RS Knows Christmas........... [Archive] - REVscene Automotive Forum

Manic!

12-13-2017, 07:02 PM

Canadian content to make CRTC happy, gulolol..............

Any good Chinese or South Asian Xmas music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpn3eCpPCc8

Yes, it's an actual album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFD19G-oxQk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHOM-6O2XOw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDoTGNdkMxw

This track is a tradition for my niece and nephews and me. Mainly just me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyM3rF-VWGI

and this is kind of funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZIzFm4BEQk

punkwax

12-13-2017, 07:15 PM

I recall a similar thread where I posted this classic:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8

coneZONE

12-13-2017, 07:24 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGMn0rYLHE

https://youtu.be/zIRRGKMLaJE

https://youtu.be/rtrTH1vxGFQ

coneZONE

12-13-2017, 07:50 PM

I'm sure this cover version is a holiday must-have by now :fullofwin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=104cdcySpEs

Hondaracer

12-13-2017, 07:53 PM

always got a spot for dat feliz navidas

this has become on of my favorites in the last few years, i think i may have even stolen it from a similar thread

https://youtu.be/gfQISWFyyz8

pastarocket

12-13-2017, 08:19 PM

Coldplay's Christmas song: :thumbsup:

https://youtu.be/z1rYmzQ8C9Q

An older Christmas song. 98 degrees:

https://youtu.be/bW4psI6RTDE

tegra7

12-13-2017, 08:25 PM

https://youtu.be/0g7zrSd3PUc

coneZONE

12-13-2017, 08:34 PM

https://youtu.be/_MzumcY3lpk

https://youtu.be/YfF10ow4YEo

https://youtu.be/wKj92352UAE

https://youtu.be/E8gmARGvPlI

https://youtu.be/bjQzJAKxTrE

murd0c

12-13-2017, 08:49 PM

https://youtu.be/mVkg5FM59NA

fliptuner

12-14-2017, 06:39 AM

https://vimeo.com/82689075

The_AK

12-14-2017, 07:39 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tiw3ueH3EI

StylinRed

12-14-2017, 07:48 AM

SIA released a christmas album and im liking Candy Cane Lane, it feels really festive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElmsIGT85tI

FN-2199

12-14-2017, 08:04 AM

I love Christmas music; it's probably the only time I listen to the radio, however, if I hear the Carly Rae Jepson "Mittens" song again on 103.5, I'm going to fucking off myself :ohgodwhy:

!LittleDragon

12-14-2017, 03:28 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14mPAZkJvd4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEYVuMqZdTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnTOJPfCjJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyrZZNcnKaA

GS8

12-14-2017, 04:45 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeVUnGQOIk

N.V.M.

12-14-2017, 06:16 PM

https://youtu.be/nud2TQNahaU

MG1

12-14-2017, 06:37 PM

The original - as in, it was written for her. Not the best rendition, IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxTHzERTsk

Frank Sinatra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLqXs-yHAlA

MG1

12-14-2017, 06:38 PM

Legendary..........

Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igaOTqgXbnA

GLOW

12-14-2017, 06:55 PM

Canadian content to make CRTC happy, gulolol..............

Any good Chinese or South Asian Xmas music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDmFIn374vU

sure win :thumbsup: ....:troll:

seriously though this is my xmas jam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-4aOi3AzQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bbuBubZ1yE

MG1

12-14-2017, 06:56 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5mdybeyLVc

danned

12-14-2017, 09:50 PM

http://czaal.com/file/2017/12/christmas-design-fail-thumb.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/shZafPmUVPg/hqdefault.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j53oW94AXMU/Vlx403CUsJI/AAAAAAAAEXo/QjAhl4846zk/s640/skyrim-santa-christmas.png

MG1

12-15-2017, 07:59 AM

He sang this when he was 17........... how long ago was that? That someday will not come for a long, long time. Maybe never, but hope is always there............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y__tczZDkTo

bcrdukes

12-15-2017, 08:03 AM

No RS Christmas Lobster, no care.

MG1

12-15-2017, 08:05 AM

........

DragonChi

12-15-2017, 08:06 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCabI3MdV9g

MG1

12-15-2017, 01:57 PM

^higher sound quality, but can't see no hot blonde chicks playing stringed instruments. hee hee, hue hue, pew pew......

Anyway, back to the uploads.........

Gets funky at 1:05 dat horn! Beard Guy, ftmfw!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5v07eIFfNY

DragonChi

12-15-2017, 07:58 PM

The one on the first page is, Christmas canon rock? This song is, Carol of bells...

MG1

12-15-2017, 08:14 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_GmhD053E

Yup, she was Catwoman on the TV Series, Batman, with Adam West.

She's what was known back then as a "sexpot."

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ouomr

3:43 batgirl and cat woman together

welfare

12-16-2017, 08:17 PM

The original - as in, it was written for her. Not the best rendition, IMHO.

I think she did the best job of it myself.
You listen to it and think of how it must have been back in 1944, with everything that was going on. It's really quite moving I think.

MG1

12-16-2017, 09:21 PM

Fokker vs Sopwith Camel

Sopwith Camel had the edge, but Red Baron, ftmfw!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruirnUfaC5U

MG1

12-16-2017, 09:27 PM

And............ on that note:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1LUXQWzCno

MG1

12-19-2017, 07:15 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw

Better version, IMHO..............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJFc1Y-6OQ

fsy82

12-19-2017, 08:32 AM

This isnt a Xmas song but for those who want some xmas love;) Ed Sheeran with Andrea Bocelli

https://youtu.be/eiDiKwbGfIY

GS8

12-20-2017, 05:32 PM

Whopper Wednesday had me humming this song

:sweetjesus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvvHXjKloNs

MG1

12-20-2017, 06:52 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIU4DfmAH4Y

I find this song a little disturbing.......... never mind who's your daddy............ who's your santa, Mom!

welfare

12-20-2017, 09:46 PM

Mariah and Bono got nothin on Love

https://youtu.be/UV8x7H3DD8Y

MG1

12-21-2017, 05:05 PM

Ode to yray, gulolol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aga1BOSu7yY

that's who I think of when I hear this song on the radio.

That's not fair................... I hear from people who know him and they say he's actually worse in real life. :troll:

GS8

12-22-2017, 01:21 PM

Not a song but a new book I heard about yesterday

?Santa?s Husband? is a children?s book about a gay, black St. Nick ? and the author is no shocker ? TheBlaze (http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/12/21/santas-husband-is-a-childrens-book-about-a-gay-black-st-nick-and-the-author-is-no-shocker)

welfare

12-22-2017, 07:11 PM

:troll:

gramser57

12-22-2017, 07:39 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QYxHds7fR0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-HYIBc2tyQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDIuESuLXs8

punkwax

12-23-2017, 05:36 PM

https://youtu.be/qTx-sdR6Yzk

GS8

12-23-2017, 11:18 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyoTvgPn0rU

This was always played on MTV / Much Music around Christmas time back in the day.

EDIT: And this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmZg7tvGN9o

pastarocket

12-24-2017, 01:30 PM

-little elf Ariana Grande with the beautiful voice. FeelsGoodMan

https://youtu.be/nlR0MkrRklg

fliptuner

12-24-2017, 11:03 PM

https://youtu.be/U5yKfmjwIbg

MG1

12-29-2017, 12:36 PM

I was in London Drugs when I decided to go into the listening room.

Came across this...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Y0lVM-44k&list=PL8-LqKyQa9HWWmGJjJJuqu-xYbwNZ7j5N&index=6

Nevermind Jordan Smith, the session musicians............... nice! Band starts to really cook at around 0:59. Reminds me of the Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen. Nothing comes close to that band. Anyway.......... it's technically still Christmas (The Twelve Days between Dec 25th and January 5th - Epiphany). Look at me................. all into christianity and stuff - god bless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stSE0ZCTigQ&index=10&list=PL8-LqKyQa9HWWmGJjJJuqu-xYbwNZ7j5N

MG1

11-12-2018, 03:55 PM

Good horn section, then the snake charmer section (soprano sax?) near the end............... just awkward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SzjDOk_u9I

jbsali

11-12-2018, 06:15 PM

can't quit this song..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-dwmYeLLng

AzNightmare

11-12-2018, 08:40 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfS5boobwi0

I didn't know Lindsey Stirling sings too. Or I guess she can, but isn't market as a singer.

MG1

12-03-2018, 09:18 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTwLqR071M

Plagal Cadence at the end?

danned

12-03-2018, 09:46 PM

You better watch out
You better Do cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to LIE

MG1

12-04-2018, 05:55 AM

Whoa........... that rhymes with............ PIE

BTW, what ever happened to your neighbour? You know, the old woman who had the hots for you.

Aluminum pie plates, ftmfw!

Anyway, back on track......................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsyxFkYZ-aU

GS8

12-08-2018, 03:44 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFjdfjrtf1Q

Heard this on the radio today

MG1

12-08-2018, 04:39 PM

My daughter gave me their Christmas CD a year or two ago. They sound gorgeous. Looking for the vinyl version. They are finally getting serious air time. Why it took so long is beyond me. I love a cappella. Dat mezzo-soprano doe.

ae101

12-10-2018, 02:15 PM

I always been a big fan of big band sound and I used say one day I'm going to take my dad to the rock to see dale Richard on New Year's Eve

Sadly both of them are no longer with me, but every year I would watch the Michael buble Christmas special tv as my dad and I are both fans of big band sound as well his music (my dad would always complement buble has good looks with voice and style to match it all)

MG1

12-10-2018, 06:53 PM

I've always wanted to take in a performance by Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2l1Hb_kS0

Wait............ this is a thread about Xmas music. LOL.

Bouncing Bettys

12-11-2018, 07:45 AM

Some good news.
CBC Music restores ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ to holiday music streams
https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/20733/cbc-music-restores-baby-its-cold-outside

MG1

12-11-2018, 09:18 AM

Jesus Christ. Those fucking snowflakes over in Cincinnati. It's a classic, man. Dude wants to fuck her brains out. Chick wants it too, but plays hard to get. It's prelude to good sex.

Okay............ maybe not. I see their point. Kind of.

It's 2018 and we are now going to turn this thread into............... nvm.

god bless

winson604

12-11-2018, 10:41 AM

Merry Christmas Boys

https://boobychristmas.com

Vansterdam

12-11-2018, 12:32 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBbGyWSc-c

MG1

12-11-2018, 01:16 PM

Merry Christmas Boys

https://boobychristmas.com

I went blind after number 8, gulolol.

THIS THREAD DE..........LIV.............ERZ!!!!!!!

thanks again, winson604.

MG1

12-18-2018, 06:02 PM

The most annoying version of this song. I keep hearing Ching a ling a ling long ling............ LOL at the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bExgcvH0IAs

The original song by the Ronettes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rDA2Czz0E

Modulation city or what?

.

pastarocket

12-18-2018, 09:01 PM

https://youtu.be/L0r6ocwGnMg

MG1

12-19-2018, 03:20 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os1yoOAky2E

Beautiful song, but WTH at 1:15?

rslater

12-19-2018, 08:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv9uTD5L29I

GS8

12-21-2018, 04:50 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1-Ml2p_bmY

!LittleDragon

12-21-2018, 10:41 PM

Just spent a week in Manhattan... You can't avoid Christmas there. Every corner you turn it's Christmas. Window displays at Saks, big tree at Rockefeller, Empire State is lit with red and green, etc...

It's like being a kid again going to Woodwards with my mom to see the Christmas display but times 100. In hindsight, I probably should've brought my mom with me. The lady ran out of vacation days so I went off on my own.

If you ever find you're cynical about Christmas, take a trip out there in December.

MG1

11-16-2019, 08:18 AM

Found the right thread, lol. Ignore the last one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swgiM9vSEE

Durrann

11-16-2019, 11:32 AM

love christmaS

Jmac

11-16-2019, 01:45 PM

Worked in retail for over a decade, completely ruined Christmas music for me. Even nearly a decade out of retail, it still stresses me out.

coneZONE

11-16-2019, 05:00 PM

Both 103.5 and 104.3 are playing Christmas music 24/7 this year. Love it, mostly
Surprised me with 104.3 but i guess both started on 12th or 13th Nov

MG1

11-16-2019, 06:47 PM

Sirius XM has a few channels, as well............ I love christmas music. So cheerful and joyous.

danned

11-16-2019, 09:40 PM

i remember free christmas market tickets around nov 20 for 2017 and 2018
probably 2019 as well

MG1

11-22-2019, 07:16 AM

The Ching Chong, Ling Long, Ting Tong, christmas song..................... take it to the chorus........... take it to the bridge........... is there a modulation in this song? So many versions of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rDA2Czz0E&list=TLPQMjIxMTIwMTm-Sk_jzoAFDw&index=2

Here's an instrumental version done by the composer of this song. Scroll down to number one. Interesting background info on Leroy.

https://www.vulture.com/article/sleigh-ride-song-best-versions.html

MG1

11-22-2019, 07:34 AM

Merry Christmas Boys

https://boobychristmas.com

Can't wait for December to roll around................

MG1

12-05-2019, 01:29 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os1yoOAky2E

Jann Arden

A little racist............. ching ching a ling, long, Ting Tong.........

Starts at 1:15.

Like, wtf?

EDIT: Okay, just looked up the lyrics. It's actually,

Jing-a-ling-a-long
Ding Dong Jing-a-long
Jing-a-ling-a-long
Ding Dang Dong
Jing Jing-a-ling
Sing along Jing along
Jing-a-ling-a-long
Ding Dong
Ding Dang Dong

no sjw material here............. move-a-long

nabs

12-05-2019, 08:56 AM

A favorite of me and my wife's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3fSknbR7Y4

Some movies we are planning on watching are those crappy Hallmark ones, and Daddy's Home 2 lol.

6793026

12-05-2019, 11:59 AM

it's summer all the way in NZ + AUS, nothing crazier than seeing xmas chocolates in 25 degree weather....

SOOOO thankful there ain't no xmas music cause it's "summer" here. Locals here are liek... i've never seen a white xmas.

Badhobz

12-05-2019, 03:07 PM

https://i.postimg.cc/6pbS6tFw/0892-F97-C-14-AF-4-DF4-86-C5-6-A7-FB842-BB5-F.jpg
I’ve started building this in the office. Used up half a bag of icing already. Probably need 2 more bags of icing to get it all done.

highfive

12-07-2019, 09:26 AM

I’m watching home alone 2 with the kids today.

Man how does his afford all this? Lol

pastarocket

12-07-2019, 09:55 AM

Does anyone watch the Die Hard reruns during Christmas?

Christmas wouldn't be complete without John McClane saving the day. :lawl:

Top 10 Die Hard moments. :thumbsup: Yippie Ki Yay motherfucker!

https://youtu.be/8YXi9JAgdf0

danned

12-07-2019, 09:33 PM

you die hard in christmas?

coneZONE

12-07-2019, 09:44 PM

Manic!

12-07-2019, 11:04 PM

winson604

12-08-2019, 03:04 AM

Can't wait for December to roll around................

Wait no more https://boobychristmas.com

Badhobz

12-13-2019, 12:55 PM

Our office gingerbread competition is getting more intense. Decided to scrap the stupid traditional house and go for Ferris buellers day off Ferrari crash scene in the winter.
https://i.postimg.cc/xd8ntXb4/467-C12-BA-1-A6-A-402-E-BBD2-72263-CA2-EB54.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/sDzzb6hS/A58-E06-F2-4-A99-4885-A4-BA-A01-B4-ADCEF77.jpg

hud 91gt

12-13-2019, 01:14 PM

Successful execution. Knew what it was before I read your comment.

6793026

12-13-2019, 03:15 PM

I'm in HK right now and its sad as fuck, lights are not even up on the malls on some of them, it's a sad sad place now.

worst xmas ever and retail industry is just disappointing.

danned

12-13-2019, 10:34 PM

so much porn to shred........:troll::troll::troll:

MG1

12-18-2019, 07:14 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt3u2Ev1cI

Badhobz

12-18-2019, 12:53 PM

Finishing touches on the house.

https://i.postimg.cc/PqF3ssBb/0011-DBB4-0110-41-C7-8-FE5-43-A12-A3-F1832.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/L5jN1qhv/F736-C9-F8-2-CC8-4189-877-D-8-C42843978-AD.jpg

danned

12-18-2019, 09:38 PM

bear got killed?

MG1

11-13-2020, 05:12 PM

Bump.........

who cares if the song might have been posted before.................. spread some cheer.

Bah, Humbuggers welcome, too.

god bless

Eatman

11-13-2020, 05:48 PM

Curious, when do you folks start putting up your Xmas tree?
Wife has been on my ass to buy a new one.. but, I've been a little reluctant because it's only Nov 13...

MG1

11-13-2020, 06:12 PM

I hate live Xmas trees. My wife loved the smell of freshly cut tree. I hated the live stuff, because of the bugs that would keep crawling out of them. I finally convinced her not to get live trees. "It's alive. How can you kill it?" That convinced her and for at least 15 years, we've had a fake one. For the last few years, it's been a three foot tall tree that I just put in a large plastic tote after New Years. I even leave the decorations and lights on it when packing it up, lol. Like the tree in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", I want one that folds up like an umbrella.

As for when I put mine up. Two days before Xmas............. I shit you not.

Wife's gone, two of my children have moved out. Nobody living here, except the youngest............. still they will be back here for Xmas. My daughter is really into the Xmas scene and she would be devastated if a tree, of any kind, was not up at the house.

MG1

11-14-2020, 09:58 AM

Yay, Hallmark christmas Chanel is up and running. Don Henley, ftmfw! Then, soon afterwards, I heard the most horrendous rendition of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer ever. Done by the temptations. A real boner killer. It’s like the Integra Girl of XMas songs. I don’t even want to search for it or upload it here. It is truly offensive.

Speed2K

11-14-2020, 10:27 AM

Curious, when do you folks start putting up your Xmas tree?
Wife has been on my ass to buy a new one.. but, I've been a little reluctant because it's only Nov 13...

Beginning of December.

pastarocket

11-14-2020, 02:04 PM

What are your favourite songs for Christmas?

This is something different. Lil Jon's crunk song with the Kool Aid Man. :lawl:

https://youtu.be/L0r6ocwGnMg

MG1

11-14-2020, 02:21 PM

^ :lawl: :lawl: :lawl:

Yup, 3 lawl worthy.............

2:10 dude is a vampire!

Durrann

11-15-2020, 06:57 AM

Lol Xmas songs now on 24/7 on 104.3 and 103.5!

Eatman

11-15-2020, 08:12 PM

Curious, when do you folks start putting up your Xmas tree?
Wife has been on my ass to buy a new one.. but, I've been a little reluctant because it's only Nov 13...

Man, took some compromising but looks like we'll be putting it up on Black Friday. Even went out to Ctire a couple of times to look at some new trees. We gave our old one of 4 years to another couple. Never bought a real tree before, but a few friends have and it just seems like such a hassle with clean up, not to mention the bugs that come out of it. What do you guys prefer? real or fake?

Hondaracer

11-15-2020, 08:24 PM

Real 100%

Jmac

11-15-2020, 09:27 PM

We’ve been using plastic since we moved in together 18 years ago mainly because our apartment building didn’t allow real trees. But, at this point, real seems like such a hassle especially when we won’t be having any guests over because of COVID.

However, when I was a kid, real 100%. If we had kids, I would 100% get a real tree. Just makes it that much more special, IMO.

pastarocket

11-18-2020, 07:14 AM

This has to be the most popular Christmas toy for 2020.

The Dumpster Fire. A toy for kids of all ages. :lawl:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/854471350/2020-dumpster-fire-christmas-gift-2020?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=dumpster+fire+toy&ref=sc_gallery-1-1&plkey=6a7d777e0c76ecb1286e140effdd197fcec4bac5%3A8 54471350&bes=1&col=1

MG1

11-18-2020, 08:15 AM

You can also put an ICBC logo on the side..........

MG1

11-21-2020, 08:14 AM

Beautiful song...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJoIewP83A

1:15, lol. Reminded me of UCLA chick. I thought she started it all, but no.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/07/14/330769890/how-ching-chong-became-the-go-to-slur-for-mocking-east-asians

MG1

11-27-2020, 06:52 PM

Any and all XMas songs performed by Bruce Springstein should be banned from airing here in Canada. So fucking obnoxious. Oh, and Born in the USA for other times of the year.

MG1

11-29-2020, 10:42 AM

The Fire Log is back!

https://support.shaw.ca/t5/tv-articles/what-channel-is-the-shaw-fire-log-on/ta-p/10790

A little history behind it.

https://globalnews.ca/news/1047896/the-shaw-fire-log-the-mysterious-hand-has-been-stoking-the-fire-since-1986/

MG1

12-02-2020, 09:15 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvHAkxm0Su4

David Foster........ another great Canadian musician/composer (Victoria, BC). This version has so many of his trademark "sounds", be it chord progression, use of dissonance, instrumentation, etc. A true genius.

Another different, but good rendition of the classic Xmas tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCabI3MdV9g

LOL @ the comments........... This song makes me want to fight a bunch of pirates on a flying ship in order to save Christmas

MG1

12-02-2020, 09:27 AM

To add to the previous post..........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GufRiBUZQPc&feature=youtu.be

Too lazy to really check it, but the piano is actually playing the right notes in some of it. Timing off at some places, lol. How hard it must be. I might have to add this to the bucket list, beit at the very bottom.

MG1

12-02-2020, 10:02 AM

Since when did Canon in D Major become a Xmas song? It went from some obscure Baroque piece from the 17th century to being a wedding song to now Xmas.......... still an effective, beautiful composition. Historians believe Pachelbel wrote this piece for Bach's older brother's wedding. It became "The Christmas Canon," due to theses guys...........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm-WAIyBO1A

Greensleeves is another example of a melody that wasn't created with Xmas in mind.

Did you know the Star Mangled Banner was a popular British song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydAIdVKv84g The previous national anthem "America" was actually copied as well.......... God Save the King. Lyrics, it's all in the lyrics. sigh

wreck

12-02-2020, 05:50 PM

I battle with it being a Christmas song as well, but it's definitely an amazing rendition

https://youtu.be/4cP26ndrmtg

MG1

12-02-2020, 07:38 PM

History behind TSO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra

MG1

12-04-2020, 10:53 PM

Her voice is so pure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNaD5P68cCw

N.V.M.

12-11-2020, 01:07 PM

https://youtu.be/5iFC0Thj5Fo

Hondaracer

12-13-2020, 06:34 PM

For the last few years my family has been doing a gingerbread house comp, my entry this year

https://i.imgur.com/ucNirH3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PyRTd4m.jpg

Snow detail or BBC cream pie?

StylinRed

12-13-2020, 08:25 PM

You jizzed on the roof wtf :lol

danned

12-13-2020, 09:33 PM

should make a colorful jizz

unit

12-14-2020, 07:23 AM

looks like you tributed a perfectly good gingerbread house

danned

12-14-2020, 09:37 PM

https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a2WXgKD_460s.jpg
https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/amvVBGV_700b.jpg

acrophobia

12-17-2020, 05:05 PM

Hey all, my house has been entered in a Christmas light contest and I was hoping I could get you to vote for me :) You can vote once per day, until tomorrow at midnight (the website won't let you vote again until a full 24 hrs elapses, so vote tonight and again tomorrow night!)

Edit: voting closed, we took the W!

The photo doesn't do the lights justice, so I've made a quick video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8t6WZCxp4&t=8s

Thanks for your support, folks! Merry Christmas!

MG1

12-20-2020, 10:12 AM

Mannheim Steamroller - Neo Classical / New Age music. My favourite albums by them are Fresh Aire I, II, and III. Classical Gas is another favourite. The cuts on that album are amazing. Very dynamic music/recordings. My favourite track is Vancouver Is Land. Not for everybody, but listen to the track samples on iTunes. Anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5qBbleK0w

They have their own Sirius XM channel right now. Channel 743

https://www.mannheimsteamroller.com/fun/fun-facts/

MG1

12-17-2021, 10:11 PM

For all you Trump supporters out there..........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G2iMoGzNJA

MG1

12-17-2021, 11:58 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5mdybeyLVc&list=RD7IFfZRVRbqM&index=22

Great video and all, but I couldn't help but to notice how everyone had perfect hair, skin complexion, scarless hands, etc. Don't think anyone in the video grew up in poverty or had to work with their hands............. well, maybe the cellist ........... lol. Still, the message is nice.

god bless

StylinRed

12-18-2021, 12:34 AM

Hey that one guy was on American idol or something

https://youtu.be/Kf2u2sMc9FQ

MG1

12-24-2021, 09:25 PM

Just watching fire log on Shaw.................. I'm getting warm just watching it, gulolol.

Back to music............

https://www.iheartradio.ca/features-en/behind-the-christmas-hits

CP.AR

12-29-2021, 08:29 AM

Merry Christmas Revscene.
I almost forgot about you glorious bastards.

I actually ate lobster this year.

MG1

11-12-2022, 08:51 PM

It's that time of year again. Sirius XM christmas stations are all up and running. Some have been on all year long, lol. I've been listening to the Mannheim Steamroller Channel and they've gone all Xmas, too. New Age Music, ftmfw! Weird, but wAnderful.

Soon local radio station, Move FM, will become an all christmas music station. Such a happy time of year...............

BTW, I don't put christ in christmas...................... god bless.

320icar

11-12-2022, 09:44 PM

Mods pls lock this thread until December 1st

MG1

11-13-2022, 06:20 AM

You know you can choose to ignore this thread, right?

god bless.................

tiger_handheld

11-13-2022, 08:20 AM

Thanks for bumping. Its starting to feel Christmas after 2 years of wtf.

AzNightmare

11-13-2022, 09:51 AM

https://cdn.drivingline.com//media/articleimages/2015/04/6toosoon.jpg

MG1

11-13-2022, 12:37 PM

you, my son, are confusing this thread with another one that has to start on December 1st.

Anyway..............

Bryan Adams Song.

We waited all through the year
For the day to appear
When we could be together in harmony
You know the time will come
Peace on earth for everyone
And we can live forever
In a world where we are free
Let it shine for you and me
There's something about Christmas time
Something about Christmas time
That makes you wish it was Christmas everyday
To see the joy in the children's eyes
The way that the old folks smile
Says that Christmas will never go away
We're all as one tonight
It makes no difference if you're black or white
'Cause we can sing together in harmony
I know it's not too late
The world would be a better place
If we can keep the spirit
More than one day in the year
Send a message loud and clear
There's something about Christmas time
Something about Christmas time
That makes you wish it was Christmas everyday
To see the joy in the children's eyes
The way that the old folks smile
Says that Christmas will never go away
It's the time of year, everyone's together
We'll celebrate here on Christmas day
When the ones you love are there
You can feel the magic in the air
You know it's everywhere
There's something about Christmas time
Something about Christmastime
Something about Christmas time
Something about Christmas time
Makes you wish it was Christmas every day
To see the joy in the children's eyes
The way that the old folks smile
Says that Christmas will never go away
There's something about Christmas time
Something about Christmas time
Makes you wish it was Christmas every day
To see the joy in the children's eyes
The way that the old folks smile
Says that Christmas will never go away
Please tell me Christmas would never go away

acrophobia

11-16-2022, 08:54 PM

Getting my lights ready for Christmas!

https://youtu.be/gvwOhrFMW5s
https://youtu.be/iwkzusN-e-w

YouTube really attenuating the music :(

EvoFire

11-16-2022, 09:23 PM

Getting my lights ready for Christmas!

https://youtu.be/exL9nQyYEqU
https://youtu.be/pwRNmK1SnFk

YouTube really attenuating the music :(

That's your house? In Vancouver? Tuned to music? Where is it? My son loves Christmas lights!

acrophobia

11-17-2022, 09:04 PM

That's your house? In Vancouver? Tuned to music? Where is it? My son loves Christmas lights!

That is my house, but we are in Okanagan Falls outside of Penticton.

Just shy of 5500 pixels, each individually pushed into a plastic prop and then programmed to do what you see in the videos. Started the project in March and literally just finished the lights this evening. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours into the display. :crazy2:

Cool end product, but glad I'm done for this Christmas season!

There's a Japanese Maple tree in the middle that won't drop its leaves this season...seriously might cut it down this weekend as I have too much time/money invested to have it all hide behind the stupid thing. :die:

MG1

11-17-2022, 10:39 PM

If the Maple is large and in good shape, someone will pay to have it dug up and transported. Those things aren't cheap to buy. Hell, you can replant it in the back yard. Such a waste to kill such a beautiful tree. If it were an oak tree or a pine tree, by all means kill it - who cares.

Just my two bits...................

EvoFire

11-18-2022, 07:36 AM

That is my house, but we are in Okanagan Falls outside of Penticton.

Just shy of 5500 pixels, each individually pushed into a plastic prop and then programmed to do what you see in the videos. Started the project in March and literally just finished the lights this evening. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours into the display. :crazy2:

Cool end product, but glad I'm done for this Christmas season!

There's a Japanese Maple tree in the middle that won't drop its leaves this season...seriously might cut it down this weekend as I have too much time/money invested to have it all hide behind the stupid thing. :die:

Just a little too far, too bad cause I would love to see it in person.

68style

11-18-2022, 09:29 AM

Totally would love to see it in person, tempting to make the drive lol

acrophobia

11-18-2022, 05:07 PM

^ Let me ask on some of the lighting facebook groups if anyone has a display in the lower mainland.

We are putting up a boatload of regular lights and inflatables/decorations as well...going to make it look like Christmas vomited on my house :D

Chii

11-18-2022, 06:31 PM

Haven't been visiting this forum for some time...seems like lots of interesting topics going on here!

Can't wait til Xmas month comes....never too early to start prepping! Here are some Christmas festival and activity locations to consider and attend in the Lower Mainland~

https://www.todocanada.ca/places-see-christmas-lights-holiday-displays-around-vancouver/

MG1

11-18-2022, 06:34 PM

Move 103.5 FM is now all Christmas Station............ they do a great job of playing a variety of music. Just wish they would ban Xmas songs from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.............. so fricken annoying. Especially that "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Talk about vomitting christmas, gulolol.

acrophobia

11-18-2022, 07:32 PM

PM me for a link to a PNW light show map! I'd post it here, but without permission to do so that may have me overstepping boundaries.

MG1

11-18-2022, 09:26 PM

Overstepping boundaries is totally good. Do and ask for forgiveness later...............it's the christian way. Catholicc/christian same difference..........

Hence, "god bless."

MG1

11-27-2022, 09:54 PM

GULOLOLOLOLOL................. the lyrics are just too much. Music from Halloween.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqIpxPvhb_8

More................ unique voice and horn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F12a21dx144

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UhUvK7srHE

acrophobia

11-28-2022, 08:08 AM

Done and done!

https://httpsimage.com/v2/0f882078-736c-4079-ac68-edf46956ae18.jpg (https://httpsimage.com/)

PeanutButter

12-02-2022, 09:54 AM

Burnaby Heritage Museum is free admission all Christmas season. There's lights, food, and a small christmas town there. It's pretty good for being free.

MG1

12-03-2022, 12:07 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvOrtcrA5c

Story behind it..........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9MX61iLlzs

mikemhg

12-03-2022, 12:53 PM

Anyone know any restaurants or cocktail spots they serve a good mulled wine?

MG1

12-07-2022, 10:40 AM

Anyone know any restaurants or cocktail spots they serve a good mulled wine?

Not a restaurant......... but much, much more..........

Vancouver Christmas Market

https://www.vancouverchristmasmarket.com

https://happytowander.com/vancouver-christmas-market/

According to the review above, avoid the crowds and go on a weekday. You cannot just attend. Must order tickets in advance. I'm tempted to go, but I'm getting too old for this kind of shit. Even with the seniors discount, gulolol. If anyone else has been, let us know how good or bad the experience was..............

Hondaracer

12-07-2022, 11:17 AM

The Christmas markets mulled wine is OK

Best to make your own, buy some mulling spices etc. and get some wine and a crock pot

I think at the Christmas market some of the stalls actually sell nice packs of spices instead of having to buy them all separately

mikemhg

12-07-2022, 04:44 PM

Ya maybe I'll just make my own this year, usually was going to The Bakery for their mulled wine this time of year.

acrophobia

12-07-2022, 07:09 PM

Whoring out the lights! (need to turn up volume to hear music)

https://youtu.be/oQywFm0BM8M

https://youtu.be/F15wlhDFQGs

MG1

12-10-2022, 09:03 PM

Shaw Fire Log is back.............. I swear the room gets warmer just having it on, gulolol. The sound puts me to sleep.

LOL, just asked Apple Home Pod Mini to play fire log. It's playing (furnace)................ will have it on when I go to bed.

donk.

12-11-2022, 01:04 AM

Not a restaurant......... but much, much more..........

Vancouver Christmas Market

If anyone else has been, let us know how good or bad the experience was..............

Gf bought tickets for a weekday, no lineup, it was busy inside, but minimal waits for the food lines

Otherwise mostly garbage you don't need from vendors.

Picture Richmond night market, except instead of cheap garbage from China, it's local made overpriced knick knacks made by someone that orders chia free latee skimmed vegan ultraviolet strained coffee

If you like xmas lights, they were decent, not my thing

Picked up a cider from a vendor to take home, ended up deciding to drink it there, broke the top off on a metal bench, the glass top broke off with it lol.....
Begged some vender for a cup, poured it in, good to go

Then I bought some overpriced salami to take home, fuck me was it good, don't know if it's because I haven't had salami in the longest time, or it was just that good.

Lastly got some squid for dinner, not a fan of battered squid, but it was decent

Good for a date night, or to burn a few hours.

EvoFire

12-11-2022, 09:24 AM

Gf bought tickets for a weekday, no lineup, it was busy inside, but minimal waits for the food lines

Otherwise mostly garbage you don't need from vendors.

Picture Richmond night market, except instead of cheap garbage from China, it's local made overpriced knick knacks made by someone that orders chia free latee skimmed vegan ultraviolet strained coffee

If you like xmas lights, they were decent, not my thing

Picked up a cider from a vendor to take home, ended up deciding to drink it there, broke the top off on a metal bench, the glass top broke off with it lol.....
Begged some vender for a cup, poured it in, good to go

Then I bought some overpriced salami to take home, fuck me was it good, don't know if it's because I haven't had salami in the longest time, or it was just that good.

Lastly got some squid for dinner, not a fan of battered squid, but it was decent

Good for a date night, or to burn a few hours.

How's Christmas in the warm weather? Does it feel a little off?

Is that your experience at the Van Christmas market or you just went to one in NZ?

Badhobz

12-11-2022, 09:47 AM

I remember trying lamb and beef in Oz and it was totally different than what we have here. It taste much more meaty and juicy. Prices were reasonable too.

donk.

12-11-2022, 01:29 PM

How's Christmas in the warm weather? Does it feel a little off?

Is that your experience at the Van Christmas market or you just went to one in NZ?

That's for Vancouver, went mid November

20c Christmas > 0c Christmas

MG1

12-11-2022, 03:40 PM

Anyone know any restaurants or cocktail spots they serve a good mulled wine?

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/christmas-market-at-lulu-island-winery-tickets-473479017487

Lulu Island Winery is having their Christmas Market today (December 10th and 11th). Never been, so wAndering if anybody from here has...... how's their mulled wine?

The event closes at 5:00, so too late, but if anyone has been, I'd like to know.

Manic!

12-11-2022, 04:08 PM

This one is for MG1

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U2jbaB9fls8

These guys are from Nanaimo and where on Americas got talent.

MG1

12-11-2022, 04:18 PM

Yeah, I remember them. Watched every episode of AGT. The arabian girls won this year, iirc. What they did was not new, but being from Iran/Iraq/Wherever, made it special.

N.V.M.

12-11-2022, 04:33 PM

they uploaded a video to TikTok, Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics. even Annie Lennox commented.

MG1

11-04-2023, 05:45 AM

It's only November, but was starting to think of things to give friends and relatives for Christmas, this year. I found the perfect gift for a friend of mine who's really into Nespresso, lol. Only problem is, I have to give it to her before Christmas, yes?

https://www.nespresso.com/ca/en/order/capsules/vertuo/vertuo-advent-calendar?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=EM&did=1502903113&utm_content=EM_Internal_ALL_RN_AC_CRM_CM_Retention _No___LA_%3E%3EImageAndTextAd_Generic_LCL_DNP_____&utm_campaign=CA_2023-Nov_B2C_LOC_B2C-AdventCalendar-2023_One-shot_COF_ACC_No_&utm_source_platform=CRM&utm_creative_format=ImageAndTextAd&utm_marketing_tactic=RN

Available for both original and vert.

On a side note:

Christmas music station on iHeart Radio. Damn...................

Everywhere I go, there's Christmas decorations up already. Been that way before Halloween. Yikes!

I do love Christmas.................

MG1

11-08-2023, 08:34 AM

https://ca.stanley1913.com/products/deco-collection-quencher-h2-0-flowstate-tumbler-40-oz-1-18-l?variant=41247353831476&currency=CAD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=max-launch&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_fz6ofa0ggMVhyOtBh04igm6EAQYFSAB EgJ_a_D_BwE

Another great Christmas gift for…………… me, this time. Check out the customer images.

nismodrifter

11-08-2023, 09:10 AM

MG1

11-08-2023, 09:21 AM

I have a Tim Hortons Tim Biebs insulated cup in my car all the time. Keeps my Diet Coke ice cold for quite some time. Weekly trips to Bellingham I have to refill the darn thing at least twice, 'cause it's too small. This Stanley holds way more and is spill proof. Not sure how much better it is keeping drinks cold, though. I really like the design. Starbucks just had a promo of one with their design. Sold out in less than an hour.

For the truck, I have a Milwaukee Packout compatible, insulated tumbler. Now that one is big! Fits nicely in the large cupholder, but not in my other cars. Also, none of them are spillproof like this one claims to be.

MG1

11-14-2023, 04:16 PM

https://youtu.be/GHaRsbAZiyE

First song is stuck in my head........................got a beat on my headphones.

N.V.M.

11-15-2023, 05:03 AM

ermagerd.

6793026

11-15-2023, 06:21 AM

Can't wait to find a sound bar, a decent 75 - 85 in TV and maybe a pull down mount for the fireplace..... going to be hella broke soon.

MG1

11-15-2023, 07:18 AM

Ermahgerd, for sure.

I was listening to the Hallmark Christmas Channel on Sirius XM yesterday. First time ever hearing the Andrew Sisters Christmas. Far cry from Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Company B).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8of3uhG1tCI

SSM_DC5

11-15-2023, 08:42 AM

Can't wait to find a sound bar, a decent 75 - 85 in TV and maybe a pull down mount for the fireplace..... going to be hella broke soon.

I'm happy with my 75 on a MantelMount. I don't know if there are other makers that do pull down.

MG1

11-26-2023, 11:41 AM

So glad Move 103.5 is all Christmas Radio now. Forget Sirius XM Hallmark, Move is much better. Local news, weather, and traffic, plus, Nat and Drew.

Annoying Spence Diamonds and Car dealership ads........... they, I can live with. Every time I hear the Coast Appliance ads with that pissy ass grand daughter, Olivia, I want to slap that bitch so hard.................. anyway............ back to the christmas mood.

N.V.M.

11-26-2023, 03:01 PM

but I want to learn more about where plasma only exists.

MG1

11-26-2023, 04:52 PM

In my buddy’s shop. Plasma cutter. Look directly at the nice bright light. Only if you’re Vulcan. And, we’re not talking Pon Farr………….

MG1

11-26-2023, 05:00 PM

Wow, I was at Coquitlam Centre yesterday. Walked into London Drugs. They had a Michael Bublé Christmas album in red vinyl. Playing it now as I put up the Christmas decorations. Man, he sounds amazing on vinyl. Brush on high hat sounds so damn good.

Label says best selling Christmas album in the world. Nice! Great Canadian talent. Produced by David Foster. I’m not too wild about his rendition of Ave Maria, but every other song is good to great. A male version of Santa Baby, lol.

Christmas is the only time of year all three of my kids come over. It used to be New Year’s Day, but they’re too old to be at the house, and I don’t blame them. Christmas is a very joyous occasion for me. Just wish the wife was with us.

Badhobz

11-26-2023, 06:49 PM

but I want to learn more about where plasma only exists.

i like how they keep trying to sell people lab made diamonds saying they are "born in a star" like its something worth a shit.

If the diamond doesnt have blood on it, its worthless. :rukidding:

jcmaz

11-26-2023, 07:59 PM

MG1

11-27-2023, 06:10 AM

https://people.com/food/michael-buble-unveils-his-own-limited-edition-bubly-flavor/

Michael Bublé finally gets a flavour named after him, but only for a limited time. Now I gotta go see if I can find 'em, gulolol...............

Damn, read further......... a contest? W - T - F ?????

C'mon. Make it available to residents of Burnaby or something like that. Buy Low in Parkcrest? JBOL.

UPDATE!: https://www.foodnetwork.ca/article/bubly-merry-berry-buble-sparkling-water-review/#main

Cot Dam, they’re available everywhere.

acrophobia

11-27-2023, 05:27 PM

80% done but running out of steam...a bigger job than I had anticipated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=844Poizaa_M&ab_channel=JHeinrich

N.V.M.

11-27-2023, 05:36 PM

80% done but running out of steam...a bigger job than I had anticipated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=844Poizaa_M&ab_channel=JHeinrich

you should hire MG1, he works for honey crullers.

Badhobz

11-27-2023, 05:56 PM

80% done but running out of steam...a bigger job than I had anticipated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=844Poizaa_M&ab_channel=JHeinrich
thats a shit ton of work! WutFace

Mikoyan

11-28-2023, 12:34 AM

80% done but running out of steam...a bigger job than I had anticipated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=844Poizaa_M&ab_channel=JHeinrich

Nice.

All I've done so far is finish soldering an ESP32 to a perf board in an enclosure to run a couple strings of 2811 pixels. Flashed WLED to it and now I have to come up with a couple of sequences to use.

Love the megatree in the back!

unit

11-28-2023, 06:34 AM

holy smokes dude where do you keep all this stuff in the off season??

winson604

11-28-2023, 08:38 AM

An odd question to ask online but where do you live lol. If in Van or even Burnaby would love to take the kids and drive by that's quite the setup.

acrophobia

11-28-2023, 09:13 AM

Nice.

All I've done so far is finish soldering an ESP32 to a perf board in an enclosure to run a couple strings of 2811 pixels. Flashed WLED to it and now I have to come up with a couple of sequences to use.

Love the megatree in the back!

Nice! Start small and watch it grow year after year. :)

The megatree just went up yesterday. It was challenging to design the base since it sits on my driveway and can't be anchored. 15.5 feet tall and 1800 pixels.

acrophobia

11-28-2023, 09:16 AM

holy smokes dude where do you keep all this stuff in the off season??

The #1 question people ask me when they come see the display!

Last year's stuff packed into our garage mezzanine + shed + garage lean to but we have added a bunch more for this season so I'm not sure where we'll put it. The two big skeletons will be challenging as their boxes are huge!

acrophobia

11-28-2023, 09:18 AM

An odd question to ask online but where do you live lol. If in Van or even Burnaby would love to take the kids and drive by that's quite the setup.

Okanagan Falls, just south of Penticton. I'll pm you a link to displays all over the PNW.

MG1

11-28-2023, 03:34 PM

Update on the Bublé flavour. I was in Bellingham this morning. Looked everywhere. Nothing. Not Winco, Walmart, Safeway, Haggens, or Freddy Kroger's. I was wAndering why, then remembered being told by the people who stock the shelves (both Coca Cola and Pepsico) that any time a new limited flavour is released, this one guy goes to every possible store in Everson, Whatcom, Bellingham and clears out the stores. Dr. Pepper releases some awesome flavours quite often and getting your hands on them is nearly impossible. This asshole turns around and sells his purchases on eBay for profit. Anyway, I did get my hands on a case of the Bublé at Save-On-Foods (Madison location), of all places. Superstore has Bubly on sale for $4.49. Shoppers has them, but they're $8.00+ Anyway, I called a few Save-On-Foods to find out if they carried the Bublé flavour (Verry Merry Berry). I get this one girl with a thick, I mean thicker than Troy's Pomalumu's hair, accent. I ask about Bublé and she goes, "what is a Bublé?" I tell her he's a very famous singer............. no reply. Sounded very confused. I just said thank you and hung up. To be fair, if I was asked to name a famous South Asian performer, "I'd be like..........????? Ravi Shankar? jbol.

I don't like sparkling water of any kind. Gonna wait till it's ice cold before trying it.

Mikoyan

11-28-2023, 05:33 PM

Nice! Start small and watch it grow year after year. :)

The megatree just went up yesterday. It was challenging to design the base since it sits on my driveway and can't be anchored. 15.5 feet tall and 1800 pixels.

That's what I'm afraid of haha. I've loosely followed some of the Christmas forums, so I'm aware of how deep the rabbit hole goes. =)

If you have the list of displays I wouldn't mind getting it to see where to take the kids.

Hondaracer

11-28-2023, 06:33 PM

Okanagan Falls, just south of Penticton. I'll pm you a link to displays all over the PNW.

That’s quite the setup for OK falls lol

acrophobia

11-28-2023, 08:22 PM

That's what I'm afraid of haha. I've loosely followed some of the Christmas forums, so I'm aware of how deep the rabbit hole goes. =)

If you have the list of displays I wouldn't mind getting it to see where to take the kids.

Done :)

That’s quite the setup for OK falls lol

Keeping the old folks and rednecks entertained at Halloween and Christmas :dizzy:

MG1

11-30-2023, 05:21 AM

Stanley Park Train issues. Sold out in 90 minutes, lol. Lots of people pissed off.

Parks Board has added more carts (or whatever they call them) and more runs and now goes till January 6th or something like that.

You must reserve your tickets. They go on sale at 9:00 am today (waiting room opens at 8:30). There is no show up and get on board anymore. That's so 2012, gulolol................

https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/bright-nights-train.aspx

Info on the ride on regular days (Not Bright Nights).

https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/stanley-park-miniature-train.aspx

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/stanley-park-bright-nights-train-sells-out-less-than-two-hours

https://globalnews.ca/news/10132773/stanley-park-train-extended-bright-nights/

The people who were pissed off the most were people who just showed up thinking they could buy tickets on the spot and hop on board.

The only lineups you'll see in this city is at the bread lines on Cordova Street in the DTES. Sign O' the Times.

N.V.M.

11-30-2023, 05:31 AM

yep, we tried. I have the (almost) complete ride on my YouTube channel when we took it last time. 2 or 3 Baileys coffee's, and away you go. I'd love to do that again with the fam damily.

MG1

11-30-2023, 05:48 AM

yep, we tried. I have the (almost) complete ride on my YouTube channel when we took it last time. 2 or 3 Baileys coffee's, and away you go. I'd love to do that again with the fam damily.

Mmmmmmmm........... Baileys anything does it for me. Butt.............no honey crullers. I'm not a fan of them.

Speaking of which, I went to this hole in the wall doughnut shoppe in North Van yesterday called, "Harmony Donuts." No crullers, thank god, but interesting place and good donuts (the cake kind).

https://www.nsnews.com/local-business/what-makes-harmony-donut-shop-the-best-in-north-vancouver-7631150

MG1

11-30-2023, 07:21 AM

For the love of Amelia Earhart's Little Red Bus.................. I was in the Safeway on McBride Blvd. Browsed the bakery and for shits and giggles tried to look for some Bubly. No Bublé to be seen. Then in another, unrelated to drinks, aisle, I see a huge display of Michael Bublé's Merry Berry Bubly. We're talking at least a hundred of them. Anyhow tried it last night. Holy Horny Toads, how does anybody drink sparkling water? It was so bad I had to gargle with, yup, you guessed it, Bailey's. Pulled my head back, stuck my tongue out and let the stuff evaporate. Burned a bit, but got that taste out of there.

Having said that, this morning, I forced myself to finish the can. After a while, I was like. It's really not that bad. It's not like it was Buckley's or anything. And......... as I was taking in the last sip, I saw that the pull tab that was aubergine in colour had a tiny, "ho ho," on it. Nice touch, tee hee.

Mikoyan

11-30-2023, 08:53 AM

Bright Lights sold out in 50 mins today.

winson604

11-30-2023, 09:55 AM

Bright Lights sold out in 50 mins today.

Tried my PC and phone at the same time by entering the queue at 830. On my phone got in finally at around 940 and scored 4 tix for tonight. On my PC I was just about to enter the ticket buying session then they paused it and eventually said sold out.

Mikoyan

11-30-2023, 11:31 AM

Tried my PC and phone at the same time by entering the queue at 830. On my phone got in finally at around 940 and scored 4 tix for tonight. On my PC I was just about to enter the ticket buying session then they paused it and eventually said sold out.

Yeah sounds like we both were "randomized" into the queue around the same time. The only times left were around 930 pm onwards and thats too late for us. Wife's phone was still in queue and paused/sold out.

MG1

11-30-2023, 02:49 PM

So, when you guys say sold out, does that mean just for the day?

What if someone wants to go on the 20th of December? Not that I want to go..................

MG1

11-30-2023, 06:50 PM

I've been collecting these snow globe candle holders from Bath & Body works for the last few years. Every year, they introduce a new snow globe collectable. On Black Friday, I looked around for one and was told that they don't have one this year. I was kind of bummed out. I got the usual car fragrance refills (buy 3 get 3 free), and some wallflower refills. Got another $10.00 off coupon. Fast forward to Cyber Monday. They had 40% off everything in store promo. I went to the Metrotown location to see if they had any Winter Candy Apple, another favourite christmas fragrance for the car. They did, so I was happy. Then, on the way to pay for my stuff, I came across a snow globe candle holder I've never seen before. Anyway, I grabbed it without checking it closely. Price tag of $89.95. A little on the expensive side, but with 40% off and a further $10.00 off via the coupon, I was happy as a clam in a cool lagoon. Got home to start it up............... the damn thing was defective. three of the lights were broken and the top looked like someone wiped the top with toilet paper (with shit still on it). I remember not seeing any others in the store. Still it was a very nice looking piece. On Tuesday, I went to the Bath & Body Works in Bellis Fair. They had a new one. Price? $89.95 USD. WTH? Anyway, today, I went to see if I could get my money back. I had lost my receipt, but the girl over the phone told me not to worry. Just talk to a manager. To make a longer story shorter, I found a new one that was on the table behind the counter. I guess they just got new ones in. Exchange successful. Yay!!

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=bath+and+body+works+snow+globe+candle+holders&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e3bfe553,vid:xw_9AczTV3Q,st:0

I now have all three of the snow globes that this lady has in the first part of her video (4:59). It's even nicer in real life. So happy............... yeah, judge me all you want. Me a happy camper.

Vansterdam

11-30-2023, 07:33 PM

6793026

11-30-2023, 08:28 PM

my friend who is tight with the parks board / stanley park says a few of the trains aren't working so they are in mad rush in fixing them.

acrophobia

11-30-2023, 08:43 PM

99% done! Just over 16,000 pixels synchronized to music, 52 inflatables, close to 10,000 static led lights, 2 giant skeletons, and lots of other random decorations.

Popped a few breakers on the main panel last night...hopefully not a sign of things to come! :lol

https://i.imgur.com/7X2RmOX.jpg

MG1

12-01-2023, 09:50 AM

winson604

12-01-2023, 10:13 AM

Never been to one.

https://clk.ticketleader.ca/e/es?s=649172&e=22939&elqTrackId=efd74c1a1b7a40299e524d6e5aa03bea&elq=640fed3db9064a1b9f69d423344df1a3&elqaid=883&elqat=1&elqah=5D2377C975CD7CD1B4BCDD5952F84A333859E8B00857 4251DE0DEB812F807026

Went last year it was pretty lame like most of the cookie cutter Xmas events in town. If you have kids they may enjoy it but if you're going with just adults you won't be missing out.

Also re Bright Lights the entire event is sold out so you've got to wait for next year.

MG1

12-01-2023, 10:20 AM

Thanks. I was tempted to go. I think daughter wanted to go to the market at Jack Poole Plaza. I’ve been there once when they first started years ago.

Is it worth going to?

winson604

12-01-2023, 11:12 AM

Thanks. I was tempted to go. I think daughter wanted to go to the market at Jack Poole Plaza. I’ve been there once when they first started years ago.

Is it worth going to?

I don't want to come off as one of those everything is lame people but having a 9 and 4 year old I've gone to countless of these seasonal events in the past 9 years. Easter, Halloween, Christmas just to name a few and the majority of the time I walk away feeling that it was a waste of time and money. We as parents go for the kids though right and well sometimes they walk away feeling the same way. The Jack Poole one we went in the early days when they started and I guess they had fun feeling the Christmas vibe, getting their hot chocolate and such but if I had to dig deep in terms of what actual activities were available that were truly worth going for either the kids or parents I would say it wasn't anything special. It has been some years since I went though, is it any better now? I don't know but just my 2 cents overall.

Hondaracer

12-01-2023, 02:18 PM

We always buy season passes to the Jack Poole one, go twice and it pays itself off.

Mostly just drinking beer/mulled wine and eating. It’s somthing to do

N.V.M.

12-01-2023, 03:52 PM

my buddy sends me this link every year. day 1 does not disappoint!

https://boobychristmas.com/

MG1

12-01-2023, 06:41 PM

acrophobia

12-01-2023, 06:49 PM

Bored as usual, so watched Candy Cane Lane............ if I was bored before, I am now toyotally bored.

The movie is sort of about the 12 days of christmas.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/economy/12-days-of-christmas-cost/index.html

My family is watching this right now :)

Dec 1 means its time to bust out the classics like Home Alone 1/2, Christmas Vacation, Elf...good times ahead!

MG1

12-01-2023, 07:12 PM

Actually, half way through it, ATM. It's not that bad.......... Eddie Murphy wants his movie to become one of the classics. Okay, not gonna lie. It's bad as bad can get. I guess kids might like it. Corny. Nuff said.

acrophobia

12-04-2023, 08:56 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crk_a9zL_tk&t=40s

MG1

12-04-2023, 09:03 PM

For next year............ a mini train?

acrophobia

12-04-2023, 09:17 PM

For next year............ a mini train?

Ooooh, that would be so cool! A small one that cruises in between the pixel props in the yard. Time to research!

MG1

12-04-2023, 09:22 PM

I was at the record shop that replaced Black Dog Video on the Drive. Essential Soul Records, it's called. I picked up a few CD's and forgot about them. Just played one. Diana Krall Christmas Songs. Chanteuse, she is. Not everybody's cup of tea, but really nice recording/compilation. I remember I was at a jazz festival and one of the guest performers was Diana Krall. This was when she was still in high school. She's from the Island (Nanaimo). Beckham can bend it, but this gal can bend it, too. What a voice....... contralto and sexy as all hell.

https://www.prestomusic.com/jazz/products/8541063--christmas-songs?country=CA&currency=CAD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIufTsodP3ggMVrmlHAR0Gbw4yEAQYBCAB EgIN3_D_BwE

Badhobz

12-05-2023, 05:50 AM

Montreal is beautiful with the snow.
https://i.postimg.cc/pLnZk709/IMG-2231.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/FFDDK0dK/IMG-2258.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/s2dJLc8T/IMG-2289.jpg

Puts me right in the mood for Xmas

This G80 rental ain’t bad either. Hyundais come a long way

EvoFire

12-05-2023, 08:50 AM

Damn they gave you a G80 for rental? That's pretty sweet

68style

12-05-2023, 09:38 AM

Way better than the Buick he got last time!

Badhobz

12-05-2023, 09:43 AM

Yeah it’s a nice perk. It’s that Amex aeroplan reserve card again. It gives you Avis presidents club status for just holding the card. I paid for a Corolla (intermediate class) and I get their top of the line whatever.https://i.postimg.cc/FH4hJ6DV/IMG-2355.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/vZtb7vKF/IMG-2350.jpg

This thing is quite plush. Inside and out. Not a big fan of the huge grille but whatever.

MG1

12-08-2023, 05:57 AM

Back to christmas……………. Sort of.

Hallelujah, written by Canadian artist, Leonard Cohen, is now considered a christmas song. Wow, the song was about sexual innuendo and slight on religion. Cohen was Jewish and studied Zen Buddhism for roughly five years. Was a monk, of all things. The song Hallelujah originally had 15 verses, but only 6 were recorded. Various changes were made over time, but wow, a christmas song?

I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the lord
But you don't really care for music, do you
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Well there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me do you
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a god above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

I love how he writes. Lyrics with plenty of deep, deep meaning. My favourite song "Famous Blue Raincoat." So beautifully written. The man was forever tortured by his own mind. Creative minds.............. some scary shit, man.

N.V.M.

12-08-2023, 09:37 AM

even worse was his manager embezzling millions from him, selling his music rights by forging documents. poor bastard had no idea. I was listening to an interview and he said it forced him to go back on the road for many years. he was pretty much into retiring , but back to work he went, in his early 70's. the only upside was he kinda enjoyed his reborn career.

MG1

12-09-2023, 02:29 PM

I bring this up every year............... if you see the Salvation Army Kettle, give what you can. I make it a point to travel with extra change in my pocket this time of year. I stop and talk to the people, most of whom are volunteers, about my 16 years of living in the DTES. I tell them how the good folks at the temple on Gore and Hastings helped everyone and anyone without questions or being judgemental. Upon hearing this, they all open up and talk about how they or some person they know got help from the Salvation Army. Most people just walk on by and say nothing or just put something in the kettle with no eye contact. In the end, I tell them to keep up the good work. It really makes their day. Some of their stories are very heartwarming.

I even get the "god bless" here and there, lol.

Throughout the year, when I come across old clothes or tools and appliances, I donate them to the SA Goodwill location on Hastings and Gilmore. All that stuff gets put to good use.

The Sally Ann is one of the very few charities out there that really make a difference. If not the Salvation Army, Covenant House is another charity that does a lot of good work. https://www.covenanthousebc.org

Season for giving.

Anyway...............................

MG1

12-11-2023, 06:47 PM

Fireplace channel. For once, I want to see the set catch on fire and blow up.

Anyway, channel 198 and 199 on Ignite TV (Shaw).

I swear, the room gets warmer, gulolololol.

The mind is a scary thing. Like a guy I used to know……….. he would go up to a pinup poster and try to look up the girl’s skirt. Joking of course, but I actually saw people try it after seeing him do it. Monkey see, monkey do. We called it the IQ test.

Badhobz

12-11-2023, 08:09 PM

What ? How does that work for a poster ? It’s 2D. I don’t get it.

MG1

12-12-2023, 02:41 AM

Fucking hell. I wanted to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. Searched all the channels and couldn’t find it. Turns out the rights are now owned by Apple. You have to subscribe to a streaming service.

So, going out to get a 4K HD Blu-Ray copy of it from the States. Might as well get a good version of it.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a45825664/how-to-watch-and-stream-a-charlie-brown-christmas/#

Can order it on Amazon.ca for two to three times the price, plus not arriving till after Xmas or get it at Best Buy in the US for $13.99 USD.

https://www.amazon.ca/Charlie-Brown-Christmas-Ultra-Blu-ray/dp/B073VC9D8X

MG1

12-13-2023, 11:56 AM

https://youtu.be/HtZYc_95e9g?si=zT_stVNu6I1geVu_

Toe tapper.

Reminds me of CFL coverage on TSN. Same music/style, just different words.

MG1

12-13-2023, 06:53 PM

Lights at Lafarge Lake Coquitlam...............

Metro Vancouver's largest free christmas display lights.

I went today with daughter. Very nice. Laid back and relaxing. Lots to do, if you go at the right time.

https://www.coquitlam.ca/784/Lights-at-Lafarge

While there................Rocky Point Ice Cream. Doesn't matter if it's freezing cold or desert hot. Always good. https://rockypointicecream.com

N.V.M.

12-14-2023, 05:06 AM

I see Whamageddon is a thing going around. as sugary bad as it is, I can think of at least a dozen other songs that have to go.

Badhobz

12-14-2023, 05:25 AM

https://i0.wp.com/www.pornhubapparel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pornhub-XXXMas-Classic-Sweater.jpg?w=1000&ssl=1

I really wanted this for the office Xmas party but the fuckers don’t have it in my size (2XL). I should have just went to their Montreal office and demand they give me one.

MG1

12-14-2023, 08:53 AM

Love the carrot. Should have used those Asian carrots. Thick as a daikon. Butt it wouldn’t work, ‘cause we all know…………… is there such a thing as black carrots?

MG1

12-14-2023, 08:56 AM

MG1

12-14-2023, 09:01 PM

I like the song, Driving Home for Christmas. There's the one line in the lyrics I could never figure out.............. tuck your toe in tail lights....... lol. My Mondegreen.

https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/chris-rea-driving-home-for-christmas-lyrics-video/

What's with the guy's eyebrows. Nice story, in any case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt3u2Ev1cI&t=34s

Lyrics............
I'm driving home for Christmas
Oh, I can't wait to see those faces
I'm driving home for Christmas, yea
Well I'm moving down that line
And it's been so long
But I will be there
I sing this song
To pass the time away
Driving in my car
Driving home for Christmas
It's gonna take some time
But I'll get there
Top to toe in tailbacks
Oh, I got red lights on the run
But soon there'll be a freeway yeah
Get my feet on holy ground
So I sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When I get through
And feel you near me
Driving in my car
I'm driving home for Christmas
Driving home for Christmas
With a thousand memories
I take a look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
Just the same
Top to toe in tailbacks
Oh, I got red lights all around, uh
I'm driving home for Christmas, yeah
Get my feet on holy ground
So I sing for you
Though you can't hear me
When I get through
Oh and feel you near me
Driving in my car
Driving home for Christmas
Driving home for Christmas
With a thousand memories
I take a look at the driver next to me
He's just the same
He's driving home, driving home
Driving home for Christmas
Driving home for Christmas

MG1

12-15-2023, 08:53 AM

St. Andrew’s Cathedral - reason enough to go. The acoustics are heavenly.

Add to that an all men’s choir. No homo, but they are…………. No words to describe it.

https://chorleoni.org/event/christmas-with-chor-leoni/

Ps………….. don’t show up in Kirkland attire. Just kidding.

Badhobz

12-15-2023, 08:54 AM

Add to that an all men’s choir. No homo, but they are…………. No words to describe it.

https://chorleoni.org/event/christmas-with-chor-leoni/

so.... homo then?:badpokerface:

Hondaracer

12-15-2023, 09:01 AM

If you’re looking for something to do that’s christmas related…………..

https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/home-alone-in-concert/

Two shows left. Highly recommended. Nothing beats live music.

Edit: one show left.

There’s always Elf.

https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/concerts/full-calendar/

VSO Christmas

https://www.vancouversymphony.ca/event/traditional-christmas/

RS…………. Helping cultureless Oompa Loompa's open their eyes, since 2002.

Speaking of, just saw trailer of the new Wonka movie, where one of the Oompa Loompa’s says, "I’m of respectable size…………….. for an Oompa Loompa," gulolololol.

As much as I love the VSO shows, especially the orchestra playing over movies I have a hard time stomach going anymore with all the gross Telus promotion slapped all over it.

In regards to Elf, not sure if it’s still going but we saw a live performance of Elf at the Stanley last month and the Stanley is hugely hit and miss with its plays but elf was REALLY good, highly recommended

MG1

12-17-2023, 12:35 PM

I love christmas............. great time of year. Butt, I just saw a commercial from Canadian Tire that just made me love christmas a little less............

I've spoilered it because you know what they say...... once seen, cannot be unseen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=LzjTPdJUJPA

Having said that, the latest commercial with that song, "For the First Time." is great. The song is a version nobody can identify. The most known version was recorded by the Platters back when the world was, "white and alright." NOT.

BTW, it's an Italian song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpwXhzi_NmQ