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"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins."
Matthew 1: 21
1 O Holy Night Luca Sestak https://youtu.be/G9xDZ339244
2 Gesu Bambino David Archuleta/Tabernacle Choir https://youtu.be/yCvJWyBPDQM
3 Christmas Eve/Sarajevo Trans-Siberian Orchestra https://youtu.be/MHioIlbnS_A
4 What Child is This The Piano Guys https://youtu.be/lJ_o85Byb-g
5 The Night Before Christmas US Navy Band https://youtu.be/AoCBVx2fVSM
Bonus: Paul Harvey: The Rest of the Story Behind A Beloved Christmas Carol https://youtu.be/CZfO3Bt_ti0?si=C2Z3uHVXJ9XO3z25
Silent Night Michael Bublé https://youtu.be/-iZGh91-v7Y
Updoot for the Paul Harvey link. Another missed patriot. Merry Christmas fren!
Love all of these!
Thank you agan for the Paul Harvey!
More than welcome...such an icon...I love revisiting also...I grew up in NW Indiana...20 minutes from the loop so we always listened...
Merry Christmas Tweety! 🎄
And Merry Christmas to you and yours...God bless you richly...💖
Thank you fren! May God open up the windows of blessings up on you and yours. Now im off to listen you some Christmas carols. Thank you.
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas 🎄 What you cooking for Christmas festivities? I’m already exhausted and have more to do tomorrow. It’s quickly reminded me just how much my mom did for everyone at Christmas. She absolutely loved decorating and cooking for the Christmas Eve family gathering.
Today I cooked peanut butter blossoms (pb cookie with Hersey kiss on top) and chocolate chip cookies. Tonight I’ve attempted to make my mom’s ice cream dessert. Oreo cookie crust, ice cream, chocolate fudge like on sundae & nuts. I don’t eat it but everyone else loves it. I don’t want anything in ice cream. For the out law (FIL calls us that, not In laws😀) side of my family I’m making PB pie for hubby & lemon pie. Whew, I gotta get back to eating meat and eggs!
Edit: I used to love Oreos and could blindly overeat them. I’ve had a 1/2 cookie and it wasn’t great. They also don’t smell good. My family and hubby’s eat lots of processed food. We used to and my daughter’s family eats healthier version of snacks (not a lot). It amazes me we ate that junk most of our lives. If we are going to eat off plan we try to cook it from scratch to know what we are eating.
My 7 year old granddaughter will come down (she lives behind me) to make her 'famous' Sticky Stuff pie again that she made for Thanksgiving. Since her Daddy and brothers loved it so much, we decided to make it again for Christmas. It's actually a chocolate icebox pie. Something she can pour in, mix and put in a graham cracker crust. So we're getting her started young in the kitchen. She kept calling it 'sticky stuff' so that's what we now call it. KEK!
YAY! Some of my favorite memories were made in my Grandma's kitchen...
I know what you mean. I spent a lot of time in my Grandma's kitchen too. I think that's where I learned to cook. I've never been told anything bad so I guess I'm doing right. They always appear at the table.
Okay, Pea Pie (that's my 7 yo granddaughter's nickname) just made her Sticky Stuff pie and gone home to get ready for Santa.
I made 2 dozen of deviled eggs, chopped my celery and onion for my 'chicken' and dressing so I'll have something extra to go with the Ham.
Made a 'million dollar pie' a cherry pie, a banana pudding and a 'poor man's pudding that I got the recipe online. Now I just sit back, wait till morning and put my chicken on to boil for a good broth and meat. Put my ham in the oven and take a breather for a few.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I will be using my mom's cookie recipe for Russian Tea Cakes, with a minor modification, for a Christmas Cookie contest.
Ooh! Sounds like fun. I'm sure you'll win. You can tell me about it after Christmas. It'll be a blue ribbon winner for sure.
Hey! How did the Christmas cookie contest go? I'll bet you won.
Because it was not a taste test one, but a decorate sugar cookies one, no. But I was delighted that my daughter won! She had decorated an ornament with a cat's face looking in it, and titled it " The last thing the ornament saw!" (I was thrilled for her) She was one of three winners.
Congratulations to your daughter. I hope you took pictures. Something to look back on.
You are making lifelong memories for her Mary! Precious! 💕
I want her to think her grandma is the best! KEK!
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
And I’m quite sure you are the best Grandma!
Thank you. Last Christmas her mother and I along with her went Christmas shopping. Sort of a girls day out. I saw her eyeing this doll house. So was she surprised last Christmas when that dollhouse was under Memaw's Christmas tree. I don't know what she wants this year, but I bought her a pretty good sized keyboard with a microphone. That will be music to my ears.
Oh precious memories. My grandboys are 4 and 20 months. Johnny which is 4 is all about the grinch. So every Christmas I buy he and I, and now Mac grinch pajamas that match. This year I bought him a big grinch tree. So about a week ago I asked him what was the number one thing he was wanting this year. He says to me that he wants me to be Cindy Lou and he can wear his grinch costume(which he wears year round). So what do I do but start shopping for a Cindy Lou costume and praying it gets here before Christmas. It came yesterday afternoon, and I showed up this morning as Cindy Lou. He was so excited! My heart just melted. My daughter said mama he will never forget all the fun things you do for him. Now if he will just stay 4 I will be happy. ❤️😉
Oh, what a good grandma you are. I don't think I would have ever found a Cindy Lou Who outfit. Yes. It would be nice if they stayed young forever, but only in Heaven will we get those things.
They are so sweet and innocent at this time of their lives and we as grandparents get to see the thrill of Christmas once again through their eyes. That's what makes my Christmas. The best gift they could ever get me.
I just got pictures from my son of my grandson punching his punching bag with his boxing gloves on that we got him. He looks like he is enjoying it. His 2 older brothers wrestle at school on their team and so we thought with him being only 6 that we would find something he could do as well.
Only through the eyes of our grandchildren. You Miss SuzyeQ are a good Grandmother. Keep the Grinch Christmas going. He'll be grown one day and these are precious memories he will never forget. God bless you so much.
Did you know you can make sourdough cookies with lard cream filling? I haven’t made these yet but I’m definitely going to later this week. They sound amazing! https://nitter.poast.org/ellavatehealth/status/1860073246026055949#m
Sourdough Oreo cookies…
I hadn’t thought of it. You can make basically anything with sourdough, I believe it’s the original baking method. I haven’t tried sourdough yet, it’s my goal to eventually do this so when I occasionally want bread, etc I can make it. My daughter has baked a lot of different things.
I make sourdough everything - even use it in conventional yeast breads, just by substituting some for the equivalent bread and water. Super good for gut health! Merry Christmas!
Hope you had a Merry Christmas. I’ve got a few things I’d like to learn in 2025, perfect a few crafts & sourdough. Sounds like you have figured it out.
Merry Christmas MB! ❤️🎄
Hope you had a great Christmas. I took a little break and I was slammed from 23rd - 26th. On a road trip with hubby spending the weekend with my daughter’s fam, some grandbaby time💗
I did have a great Christmas. As I always say as long as nobody ends up in jail or the hospital then it’s good 😂. I surprised Johnny and dressed up as Cindy Lou Who on Christmas Day.
Apologies, I’ve been away again. That’s hilarious! You sound like a fun grandma.
Hope you had a great Christmas my friend. ❤️
I did, I know you did, you are almost as crazy as me. Hubby and I bought everyone gag gifts and out did his sister the queen of gag gifts. We gave ourselves gag gifts to throw every one off. It’s nice being part of a family that can laugh instead of complaining and fighting. The most important part is Jesus and the children. It’s been cool seeing it through her little eyes. Amen, Santa & Jesus have been her most popular words last month (going to church so she’s got Amen down).
That’s so sweet. Depending on what kind of church it is, she will raising little hands and shouting. 😉
I remember a certain Q told us to track CEO resignations...
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https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/nearly-2000-american-ceos-quit-2024-setting-new-record
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Nearly 2,000 American CEOs Quit In 2024, Setting New Record
Chief executive officers have exited from U.S. companies in 2024 at a greater pace than ever before, with businesses increasingly opting to appoint interim leaders as replacements, according to global outplacement company Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
As of November, 1,991 CEOs have departed from their companies, “the highest total on record,” according to a Dec. 20 report from the company.
Amid a jump in executive departures, companies were found to be appointing more interim leaders. Last year, interim replacements for CEOs were at seven percent, this year it has gone up to 13 percent.
Entities in the government/non-profit sector saw the highest number of exits year-to-date at 438 departures, followed by health care/products, technology, entertainment/leisure, financial, services, and hospitals.
State-wise, California topped the list with 223 CEOs departing, followed by New York, Texas, and Florida.
Besides stepping down, some of the top reasons executives gave for leaving their positions included retirement, pursuing new opportunities, or transitioning to a different position within the company.
Back in September, Andrew Challenger suggested that economic changes were a key factor for the rising number of exits.
Under his tenure, the company saw several quarters of revenue declines as well as net losses. Intel also failed to create any significant impact in the AI chip space during these years. Following Gelsinger’s exit from the company, Intel’s shares surged.
Earlier in March, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun stepped down after the company got entangled in a scandal over quality issues.
A door panel of a Boeing plane blew off mid-air during a flight in January, triggering concerns about safety regulations followed by the company. This also attracted increased government scrutiny. In addition to Calhoun, two more senior Boeing executives resigned from their posts at the time.
In January, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares left his post following disappointing sales numbers in North America.
According to a report by leadership advisory company Russell Reynolds Associates, more companies are appointing CEOs from within their business than from outside. The report analyzed data from leading global stock indexes.
“Globally, of the 178 CEOs appointed in 2023, 77 percent were internal hires,” it said while adding that such appointments had hit an “all-time high” last year.
The trend is driven by several factors, including views that an internal candidate is lower risk and lower cost and that such promotions are “more likely to inspire and encourage current staff.”
“Additionally, boards want to send a message that they have been doing their job by constantly and effectively planning for successions. This means unplanned emergencies as well as systemic future planning have been effectively prepared for.”
Internally appointed executives were found to have served 1.4 years longer on average. In addition, external hires were more likely to be fired from their posts, the report said.
This should be a separate post. Great find!
Alot of CEOs are just frontmen, and mostly backed by someone powerful, such as Blackrock/Vanguard. They can't just install anybody for their public companies. Their control is toxicating and totalitarian imo.
Yes!
u/#Catdance
this is something 99% of people can come together on. Not enough real wins like that so its good to bring attention to it when it happens. merry christmas!
I manually approved your post. It should be visible now.
Thank you!
Great comment!
Thank you for this, very interesting information. 👍
God Bless you my frens. Merry Christmas.
Some suggested "Done in 30" meant 30 months, but we all know the White House wasn't secured in 2020, it definitely wasn't the "final stage."
Done in 30 could also suggest the three events will occur in a 30 day period, not necessarily beginning from December 21st
Another way to look at it could be 30 months starting from inauguration. Taking 30 months to clean house seems quite a long time. Maybe 30 days?
u/#q970
I'm leaning towards 30 days...but, who knows 🤔
30 months is 2.5 years. If the 30 starts on Jan 20, that's a little more than half his term.
That actually seems pretty realistic.
Oh I sure hope it’s days ❤️
Well, it looks like Odysee is turning into a ghost town. Several weeks ago, videos uploaded to YouTube ceased to automatically be reposted on Odysee. At least for smaller channels. Bigger channels somehow continued to have their videos posted. Tim Pool, Salty Cracker, The Quartering, RK Outpost, Paul Joseph Watson... Then 3 days ago the uploads ceased. I guess that's it now.
I really like Odysee, but the buffering can be annoying. I like how it appeals to a larger audience: gaming, Linux, and more. Angry Video Game Nerd, Internet Historian, Game Sack, Zuby, Count Dankula, and many more have channels on Odysee. I really don't care for Rumble. I don't like how it's set up, or how notifications are regulated to annoying email notifications. If someone replies to your comment, you have to go to that video and scrolll and scroll until you find your comment. But it seems like the big names are supporting Rumble. Jimmy Dore, Salty Cracker, Redacted, and so many more. But Rumble is pretty much 99% politics, which is why I have tried to support Odysee more. It seems that a lot of content providers like Salty Cracker and Geeks & Gamers had promoted Odysee, but they seem to have given up on the platform.
Does anyone have any insight as to what is going on?
As more and more videos are allowed to be uploaded in alt platforms like Rumble and some even in YouTube, unfortunately places like Odyssey will be left on the wayside. Free market at work :(
Rumble is too political for me. Odysee is really the only direct competitor.
Not only is Rumble too political, but it is too right-wing. Half of the channels I listed above wouldn't go to Rumble because it's nearly a right wing echo chamber. David Pakman is a cock gobbler, but I am glad to see him on Odysee. Although I imagine maybe he's given up on Odysee at this point. I think that Destiny guy is on there.
The problem is that too many creators who created channels on Odysee, got lazy with the synching system, and probably aren't even aware that their content isn't getting mirrored on Odysee anymore.
The only other "viable" platform is BitChute, which I prefer to call "Shit Show" because that's all it essentially is. Look at the comments section of X22 Report on Rumble and compare it to that on BitChute. The latter is atrocious.
u/bubble_bursts
Speaking of Rumble,I just heard today (from Dave X22 I think) that Tether recently bought Rumble. I wonder what will happen now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_AMTbO50vU&ab_channel=ChristmasMusic
Merry Christmas!
u/#q456
I am excited to find out what good thing is taking place today, even if we don’t know that it’s happened til later. 🙏🏻
Grace In Unexpected Places:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIGt39FA1L0
Let's face it, Charlie Brown. We all know Christmas is a commercial racket. It's run by a big, Eastern syndicate, you know!
https://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/christmas-and-advent/just-drop-the-blanket-the-moment-you-never-noticed-in-a-charlie-brown-christmas.html
If you let it. If you've been captured. If you can't manage a quiet tradition. They make shiny stuff but you still choose where to focus.
Well, that was the point of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, after all.
If anyone wants some interesting background music, here's a link to Medieval Tavern style Christmas Carols, and Christmas at BagEnd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOYYIHCAY70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fTXTbl2DJc (BagEnd)
I wish everyone on GAW a Merry Christmas! No matter what there is always something we can be glad about! I am grateful for GAW & all of you here! I will not be alone this Christmas as my heart is so full! I will drink my eggnog & struggle with my holiday 250 piece puzzle! 🎄☃️❄️
Sounds like fun!
I think so. Still have some estranged family, but my youngest is going to visit with me Christmas Day.
Shower thought on “People still wearing masks..”
Did these people commit crimes, avoid getting caught at the time, and now they’re wearing masks in public to continue trying to avoid being caught by facial recognition?
The other option was that they were traumatized, and never got the command to stop, so the programming just keeps going…
Has anyone tried to address any of these people?
I think I keep hearing, “Why do you fear?” when I walk past them…
u/#ridetofreedom
God provides. Truly.