No snark this time: I think this is kind of neat (both the art and the tweet):
Have I ever mentioned how much I love the Meat-Shaped Stone? I think about it often.
Made during the Qing dynasty from banded jasper, the naturally occuring layers in the stone have been exploited to create the illusion of braised pork belly. pic.twitter.com/LEADCma2R7
— Laurie đđ (@ohmwu) December 24, 2020
Merry Christmas!
I always apologize when the videos I post run long, but today’s videos may require a particular apology.
Or they may not: these are really more something you can put on in the background and stream while the family is gathered for Christmas. Or while you sit alone pining for the fjords today. Either way. (That’s also why I am posting them early.)
“The World War II News and Old Time Radio Channel” has posted a series of videos, each about 12 hours long, containing vintage Christmas radio programs from various years, in chronological order.
“Part 1 – 1930 – 1942”.
If you go to the ‘Tube directly, the descriptions contain links to the start of individual programs. So, for example, you can jump to December of 1941 and listen to Jack Benny promote bonds.
“Part 2 – 1942 – 1946”.
“Part 3 – 1947 – 1950”.
This starts off with the Lux Radio Theater adaptation of “It’s a Wonderful Life”, so you might want to skip ahead to the one hour mark.
“Part 4 – 1950 – 1959”.
It isn’t “I Saw Three Ships”, but I stumbled across this on the ‘Tube and knew I had to use it.
Werner Klemperer and John Banner sing. Plus Robert Clary.
Yes, you read that right. Colonel Klink and Sargent Schultz sing “Silent Night”. In German. And then Corporal LeBeau sings, too.
I would make fun of this, but I think all three of them are actually pretty good.
(I don’t think that part about the organ is true.)
Because it is a tradition, and because I really like this:
I like this, too:
This isn’t “I Saw Three Ships”, either, but it is a Christmas song that I like (and haven’t used before) from a totally unexpected source: Annie Lennox sings “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”.
Merry Christmas, one and all!