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THE BATTLE OF CHRISTMAS

ARTICLE BY MICHAEL R. SEARS

Copyright 2008 (Permission is given to anyone to reproduce article with credits, with no sales allowed, without permission from author)

This battle is fought every year as more and more realize what the spirit of Christmas is. Those souls in whom the light bulb has turned on are not too popular with their wives, husbands, relatives, and friends many times. These blessed individuals have come to the realization that the spirit of Christmas is greed, not tidings of great joy and good will toward men, which scripture is misquoted: It actually says in the original glad tidings of great joy to men of good will, leaving out much of the world’s population.

Christmas is a device whereby the merchants are able to pawn off much of their merchandise for the year, many times on the door steps of the church and at the expense of those under such bondage to have to get gifts for everyone and leave no one out, even if they have to charge it all on credit cards. Yahushua would have his whip right now driving off the money changers.

No where in scripture does it tell us to celebrate Christ’s birth. His birth, if we did celebrate it, was no where near this time of the year. It was on the feast of tabernacles, which is in September. This coincides with the body of historical evidence. Dec. 25 was celebrated long before “Christ’s” birth as a pagan celebration of the Sun God. So what is it we do this time of the year and why?

We put up lights. We carol. We watch the cartoon characters singing yahoo doray around the idol Christmas tree decked with gold and silver and see the grinch get changed into a lovable person. We see Dickens classics, of which, I bet now he winces and has his own ghosts come forth every time it is done this time of the year, unless, of course, he repented before he died. We see or hear Bing Crosby singing I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. We go to

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Christmas & the Winter Holidays are pretty much synonymous with family, friends, good cheer, great food, fine spirits, romance, and timeless music we all know and love.

Unfortunately for many people though, holiday music means “playing the same old songs”.

When it comes to playing music for the December holidays, it seems that most of us simply pull out the old family favorites without even thinking about the selections, or what they really sound like or if even anyone wants to hear them anymore.

The sad truth is that Christmas and Holiday favorites get played so much in December, that most of us think it’s a blessing when they are packed away as soon as possible after December 25th.

Have you ever considered trying some jazz Christmas music?

Want to know what jazz fans listen to around the holidays? Or how about non-jazz fans who have never even heard of Jazz Christmas Music but who have been searching for something classy and different to listen to for a change?

To shake it up a bit this Christmas, try this list of 5 Great Christmas Jazz Albums that will be sure to grab a bit of attention and maybe end up on someone’s Gift Wish List:

1. Merry From Lena – Lena Horne

Smooth and romantic, it’s the perfect selection for sipping hot toddies by the fireplace.

The Tracks: 1.Jingle All The Way, 2. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You), 3. Winter Wonderland, 4. White Christmas, 5. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, 6. The Little Drummer Boy, 7. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, 8. What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?, 9. Silent Night, 10. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town

2. Verve Presents: Very Best of Christmas Jazz

For the ultimate in holiday music by the jazz legends, this collection features classic holiday songs.

The Tracks: 1. Rudolph The

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History

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Since 1969, Sesame Street had given Jim Henson’s Muppet creations exposure; however, Henson began to perceive that he was pigeonholed as a children’s entertainer. He sought to create a program that could be enjoyed by young and old. Two specials were produced and aired that are considered pilots for The Muppet Show. Neither led to the sale of a prime-time network series. However, the prime-time access rule had just been enacted, which took the 7:30 to 8pm ET slot from the networks and turned it over to their affiliates. CBS suggested it would be interested in Henson’s proposal as a syndicated series it could purchase for its owned-and-operated stations, to run one night a week in that time slot.[citation needed]

Lew Grade, head of the British commercial station ATV, offered a deal to Henson that would see his show produced at the ATV studios in Elstree, England. ATV, as part of the ITV network, would broadcast the show to other ITV stations in the United Kingdom, and its distribution arm, ITC Entertainment, would sell the show in the United States and around the world. Henson put aside his misgivings about syndication and accepted.[citation needed]

At first, signing guests was a challenge and producers had to call on their personal contacts. The breakthrough was the appearance of the ballet dancer, Rudolf Nureyev. His appearance on such an unusual show generated such positive publicity that the series became one of the sought-after productions to appear in[citation needed]. The Muppet Show premiered in 1976 and finally, after five years and 120 episodes, it went off the air in 1981 because of Henson’s desire to move on to other projects and the withdrawal of ATV’s membership of the ITV network.