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How did ‘Auld Lang Syne’ become the official New Year’s Eve song in America? “
By
Donna Calvin
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to min’….” “Auld Lang Syne” was played by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians as a New Year’s Eve song for the first time, eighty years ago today — on December 31, 1929. Though it was played as the band’s theme song for years, and it had even occasionally been sung…
Remember our troops and veterans at Christmas & Hanukkah
By
Donna Calvin
A Poem Written by a Soldier “ Christmas Poem ” TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE…
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