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Everybody’s waitin’ for the man with the bag

It’s that time of year, once again! Time to give thanks, to gather with friends and family, and time to celebrate the fresh start of a new year. I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy holiday season and a terrific 2020!

It seems like every Christmas season has one holiday song that gets played on repeat, for some odd reason. And I know everybody is talking about how this is the 25th anniversary of Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You… But for me it has to be (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag as sung by Kay Starr. This one just keeps following me around! I don’t get to choose the song…the song chooses me. 😀

Below, I’ve shared a few videos from our recent Florida theme park trips. First up, Universal’s Holiday Parade featuring Macy’s. Join Shrek, Fiona, Gru, the Minions, and many other Universal Studios characters as they celebrate the season.


Earlier that day we attended The Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular and got to hang with the citizens of Whoville.


And finally in the evening we enjoyed a holiday performance from Mannheim Steamroller.


Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

Holidays

Starbucks Peppermint Hot Chocolate

‘Tis the season once again. Of course, it’s not just about the hot chocolate, but that’s a nice part of it. And this year, I’m proud to announce, I haven’t heard of a single person offended by the Official Starbucks Red Cups®! The Starbucks peppermint hot chocolate reminds me of 2010 when we headed south for Christmas. We went to Universal Studios a few days that week and had one of these drinks just about every morning at CityWalk.

Last year we spent Christmas in Florida once again, but this year we are staying home. I just uploaded a classic computing video where I entered a Santa Claus program on a Commodore 64 emulator. The program came from the December 1984 issue of Family Computing magazine.

The background music from this video comes from the old Jingle Disk produced by Thoughtware, Inc. back in 1985. I wonder if Marty McFly ran it on his computer?

Anyway, some more contemporary sounds of the season echoed from the halls of Jewel City Church last week with their annual Christmas production. Watch it here!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Church, Holidays

The 2013 JCC Kids Christmas Play

Happy New Year! (Is it too late to say that?) Hope you had a wonderful holiday season.

The holiday season brings family and friends together, and churches all around the world celebrate the season with plays and cantatas.

For you viewing pleasure, here’s a look back at the 2013 Jewel City Church Children’s Christmas play, “The Christmas Shoe Tree.”

2013 Kid’s Christmas Play from Jewel City Church on Vimeo.