Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton Released just in time for Christmas season 1958 was the greatest Christmas record you’ve never heard. “Green Christmas” was the inspired seven-minute response to the commercialization of Christmas by American media man Stan Freberg. At various times in his long career, Freberg was an author, actor, recording artist, voiceover …
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by Kevin Burton Ah the sounds of Christmas! It’s Christmas Eve and workers are pounding into place the new siding we hope will last as long as we live in this house. Jeannette is vacuuming. My Christmas carols, Andy Williams, Point of Grace, don’t stand a chance. But I feel like if …
by Kevin Burton Whatever bells may be heard on Christmas Day will not be sleigh bells in large sections of the world, because Christmas falls in the middle of summer, not winter. This is a special edition of Flying Colors highlighting Christmas songs with colors in the title. You didn’t think we’d leave …
by Kevin Burton You who are reading this, you are the merchandise of Christmas. So am I. If your Christmas tree is surrounded by brightly-packaged presents, that’s all well and good. Christmas morning on that level can be a joy and I hope yours is. Each year we see messages from people …
by Kevin Burton Just so you know, the one who knows when you are sleeping, awake, bad or good etc., is God, not Santa. I believe this is true, despite the research of Mr. Ethan Siegel, writing in Forbes Magazine. He says there is, or could be, a Santa and he uses science …
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by Kevin Burton When our TV is on these days it’s usually on football, and we are no mere observers. We’re not perfect with predictions, but my wife and I both have keen insight as to what might happen in a given game. A typical pre-game assessment goes something like this: …
by Kevin Burton Our series “Flying Colors” is back, today looking at songs with green in the title. Since we’re celebrating green, how about a little peppermint? Make mine Peppermint Rainbow. That Maryland-based band had a number 32 hit with “Will You Be Staying After Sunday,” in May of 1969. That’s your bonus …
by Kevin Burton Never heard this on CBS, FOX or NBC Sports. Not a peep, not on television anyway. It seems NFL quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Nick Foles are both Christians. So a few years ago when they competed to be the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback it gave an interesting twist to the …
by Kevin Burton The Chicago Tribune says people put up Christmas trees early this year as a sign of hope in light of the pandemic. Not department-store early, like mid-October, but before Thanksgiving in many cases. For the first time in as long as I can remember, my family won’t be putting …
by Kevin Burton You may have heard, a social media debate is, uh, simmering. Which stovetop burner is the best to use? Which one is your favorite? Oh great, another way to divide Americans. And, it appears I am on the outside looking in, again. As with the arrangement of letters on a typewriter keyboard, …
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