As I struggled over the years to try and turn ‘The Magic of Grandfather Time’ into a full-length novel my sister-in-law encouraged me to try it as a story in verse. Amazon was around that time looking for a new version of the Charles Dickens classic ‘A Christmas Carol’ but for ...
Sorry to every other person who’s recorded this song, but Justin’s take is far and away the greatest version on offer (and the only one that includes a verse where Busta Rhymes sends holiday wishes to his Twitter followers). Stream Now 8. “Last Christmas,” by Carly Rae Jepsen Th...
Season 3 - Episode 11 - The Christmas Card Season 5 - Episode 8 - A Spirited Christmas While both episodes invoked a sense of cozy nostalgia for our hosts, one definitely holds up and resonates with them more than the other! Which one? Well, you'll have to tune in to find out! Als...
with a line about wishing for a gift card from the chain restaurant in his stocking. Of course, Applebee's was a huge part of the original "Fancy Like"— so much so that the restaurantsent the singer a Gold Cardthat gets them free Applebee's meals. The singer and his wife Laney used...
He had just come to the Gap–a cleft in the Cumberland Mountains–to prepare two young Blue Grass Kentuckians for Harvard. The railroad was still thirty miles away, and he had travelled mule-back through mudholes, on which, as the joke ran, a traveller was supposed to leave his card ...
Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box. 〝Oh, dear! 〞I thought. Yes, we had no new clothes but two television. We shall not be going the sales again.The husband and wife in the story ___.( ) A.wished to buy a TV B.went to the sales the year before...
Walker Hayes' "Don't Let Her" is a ballad from 2019 that is good enough to make you cry. The singer is leaving a note to the man who marries his wife after he dies, but somehow it's not one bit dark or melancholy. Through each verse he uses specific traits of his wife Laney, ...
May decided on a Christmas-themed version of the old ugly-duckling story, about a misfit who grows up, ridiculed for his deformity – in this case, a bright red reindeer nose – but who ultimately proves to be a valued and helpful member of the community. May wrote the story in verse,...
Cardcaptor Sakura (Eps. 35, 62) –“Sakura’s WonderfulChristmas, “Sakura, the Cards, and the Presents / A Present For the Cards” [1,2] Cardfight!! Vanguard (Ep. 454) –“Examinees’ Merry Christmas” Carole & Tuesday (Ep. 21) –“It’s Too Late” [1] ...
Each year’s regret are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the new year. – Ralph Waldo Emerson New year — a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours. – Alex Morritt ...