Merry Christmas to all :)

What's your favorite Chritmas song?

I'm listening to "Elvis Presley - The first Noel". I like the strong Voice :D

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What's your favorite Chritmas song?

Can't say I have a favorite but do like Carrie Underwood and John Legends new song "Hallelujah".

-tG

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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=carrie+underwood+and+john+legend+hallelujah&atb =v234-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F v%3D4KiFSKLTj0U

Here's the link if ya haven't heard it. It's a different style from Elvis but I like hearing new songs come out this time of year, when decent :)

-tG

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I love this song...

Merry Xmassssssss.

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On 25 Dec 2020 at 09:54p, virgilv0x pondered and said...

Merry Christmas to all :)

What's your favorite Chritmas song?

..and to you too :)

Well it's Boxing Day here now, as I live in the future :)

Yesterday was a lot of Bing Crosby and Dean Martin - heh..

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On 26 Dec 2020, Avon said the following...

Well it's Boxing Day here now, as I live in the future :)

NZ has boxing day too? That's cool.

I was talking to our (new) American counterparts earlier this week and mentioned Boxing Day and the line went silent. I had to explain that to us cannucks the 26th was a statutory holiday as well.

Jay

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On 25 Dec 2020, virgilv0x said the following...

Merry Christmas to all :)

And a Mele Kalikimaka to you as well! ;)

What's your favorite Chritmas song?

Silent Night has always been a favourite of mine, though I don't really listen to xmas music much these days.

Jay

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Hello Warpslide!

** On Friday 25.12.20 - 18:51, Warpslide wrote to Avon:

I was talking to our (new) American counterparts earlier this
week and mentioned Boxing Day and the line went silent. I had
to explain that to us cannucks the 26th was a statutory holiday
as well.

I always went in for work on the 26th over the years. (There's no
shortage of things to do anyway). But this year since the 26th
falls on a weekend and the 27th is a Sunday, a 25th/26th/27th break
seems like a vacation.


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On 26 Dec 2020, Ogg said the following...

I was talking to our (new) American counterparts earlier this
week and mentioned Boxing Day and the line went silent. I had
to explain that to us cannucks the 26th was a statutory holiday
as well.

I always went in for work on the 26th over the years. (There's no shortage of things to do anyway). But this year since the 26th
falls on a weekend and the 27th is a Sunday, a 25th/26th/27th break seems like a vacation.

When I worked in Oilfield Tools, I would get called in all of the time on holidays. But it payed extra. I waa payed 4 hours minimum no matter how ling
it actually took, in addition to holiday pay.

But it often surprised me that here in the US, we got 4 day weekend for thanksgiving, but just the day of for Christmas.

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What's your favorite Chritmas song?

My personal favorite is the choral version of "Carol of the Bells".

Bob Roberts
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But it often surprised me that here in the US, we got 4 day weekend for thanksgiving, but just the day of for Christmas.

Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me either. Especially when (in normal times) many of us need to travel for the holiday.
I've always had office jobs, and have always gotten Christmas Eve off since it was a company holiday. Then I would burn a few vacation days and take the time off between Xmas and New Years, which is a great way to maximize your time off while spending few vacation days. A few years I was lucky enough to work where they "closed" during that week.... even better!

Bob Roberts
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Hello Charles!

** On Saturday 26.12.20 - 17:34, Charles Pierson wrote to Ogg:

I always went in for work on the 26th over the years..

When I worked in Oilfield Tools, I would get called in all of
the time on holidays. But it payed extra. I waa payed 4 hours
minimum no matter how ling it actually took, in addition to
holiday pay.

Overtime pay can be sweet. Legally, it is time-and-a-half on regular
calendar days, and double-time on weekends and holidays - with a
minimum of 4 hours as well, I think.

Some employers can work around the minumum by only calling in the
persons for 3 hours, or substituting those days with equal time off
at another time.

Reminds me of a time when I worked for a major military contractor.
For one of the projects the team of 6 engineers of which I was part
was split into pairs and further split into 3 shifts each, and
shifting a shift every 3 days! - inorder to maximize time for
compiling and access to the main computer equipment we were
developing and in order to have at least 3 days per week to use the manufacturing department (who operated on a regular day shift)
incase we needed mechanical adjustments to cables, harnesses or
other fixtures.

Sadly, the shift-work was not considered overtime, but it did extend
between Nov - Jan one year. We could take Christmas day off, but we
we weren't allowed to "package" any accumulated holidays during that
time to escape the shifts. It totally sucked.

But it often surprised me that here in the US, we got 4 day
weekend for thanksgiving, but just the day of for Christmas.

Thanksgiving has links to the founding of America. Perhaps that is considered more important than Christmas and therefore "rewarded"
with extended holidays.

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On 12/26/2020 6:54 am virgilv0x said...

What's your favorite Chritmas song?

Have been listening to an amazing Spotify Xmas playlist made by one of my wife's friends. Lots of obscure stuff on there that I've never heard of.

One song has been stuck in my brain... It's a soul song called "Santa Claus is a Black Man", released in 1973 as a single by Teddy Vann (music producer who went on to work with Luther Vandross).

It's basically a kind of homage to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" but one of positive imagery for black kids. Gives me the feels when I hear it :)

Cheers,



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Have been listening to an amazing Spotify Xmas playlist made by one of my wife's friends. Lots of obscure stuff on there that I've never heard of.

One song has been stuck in my brain... It's a soul song called "Santa Claus isa Black Man", released in 1973 as a single by Teddy Vann (music producer whowent on to work with Luther Vandross).

It's basically a kind of homage to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" but one ofpositive imagery for black kids. Gives me the feels when I hear it :)
Cheers,

Thanks Alpha.. I'm jamming out to Santa is a Black Man and appreciate you sharing. :P

I'll throw out a weird one too... I dig:

Christmas in Jail
(by Asleep at the Wheel) <--- is an OK a version as any other.



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Hello virgilv0x!

On 25 Dec 2020, virgilv0x said the following...

Merry Christmas to all :)

Merry Christmas!

What's your favorite Chritmas song?

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Frank Sinatra. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is good, too. Oh, and "Saviour's Day" by Cliff Richard.

Best regards
Zip

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paulie420 wrote to Alpha <=-

I'll throw out a weird one too... I dig:

Christmas in Jail
(by Asleep at the Wheel) <--- is an OK a version as any other.

"Christmas Christmas" by Mojo Nixon :)

Less weird - "Blue Christmas" by Elvis



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What's your favorite Chritmas song?

My personal favorite is the choral version of "Carol of the Bells".

I'm going to throw out there.... God Rot ye Merry Gentlemen.. saving us all from Santa's power when we've gone astray.

Actually I like the Perry Como version... but the best... has to be

SLADE! - Merry Christmas Everybody

Fantastic if not a Carol in the traditional sense.

Spec


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On 12-25-20 18:51, Warpslide wrote to Avon <=-

On 26 Dec 2020, Avon said the following...

Well it's Boxing Day here now, as I live in the future :)

NZ has boxing day too? That's cool.

So does Oz. I spent my Boxing Day doing mostly sporty and social things - Yoga, training and coffee. :)

I was talking to our (new) American counterparts earlier this week and mentioned Boxing Day and the line went silent. I had to explain that
to us cannucks the 26th was a statutory holiday as well.

It's pretty much the Commonwealth countries that observe Boxing Day. :) Here in Australia, it's a great day for shopping and sport.


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On 12-25-20 19:01, Warpslide wrote to virgilv0x <=-

What's your favorite Chritmas song?

Silent Night has always been a favourite of mine, though I don't really listen to xmas music much these days.

I like a lot of Christmas songs, though the winter ones are rather silly here, as most Christmases are around 35C. This year was cooler at around 25C - a lovely day. I look for a mix of traditional (religious based, even though I'm not religious) and Australian takes on Christmas.

Some of the religious songs like "Mary's Boy Child", "Song of Joy" and the like are among my favourites. I do like to watch Carols by Candlelight on TV, which are held in Melbourne as a fundraiser every Christmas Eve. This year was different in that there was no live audience, DUE to COVID restrictions. Normally you get something like 30,000 people on the night.


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Hi All,

2021 has been a long old year with more downs than ups, but I thought I'd
drop you good folk a line to wish you all a very Merry Xmas; hopefully, 2022 will gift me a little more time to post on fsxNet.

A BIG shout out to Avon and his allies for creating/maintaining such a wonderful community.

Best Regards

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Hi All,

2021 has been a long old year with more downs than ups, but I thought I'd drop you good folk a line to wish you all a very Merry Xmas; hopefully, 2022 will gift me a little more time to post on fsxNet.

Merry Christmas to you as well!

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Hello TALIADON!

On 24 Dec 2021, TALIADON said the following...

2021 has been a long old year with more downs than ups, but I thought I'd drop you good folk a line to wish you all a very Merry Xmas; hopefully,

A Merry Christmas to you, too!
And to everyone else on fsxNet, too, of course!

A BIG shout out to Avon and his allies for creating/maintaining such a wonderful community.

I second that! :)

Best regards
Zip

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On 24 Dec 2021 at 04:58p, TALIADON pondered and said...

2021 has been a long old year with more downs than ups, but I thought I'd drop you good folk a line to wish you all a very Merry Xmas; hopefully, 2022 will gift me a little more time to post on fsxNet.

Hi Lee

Best wishes to you and yours too.. thanks for taking the time to post and be active in the echomail areas when you're able to. It's been a heck of a year and the next one looks kinda loopy too. Hmm..

A BIG shout out to Avon and his allies for creating/maintaining such a wonderful community.

It's a team effort by all, thanks for the kind thoughts.

Best, Paul

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