domain and is available at internetarchive.org and gutenberg.org.

Deck the Halls as performed by WaveMaster is used under a Content License and is available at pixabay.com.