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Archive for the 'Holidays' Category

Some More Christmas Diana Krall

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, December 8th, 2007. Filed under Holidays, Videos

Just because

Some Christmas Diana Krall

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, December 8th, 2007. Filed under Holidays, Videos

Once again, much of today will be taken up with holiday-related activities so blogging will be light to non-existent.
But fear not dear readers, the incomparable Ms. Krall wishes us a Merry Christmas:

Christmas Video Classics

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, December 1st, 2007. Filed under Holidays, Videos

Blogging will be light today and part of tomorrow for holiday reasons, so enjoy:

Not Exactly On My Christmas List

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 30th, 2007. Filed under Holidays, Humor

A new kind of nutcracker.
H/T: Kat

No Ho, Ho, Ho

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, November 15th, 2007. Filed under Holidays, In The News

Aspiring Santa’s in Australia are being told not to say “Ho, Ho, Ho”:
THERE’LL be no ho, ho, ho this Christmas. Aspiring Santas have been told not to use the term “ho” because it could be seen as derogatory to women.
Thirty trainees at a Santa course in Adelaide last month, held by recruitment company Westaff, were [...]

Scariest Movie Scene Ever

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, October 31st, 2007. Filed under Holidays

I’m not much of a Halloween person, at least I haven’t been since I was a kid.
Oh, we’ll be handing out candy here at Chez Mataconis tonight, but that’s about it. No costumes, none of that other stuff for me or, as far as I’m concerned, anyone under the age of 13 or so. [...]

Happy Bastille Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, July 14th, 2007. Filed under France, History, Holidays

Today is the 218th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, and the official mark of the overthrow of the French Monarchy. So, a Happy Bastille Day !
And here’s one of my favorite renditions of La Marseillaise, the French National Anthem. It’s from Casablanca, and it depicts a group of French patriots standing up to [...]

Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 4th, 2007. Filed under Al Qaeda, Holidays, War On Terror

I’m not really a country music fan, but I still remember the first time I heard Toby Keith’s post-9/11 stream of consciousness and, quite frankly, it spoke to me and still does on many levels.
I don’t support the Iraq War, but I support the War on al Qaeda, and frankly the idea of a [...]

Happy Birthday America

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 4th, 2007. Filed under History, Holidays

Pardon the subtitles (or maybe not), but this is by far the best rendition of any patriotic song ever:

Liveblogging The Continental Congress

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, July 4th, 2007. Filed under History, Holidays

Last year, Rick Moran “liveblogged” the Battle of Gettysburg. This year, he turns his attention to the Continental Congress of 1776:
[O]ver the last months, several of you have urged me to “liveblog” an historical event using a similar premise – that the internet existed at the time and that I could then link to and [...]

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