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Christmas with Sinatra & Friends is a 2009 compilation album by Frank Sinatra. Eight Sinatra songs are taken from A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra and 12 Songs of Christmas. The remaining four tracks feature Rosemary Clooney ("White Christmas"), Mel Tormé ("The Christmas Song [Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire]"), Tony Bennett and Bill Evans ("A Child Is Born"), and Ray Charles and Betty Carter ("Baby, It's Cold Outside"). Track listing "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Bob Wells, Mel Tormé) "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Johnny Marks) "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis) "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones, Mel Lewis) "Mistletoe and Holly" (Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra, Doc Stanford) "An Old-Fashioned Christmas" (Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) "Whatever Happened to Christmas?" (Jimmy Webb) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) "Christmas Memories" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Don Costa) Personnel Tony Bennett - Track 6 Betty Carter - Track 11 Ray Charles - Track 11 Rosemary Clooney - Track 9 Bill Evans - Track 6 Frank Sinatra - Tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 12 Mel Tormé - Track 3 Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians - 4-5, 8 The Jimmy Joyce Singers - Tracks 1, 10 References 2009 compilation albums Frank Sinatra compilation albums Pop Christmas albums
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Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times. Early life Melvin Howard Tormé was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William David Tormé, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, and Betty Tormé (née Sopkin), a New York City native. He graduated from Hyde Park High School. A child prodigy, he first performed professionally at age four with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, singing "You're Driving Me Crazy" at Chicago's Blackhawk restaurant. He played drums in the drum-and-bugle corps at Shakespeare Elementary School. From 1933 to 1941, he acted in the radio programs The Romance of Helen Trent and Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy. He wrote his first song at 13. Three years later his first published song, "Lament to Love", became a hit for bandleader Harry James. Career Jazz music From 1942 to 1943, he was a member of a band led by Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers. He was the singer and drummer and also created some arrangements. In 1943, Tormé made his movie debut in Frank Sinatra's first film, the musical Higher and Higher. His appearance in the 1947 film musical Good News made him a teen idol. In 1944, he formed the vocal quintet Mel Tormé and His Mel-Tones, modeled on Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers. The Mel-Tones, which included Les Baxter and Ginny O'Connor, had several hits fronting Artie Shaw's band and on their own, including Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?" The Mel-Tones were among the first jazz-influenced vocal groups, blazing a path later followed by The Hi-Lo's, The Four Freshmen, and The Manhattan Transfer. Tormé was discharged from the United States Army in 1946, and soon returned to a life of radio, television, movies, and music. In 1947, he started a solo singing career. His appearances at New York's Copacabana led local disc jockey Fred Robbins to give him the nickname "The Velvet Fog" in honor of his high tenor and smooth vocal style. Tormé detested the nickname. He self-deprecatingly referred to it as "this Velvet Frog voice". As a solo singer, he recorded several romantic hits for Decca and with the Artie Shaw Orchestra for Musicraft (1946–1948). In 1949, he moved to Capitol, where his first record, "Careless Hands", became his only number-one hit. His versions of "Again" and "Blue Moon" became signature songs. His composition California Suite, prompted by Gordon Jenkins's "Manhattan Tower", became Capitol's first 12-inch LP album. Around this time, he helped pioneer cool jazz. He had a radio program, Mel Tormé Time, which appeared on the short-lived Progressive Broadcasting System in the 1950s. From 1955 to 1957, he recorded seven vocal jazz albums for Red Clyde's Bethlehem Records, all with groups led by Marty Paich, most notably Mel
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The Doris Day Christmas Album is an album of Christmas songs performed by Doris Day with an orchestra conducted by Pete King, released by Columbia Records on September 14, 1964, as a monophonic LP album (catalog number CL-2226) and a stereophonic LP album (catalog CS-9026). Track listing "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill, Ray Charles) "Toyland" (Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough) "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) "Be a Child at Christmas Time" (Martin Broones, William A. Luce) "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) "Christmas Present" (Sydney Robin) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) Doris Day albums 1964 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Columbia Records Christmas albums Covers albums Pop Christmas albums
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Castañada, Magosta, Magosto or Magusto, is a traditional festival on the Iberian Peninsula. It is popular in Portugal, Galicia and some areas of northern Spain, such as Cantabria, Asturias, Catalonia, and the provinces of León, Zamora and Salamanca and Cáceres, but also in some parts of the Canary Islands. The festival is also celebrated in both sides of the French-Spanish border. It has also spread internationally as a 'chestnut party'. Etymological origins are unknown, but there are several theories for the Magosto name: Magnus Ustus (great fire) or Magum Ustum (highlighting the magical character of fire). It is a festival with Celtic roots that celebrates the end of summer and the beginning of winter. In all the regions where it is celebrated, and especially in Galicia, it is deeply related to the cult of the dead. It is customary to leave the fire of the house lit and place food around the fireplace to welcome back the spirits of deceased members of the family. Numerous traditional rituals are celebrated throughout this feast related to purification, healing, remembering ancestors, attending mass or visiting the local healer. Galicia and Portugal The "Magosto" or "Magusto" is the essential Galician and Portuguese autumn pagan origin festival similar to the Gaelic Samhain (or "Samaín" word adapted to the Galician from the Irish Gaelic). In addition to chestnuts and local young wine, various foods have been incorporated such as sausages and other products made from the pig slaughter, which occurs at the same time of year. Traditionally, grilled sardines are also served, a great delicacy in this region. Chestnut festival is traditionally celebrated in the same grove (souto), starting early in the afternoon to collect firewood and chestnuts. One or more bonfires are lit with sticks and pine needles. Young people take to the streets. It was customary for the girls to bring the chestnuts, and for the boys to bring the wine. Chestnuts are roasted on the floor, directly in the fire. Children play and are donned with soot and ash. The adults dance and sing, jumping over the remains of the fire. In the case of Ourense, the festival is celebrated coinciding with the festivity of its patron, St. Martin of Tours, on November 11 known as St. Martin's Day. It is a widespread custom to go to a nearby mountain (in the case of the city one of the most used for this purpose is Monte Alegre) and light a bonfire in which the pork, sausages and chestnuts will be roasted. The occasion is used to taste the new wine of the harvest. Catalonia In Catalonia, celebrations involve eating castanyes (roasted chestnuts), panellets (special almond balls covered in pine nuts), moniatos (roast or baked sweet potato), Ossos de Sant cake and preserved fruit (candied or glazed fruit). Moscatell (Muscat) is drunk from porrons. Around the time of this celebration, it is common for street vendors to sell hot toasted chestnuts wrapped in newspaper. In many places, confectioners often organise raffles of chestnuts and
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12 Songs of Christmas is the twenty-second studio album and the first Christmas album by American blues singer Etta James. Private Music released the album in October 1998. Produced by John Snyder, the album includes standards arranged mostly by pianist Cedar Walton and solos by Walton, George Bohanon on trombone, and Red Holloway on tenor saxophone. Critical reception of the album was positive overall. Following its release, 12 Songs reached a peak position of number five on Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. Composition 12 Songs of Christmas consists of twelve standard holiday songs with arrangements mostly by pianist Cedar Walton and solos by Walton, George Bohanon on trombone and Red Holloway on tenor saxophone. 12 Songs was recorded during May and June 1998 and produced by John Snyder with Lupe DeLeon serving as executive producer. The album opens with "Winter Wonderland", originally by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith, followed by James Pierpont's "Jingle Bells". A "bluesy" rendition of Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore's "Merry Christmas, Baby" trails "This Time of Year" (Hollis, Owens). Other holiday standards appearing on the album include: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin), John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", and "White Christmas", originally by Irving Berlin. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", originally by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells, "The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum)" (Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone), Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr's "Silent Night", and "Joy to the World" (George Frideric Handel, Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) follow. The album closes with a rendition of Adolphe Adam and John Sullivan Dwight's "O Holy Night". Reception Critical reception of the album was positive overall. Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote a positive review of the album, claiming that James turned standards into "suave after-hours jazz arrangements" that seemed "cozy and intimate". He wrote that James was "surprisingly reverent" and sounded "downright devout" on "Joy to the World". Entertainment Weekly Matt Diehl felt that James' performances brought both "sass and class" and "ooze[d] passionately with old-school soul". David Hinckley of New York City's Daily News awarded 12 Songs "two-and-a-half bells" out of four. Rolling Stone called 12 Songs a "tour de force of interpretive rethinking" with "scintillating, bluesy spins on Yuletide evergreens". The Spartanburg Herald-Journal Dan DeLuca also complimented the set. The album received some negative criticism. Larry Nager of The Cincinnati Enquirer awarded the album two out of four stars and wrote that James had the ability to make "the ultimate blue Christmas disc" but failed to do so. Nager complimented "Merry Christmas, Baby" but considered the performance to be a "rare bit of juke joint" among "supper club sounds" that left him "wanting more". Track listing "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 4:26 "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont, traditional) – 5:26 "This Time of Year" (Jesse Hollis, Cliff Owens) – 5:47 "Merry Christmas, Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore) – 6:10 "Have Yourself
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The Church of St Martin () is the main church in the Freguesia (Parish in English) of São Martinho (Funchal), Madeira. Dedicated to St. Martin of Tours. History The old church at the bottom of the hill had become too small for the area and so construction started on July 8, 1883 on the current church of the same name, with the first stone being laid. Lack of founds halted construction until August 2, 1907, when the local parishioner José de Abreu died leaving almost all of his fortune, which for the time was large, to the continuation of the works of the same church. Festival The main festival that is celebrated is St Martin's day (Festa de São Martinho or Arraial de São Martinho in Portuguese) celebrated on the 10 and 11 November in the grounds of the church, where fires are made by locals and local food is made such as roasted chestnuts (Marking the beginning of the new chestnut harvest season), Espetada, Bolo do caco, and Bacalhau. The grapes that were harvested a few months before and made into wine, are first tasted on this day. References External links Catholic Church in Madeira Roman Catholic churches completed in 1918 Churches in Madeira 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Portugal
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A nut roast or roasted nut loaf is a vegetarian dish consisting of nuts, grains, vegetable oils, broth or butter, and seasonings formed into a firm loaf shape or long casserole dish before roasting and often eaten as an alternative to a traditional British style roast dinner. It is popular with vegetarians at Christmas, as well as part of a traditional Sunday roast. Nut roasts are also made by Canadian and American vegetarians and vegans as the main dish for Thanksgiving or other harvest festival meals. Ingredients Nut roasts are commonly made with any single type or complementary combination of nuts and legumes desired such as walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, pecans, cashew nuts, pistachios, chestnuts, sunflower seeds and peanuts and even lentils. The nuts may be whole, chopped up, or ground and are typically combined with one or several starches such as breadcrumbs or day-old bread, cooked rice, buckwheat kasha, groats, barley, rye or millet. The nuts and the starches are bound together with aromatics such as onions, garlic, or leeks, with fresh vegetable broth or bouillon cubes used and olive oil or butter. Seasoning is provided by complementary herbs of the cook's choosing. Sautéed mushrooms or truffle shavings or flavored oil, or tomatoes or cheese may be added for extra flavour and variety of texture. Vegemite, Marmite, or soy sauce is sometimes used as one of the stocks or what the onions are fried in. Some recipes call for a chicken's egg to bind the ingredients together. The whole mixture is roasted or baked in a loaf pan or other baking dish until firm or a crust forms, and then served with side dishes. Whole nuts may be used as a garnish or decoration for the completed roast. Instant varieties are also available in the UK, Ireland, and other countries, where only added water is needed before baking in an oven. See also Groaty pudding Hotdish, a type of casserole from the American Midwest List of casserole dishes List of meat substitutes List of winter festivals Scrapple, leftovers with cornmeal and buckwheat formed into a loaf Stuffed pepper, a dish of deseeded peppers stuffed with savory mixtures and baked Tofurkey, loaves or casseroles made typically with soy or wheat protein Nuteena was a canned nut roast type product White pudding References External links Another Nut Roast recipe Article about Nut roasts and a collection of Nut roast recipes. Vegetarian Nut Roast with mushrooms and basil Recipe Meat substitutes Christmas food Vegetarian cuisine Vegan cuisine Casserole dishes Nut dishes
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James Taylor at Christmas is the 17th studio and second Christmas album by singer-songwriter James Taylor, released by Columbia Records in 2006. It was his last release for Columbia since signing with the label in 1977. The album is essentially a reissue (with a new title and slightly altered track listing) of James Taylor: A Christmas Album, a limited edition title distributed by Hallmark Cards in 2004. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," originally issued on Taylor's October Road in 2002, and "River" were not included on the original Hallmark release. Additionally, the original album featured a version of "Deck the Halls" which is not on the standard Columbia CD. (The Barnes & Noble chain, however, issued a version of the new title with "Deck the Halls" included as a bonus track.) The album was reissued on the UMe label in 2012, with the addition of two tracks. One of them, "Mon Beau Sapin" (a French translation of "O Christmas Tree"), is a new recording and is only available on this album. The other track new to the collection is a version of George Harrison's "Here Comes the Sun" by Taylor and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, which originally appeared on Ma's 2008 holiday album Songs of Joy & Peace. The album was nominated for Best Traditional Pop Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. Track listing (2006 edition) "Winter Wonderland" featuring Chris Botti (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:34 "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (Traditional) – 3:42 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:57 "Jingle Bells" (Traditional) – 3:52 "Baby, It's Cold Outside" featuring Natalie Cole (Frank Loesser) – 4:17 "River" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:33 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 3:24 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" featuring Toots Thielemans (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:52 "Some Children See Him" (Wihla Hutson, Alfred Burt) – 4:37 "Who Comes This Night" (Dave Grusin, Sally Stevens) – 4:11 "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Traditional) – 4:12 "Auld Lang Syne" (Traditional) – 3:38 Track listing (2012 edition) "Winter Wonderland" featuring Chris Botti (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 3:34 "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (Traditional) - 3:42 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:57 "Jingle Bells" (Traditional) - 3:52 "Baby, It's Cold Outside" featuring Natalie Cole (Frank Loesser) - 4:17 "River" (Joni Mitchell) - 3:33 "Here Comes the Sun" featuring Yo-Yo Ma (George Harrison) - 2:50 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) - 3:24 "Some Children See Him" (Wihla Hutson, Alfred Burt) - 4:37 "Mon Beau Sapin" (Traditional) - 3:08 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" featuring Toots Thielemans (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:52 "Who Comes This Night" (Dave Grusin, Sally Stevens) - 4:11 "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Traditional) - 4:12 "Auld Lang Syne" (Traditional) - 3:38 Personnel James Taylor – lead and backing vocals, guitars (2, 4–7, 10, 14) Dave Grusin – acoustic
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An All-4-One Christmas is the third studio album and first Christmas album by All-4-One, released on October 10, 1995 by Atlantic Records and WEA. Track listing "Silent Night" (Traditional, arr. Rick Kellis) – 2:50 "This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway, Nadine Mckinnor) – 5:22 "The First Noel" (Traditional, arr. Rick Kellis) – 4:07 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:06 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) – 4:07 "Mary's Little Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) – 4:30 "What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)" (Traditional, arr. Carl Wurtz) – 4:30 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Frosty the Snowman" (Johnny Marks/Jack Rollins, Steve Nelson) – 4:06 "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional, arr. Rick Kellis) – 3:30 "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 3:29 "Christmas with My Baby" (James Guillory, Jamie Jones) – 4:23 "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional, arr. Rick Kellis) – 2:09 References 1995 Christmas albums Atlantic Records albums All-4-One albums Christmas albums by American artists Contemporary R&B Christmas albums
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"Drummer Boy" is a cover of Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone's Christmas song "The Little Drummer Boy" by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, featuring American rapper Busta Rhymes, from his second studio album and first Christmas release, Under the Mistletoe (2011). Leaked days before the album's November 1, 2011, date on October 28, "Drummer Boy" is an uptempo hip-hop techno club track where Bieber sings the original song's lyrics and melody while rapping about himself, poverty and charity. Contemporaneously, the track was met with polarization and confusion from professional critics, who perceived it as bizarre and silly and bastardizing the meaning of the original song. In later years, the song has been more well-received, with appreciation toward its weirdness, the unlikeliness of a collaboration between Bieber and , and ' verse. It has made several best-of lists of Christmas songs by publications such as Billboard, as well as worst-of lists by The Guardian and Time Out London. Upon release, the track reached number 89 in Bieber's home country on Billboards Canadian Hot 100, 86 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was a top-ten hit on the Holiday 100 in the chart's first year. In 2020, "Drummer Boy" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 500,000. Background and release Months before Believe (2012), a Christmas album by Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe (2011), was released on November 1, 2011, and promoted via donations to several charities, such as Make-A-Wish, Pencils of Promise, and a food bank Bieber's family once depended on named Startford House of Blessing. The track list, revealed on October 5, 2011, includes several collaborations, such as a duet cover of "All I Want For Christmas is You" with Mariah Carey, "Fa La La" with Boyz II Men and a duet with his mentor Usher "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)". Under the Mistletoe also includes a Busta Rhymes-featuring cover of "The Little Drummer Boy", originally written by Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone, simply named "Drummer Boy". The track has added rap verses written by Bieber and Busta Rhymes, and was produced by Bieber, Kuk Harrell and Sean K, Harrell also credited as vocal producer. The song had been covered over 220 times, most notably by Bing Crosby but also by Carey, Johnny Cash, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Destiny's Child. "Drummer Boy" is Bieber's third collaboration with a notable rapper, after Ludacris with "Baby" and Kanye West and Raekwon with a remix of the My World 2.0 (2010) cut "Runaway Love". Both "All I Want For Christmas is You" and "Drummer Boy" was leaked on October 28, 2011, only days before the album's release. As part of a November 14, 2011 ITV1 special promoting the album, Bieber performed the rendition with British rapper Tinie Tempah, which was promoted on Twitter by both artists. On November 30, 2011, Busta Rhymes and Bieber performed "Drummer Boy" as part of the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.
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Happy Holidays is a 2014 Magnus Carlsson Christmas album. Track listing Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song) The Man With The Bag Snow Song This Christmas Night Mary, Did You Know? Christmas Auld Lang Syne Let There Be Light O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) Home White Christmas Happy Holidays Medley O Helga Natt (Cantique de Noël, bonus) Charts References Magnus Carlsson albums 2014 Christmas albums Christmas albums by Swedish artists Pop Christmas albums
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Fagnano Castello is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Fagnano Castello is located on Mount Caloria, part of the Coastal mountain range of Calabria, about an hour north of Cosenza. The town's big annual festival is the Sagra Della Castagna (Festival of Chestnuts), celebrating the annual chestnut harvest around the last week of October with live music, free roasted chestnuts in the village square, and homemade desserts made out of chestnuts. Origins of the name The origin of the name Fagnano Castello is still a source of discussion and various hypotheses have been formulated around it. An interesting hypothesis was created by Vincenzo Padula, in his work Protogea. He hypothesized that the etymology of Fagnano could be traced back to the Hebrew language and was correlated to the mountain morphology of its territory; for Padula, the "agnano" of Fagnano could be traced back to the Hebrew "hanan", fog, cloud. The most accepted hypothesis is the one made by Gerhard Rohlfs. A German glottologist, and also a great expert on southern Italy, finds the origin of the name in the Latin expression Fannianum Praedium (property of Fannius). Another accepted hypothesis considers the origins of the town's name to derive from the beech (Faggio in Italian), which dominates the local fauna. Girolamo Marafioti, a humanist and historian who lived from 1567 to 1626, in Le Croniche et antichità di Calabria (Chronicles and antiquities of Calabria) tells us about a small village near Cidraro (Cetraro), called Castel Fagiano. Regarding the Castello (castle) of the town (which was probably a tower), it was probably built by the Normans or the Longobards like the ones in the close towns of Malvito and San Marco Argentano. It is not known where the actual tower really is, as the memory of its location was lost in time. There are many locations where it could have been: some remains of a tower can be found in a private property in the frazione of Rinacchio, while another place where the tower might have been is in Via Vittorio Emanuele, where a part of a small medieval wall can be found. Most likely, this tower was still standing after 1861, as the name Castello was added to distinguish Fagnano from other towns of the same name in Italy after the unification of the country. History Origins There are many theories and legends about the founding of Fagnano Castello. One says that the town was founded by some inhabitants fleeing from the close town of Malvito after killing the Prince whose tyranny they did not accept. But after some studies, conducted by the architect Gennaro Sinimarco who also wrote a book about it: Fagnano Castello History from 989 to 2009, it was found that it is true that some inhabitants of Malvito have escaped from their country, but the Fagnano community had already been present in the area for some time. To confirm the hypothesis, some coins dating back to the
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For Christmas with Love is a 1968 Christmas album by Australian recording artist Judith Durham. It was her first solo studio album after leaving the Seekers in July 1968. The album was recorded in Hollywood and Judith subsequently headlined her own concert tours across New Zealand and Australia. The album was re-released on CD in 2002. Track listing LP/ Cassette "White Christmas" – 2:42 "Mary's Boy Child" – 2:54 "Go Tell It on a Mountain" – 1:54 "Lullaby for Christmas Eve" – 2:26 "The Lord's Prayer" – 2:11 "My Faith" – 2:35 "Come On Children Let's Sing" – 2:08 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" – 2:27 "Silent Night" – 2:04 "Joy to the World" – 1:53 External links For Christmas with Love at Discogs References 1968 debut albums 1968 Christmas albums Christmas albums by Australian artists Judith Durham albums Columbia Records albums EMI Records albums Pop Christmas albums
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The Classic Christmas Album is a compilation album of holiday music by American vocalist Barbra Streisand. It was initially released on September 27, 2013, through Legacy Recordings and Sony Music Entertainment, with a revised version released digitally a few months later and physically on October 7, 2014. The collection was produced by Didier C. Deutsch, Jeffrey James, and Tim Sturges. All of the material on the record is taken from Streisand's previous two Christmas albums, A Christmas Album (1967) and Christmas Memories (2001). Responding positively to the compilation, critics from AllMusic rated both versions of The Classic Christmas Album 3.5 out of 5 stars. It was greeted by moderate success, peaking at number 95 on the Billboard 200 and at number two on the Top Holiday Albums component chart. It also charted in the Czech Republic at number 93. Creation and release The Classic Christmas Album is a collection of previously distributed material from Streisand's music catalog. Album label Legacy Recordings announced that they would release Christmas collection albums from several musicians, including Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, and Il Divo. The compilation was produced by Didier C. Deutsch, Jeffrey James, and Tim Sturges, while Streisand, Mike Berniker, Robbie Buchanan, Jack Gold, William Ross, and Ettore Stratta were credited as the producers of the album's original recordings. The 2013 digital edition features different photography compared to the original release, in addition to a new overall sequence; this version was also released as a CD on October 7, 2014, by Legacy and Columbia Records. Streisand had originally recorded album songs "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "The Best Gift", "I Wonder as I Wander", "Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)", "Jingle Bells?", "My Favorite Things", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "White Christmas", "Gounod's Ave Maria", and "The Lord's Prayer" for her 1967 Christmas album, A Christmas Album. Furthermore, "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "A Christmas Love Song", "It Must Have Been the Mistletoe", "I Remember", "Snowbound", "Christmas Lullaby", "Christmas Mem'ries", "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?", "Ave Maria Op. 52 No. 6", and "One God" were taken from her 2001 album, Christmas Memories. Critical reception Regarding the 2013 standard release, AllMusic's Steve Leggett awarded The Classic Christmas Album 3.5 out of 5 stars, even though he noted how simple it is to create a holiday album within a small amount of time. For the 2013 digital version and 2014 physical release, Stephen Thomas Erlewine from the same publication gave the same rating and wrote: "this holds together well because it's impeccably arranged, produced and performed and, as it contains the bulk of each holiday record from Barbra, it's a nice bargain to boot." Commercial performance In the United States, the album debuted at number 150 on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending November 30, 2013. The following publication revealed it dropped to number 152 and the week after that it moved to number 193. However, on December
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We Need a Little Christmas is the fifth Christmas album by American pop singer Andy Williams (and his forty-second studio album overall) that was released by Unison Music in 1995. It gives an adult contemporary treatment to songs that Williams had previously recorded for 1963's The Andy Williams Christmas Album ("Away In A Manger", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)", "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year", "Silent Night"), 1965's Merry Christmas ("Mary's Little Boy Child"), 1974's Christmas Present ("Angels We Have Heard On High", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", "What Child Is This"), and 1990's I Still Believe in Santa Claus ("I'll Be Home for Christmas") and includes three songs that Williams had not recorded before. In a brief note on the back of the jewel case Williams writes, "These all-new recordings feature fresh, innovative arrangements of some of my favorite carols. I felt like I was singing them for the very first time." The Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album Gold certification for sales of 500,000 units on February 2, 1998. Track listing "Mary's Little Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) – 4:14 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:21 "Up on the House Top" (Benjamin Hanby) – 3:08 "Away in a Manger" (traditional) – 3:01 "We Need a Little Christmas" (Jerry Herman) – 3:33 Angel Medley – 4:40 a. "Angels We Have Heard On High" (traditional) b. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:02 "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 3:34 "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" (traditional) – 2:33 "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (John Baptiste Calkin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) – 3:08 "What Child Is This" (William Chatterton Dix) – 4:10 "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber; Joseph Mohr) – 5:29 Song information Of the three songs on the album that Williams had not recorded before, "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" is the least traceable in origin, although it is estimated that it was written in the late 19th century. The year in which "Up on the House Top" was written is also uncertain, but because its creator, Benjamin Hanby, was in his mid-30s when he died in 1867, the 1850s or 1860s is the estimate. The third newcomer, "We Need a Little Christmas", comes from the 1966 Broadway musical Mame. Personnel From the liner notes for the original album: Production Don Boyer - producer; background vocal arrangement/children's vocal arrangement (track 6) Pat Coil - arranger (tracks 5, 7, 9, 10) John Darnall - lead vocal engineer (except as noted) Jim Falzone - editor Mike Frazier - lead vocal engineer (tracks 1, 5, 9); additional engineering Tommy Greer - arranger (track 12) Don Hart - string arrangement/conductor (tracks 5, 7, 11, 12), brass arrangement/conductor (tracks 1, 5, 10), string conductor (tracks 1, 4, 10) Peter Jacobs -
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Winter Magic is a Christmas album by Christchurch, New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra. The album was called Christmas Magic in some territories, and was released in Japan as Winter Magic: Fuyu No Kagayaki – Koibito Tachi No Pure Voice. The album features traditional Christmas songs (like Coventry Carol) and more contemporary Christmas songs (as Joni Mitchell's classic, River). Winter Magic includes "The Little Road to Bethlehem", "Silent Night", "Veni Veni Emmanuel", "The Little Drummer Boy", and "The Coventry Carol", among other seasonal songs. These Christmas tunes combine Westenra's voice with the accompaniment of a choral group. Westenra herself wrote three new songs for the CD: "Peace Shall Come", "All With You", and "Christmas Morning". The variety of melodies, as well as the different genres, of the songs included were designed to showcase the versatility of Hayley's voice to perform classically, as in "Corpus Christi Carol", as well as in a considerably more "pop" style for songs like "Peace Shall Come". Westenra’s ability to achieve such variety in a single album has garnered her critical praise. Track listing Little Road to Bethlehem Carol of the Bells Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Veni Veni Emmanuel Silent Night Christmas Morning Sleigh Ride River Little Drummer Boy Corpus Christi Carol All with You Coventry Carol Winter's Dream Peace Shall Come On the Wings of Time (Japanese Bonus Track) It's Only Christmas (with Ronan Keating (from Boyzone) - UK and NZ Bonus Track) Release history Charts Album Tours Asia 3 October 2009– National Theater and Concert Hall, Republic of China, Taipei 11 October 2009– Music in the Air Festival, Tokyo International Forum 12 October 2009– Kobe International House, Kobe 15 October 2009– Shirakawa Hall, Sakae, Nagoya 17 October 2009– Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse, Tokorozawa, Saitama 18 October 2009– Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama United Kingdom 23 November 2009– Peterborough Cathedral 24 November 2009– Ripon Cathedral 26 November 2009– Manchester Cathedral 28 November 2009– Banbury St. Mary's 2 December 2009– Tewkesbury Abbey 3 December 2009– Exeter Cathedral 14 December 2009– Norwich Cathedral 19 December 2009– Bristol Cathedral 21 December 2009– Barbican Centre References External links Official Site Japanese Edition Info Japan Tour on Hayley Westenra International Hayley Westenra albums 2009 Christmas albums Christmas albums by New Zealand artists Classical Christmas albums
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Chestnut stuffing is a type of stuffing for roast goose and turkey dishes. Chestnut stuffing was more common in early American cuisine than it is in modern times. It could be prepared as a side for the typical meals of turkey or duck that were served at taverns. The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) used for stuffing Thanksgiving turkeys used to be very common in the Eastern United States. Most of the trees were destroyed by the chestnut blight during the 20th century. Chestnut stuffing has been associated with Thanksgiving dinner in the United States since at least the 19th century. One of the most popular recipes for chestnut stuffing made with boiled chestnuts was published in Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book in 1884. Chestnut stuffing was the first stuffing recipe published in the United States in 1772. The recipe from The Frugal Housewife by Susannah Carter was a reprint from the earlier English edition. References Thanksgiving food Chestnut dishes
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Jack Frost is a personification of frost, ice, snow, sleet, winter, and freezing cold. He is a variant of Old Man Winter who is held responsible for frosty weather, nipping the fingers and toes in such weather, coloring the foliage in autumn, and leaving fern-like patterns on cold windows in winter. Starting in late 19th century literature, more developed characterizations of Jack Frost depict him as a sprite-like character, sometimes appearing as a sinister mischief-maker or as a hero. Background Jack Frost is traditionally said to leave the frosty, fern-like patterns on windows on cold winter mornings (window frost or fern frost) and nipping the extremities in cold weather. Over time, window frost has become far less prevalent in the modern world due to the advance of double-glazing, but Jack Frost remains a well-known figure in popular culture. He is sometimes described or depicted with paint brush and bucket coloring the autumnal foliage red, yellow, brown, and orange. History Tales of Jack Frost may originate from Anglo-Saxon and Norse winter customs. The Finnish equivalent Pakkasukko has an entire chapter named after him in Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from their ancient oral tradition. In Swedish folklore, the equivalent is Kung Bore (King Bore); the name originating from Swedish 17'th century writer Olaus Rudbeck. There are various other mythological beings who take on a similar role yet have a unique folklore to them. In Russia, he has taken on a different form as Grandfather Frost, and in Germany there is instead a different entity altogether known as Mrs. Holle. The Hindu Kush mountain range is named after stories of a resident giant who would kill (kesh) those who attempted to pass, and has been compared to England's Jack Frost. The earliest reference to Jack Frost in literature is in the book 'Round About Our Coal Fire, or Christmas Entertainments' published in 1734. Jack Frost is mentioned in many songs – such as the wintertime song "The Christmas Song" (aka "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") – and movies. He has been presented as a villain in some media and a hero in others. In popular culture Literature Hannah Flagg Gould's (1789-1865) poem "The Frost" features a mischievous being responsible for the quieter phenomena of winter, beautiful ice paintings on windows but who also got upset at lack of gifts and caused the cold to break and ruin things. In Margaret T. Canby's "Birdie and His Fairy Friends" (1874), there is a short story titled "The Frost Fairies." In this story, Jack Frost is the king of the Winter Spirits and is described as a kind fellow who wants to help children, whereas a king of a neighboring kingdom, King Winter, is cruel to them. The story tells the origins of how Jack Frost began to oversee the coloring of the leaves of the forest in fall. In 1891 Helen Keller made her own reproduction of the story, titled The Frost King. In Charles Sangster's "Little Jack Frost", published in The
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It's Christmas Time is a 2013 Christmas album by Australian recording artist Judith Durham. The album was released in November 2013. Tracks 5-9 and 11-16 were lifted from her 1968 album, For Christmas With Love. "It's Christmas Time" is a new composition written by Durham. It was her last studio album. Reception Paul Barber from The Music AU gave the album 3 out of 5 saying; "Unfortunately for baby boomers Judith Durham's It's Christmas Time offers nothing particularly new this Festivus. The newer tracks here are pretty good, like "Hark The Herald Angels Sing", "O Happy Day" and the mariachi-flavoured album highlight, "Bambino". But 13 of the 17 tracks come off Durham's 1968 post-Seekers album, For Christmas With Love, although fortunately, her youthful voice smashes out these Chrissy favourites, especially a sensational version of "Amazing Grace". Track listing "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" - 2:51 "Bambino" - 3:41 "O Happy Day" - 4:33 "It's Christmas Time" - 2:45 "White Christmas" - 2:42 "Mary's Boy Child" - 2:54 "Go Tell It On a Mountain" - 1:54 "Lullaby For Christmas Eve" - 2:26 "The Lord's Prayer" - 2:11 "Amazing Grace" - 3:36 "My Faith" - 2:35 "Come On Children Let's Sing" - 2:08 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" - 2:27 "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" - 2:40 "Silent Night" - 2:04 "Joy to the World" - 1:53 "Somewhere a Child is Sleeping" - 4:29 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References Judith Durham albums 2013 Christmas albums Christmas albums by Australian artists Decca Records Christmas albums Universal Music Australia albums
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My Kind of Christmas is a 1967 album of Christmas standards sung by Mike Douglas, with orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank Hunter. It has never been reissued on CD. The Christmas album came the year after Douglas' only Top 40 single and during the peak of popularity of The Mike Douglas Show. Track listing Side one "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:28 "The First Noel" (Traditional) – 2:19 "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker) – 2:37 "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam) – 2:08 "(The Story of) The First Christmas Carol" (Jay Darrow, Gloria Shayne Baker) – 3:14 Side two "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:22 "Silent Night, Holy Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:31 "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 2:36 "Ave Maria" (Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod) – 2:36 "Touch Hands on Christmas Morning" (Earl Shuman, Leon Carr) – 2:11 References 1967 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Epic Records albums Pop Christmas albums
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Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire is the fourth Christmas album by Bob Rivers, and was released in 2000. Track listing "The Twisted Chipmunk Song" (2:01) parody of "The Chipmunk Song" as performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks featuring David Seville "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire" (3:19) parody of "The Christmas Song" as performed by Nat King Cole "The Angel"/"Who Put the Stump?" (3:27) parody of "Who Put the Bomp?" as performed by Barry Mann, includes a spoken-word prelude in which a father fixes a live angel tree topper for his children "Decorations" (2:18) parody of "Good Vibrations" as performed by The Beach Boys "Carol of the Bartenders" (1:38) A public service announcement, performed by a mostly-female a cappella quartet to the tune from "Carol of the Bells," warning against driving under the influence. (The lyrics to the Alka-Seltzer jingle, "plop plop fizz fizz," are heard in the background.) "Christmas Party Song" (1:43) parody of "It's Christmas Time" (by Victor Young and Al Stillman) as performed by The Carpenters "Christmas Money" (2:17) parody of "Money (That's What I Want)" as performed by The Beatles "Pokémon" (1:32) parody of God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen "Goin' Up to Bethlehem" (2:07) parody of "Up Around the Bend" as performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival "Homeless on the Holidays" (2:52) parody of "Home for the Holidays" as performed by Perry Como "He's So Jolly" (2:04) parody of "Hello, Dolly!" as performed by Louis Armstrong "Flu Ride" (2:46) parody of "Sleigh Ride" as performed by The Carpenters "Santa Claus Is Foolin' Around" (3:22) parody of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" as performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Stumpmaster Remix" (2:57) remix of "Who Put the Stump?" References External links Bob Rivers albums 2000 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists 2000s comedy albums Atlantic Records albums
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A Merry Little Christmas is a Christmas album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in 2000. It was the final release under Ronstadt's recording contract with the Elektra/Asylum Records label for whom Linda had recorded since 1973 (twenty-seven years to that point). John Boylan returned as Linda's producer for this disc. Cover art and design Kosh Among the highlights of this disc is Ronstadt's duet with the late Rosemary Clooney on the track "White Christmas". Ronstadt and Elektra differed on the final playing order: "They wanted me to start with 'Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire'. I was tired of bargaining with them. I had this scheme where it started with ancient and went to modern. I always like to organize chronologically." Track listing Release history References Linda Ronstadt albums Elektra Records albums 2000 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Albums produced by John Boylan (record producer) Albums produced by George Massenburg Pop Christmas albums Covers albums
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Holly & Ivy is a 1994 Christmas album and 16th overall studio album by American singer Natalie Cole. Released on October 4, 1994, by Elektra, it is Cole's first album featuring Christmas music and serves as a follow-up to Take a Look (1993). Cole co-produced the album with American music producer Tommy LiPuma, with whom she had worked on Unforgettable... with Love (1991). Holly & Ivy consists of 12 tracks, including 11 covers of Christmas standards and carols and one original song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser. Cole promoted the album as non-traditional in interviews and live performances. Upon release, critics gave generally positive reviews for Holly & Ivy, praising its composition and Cole's interpretations of the covered material. The album was certified gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 20, 1996, for 500,000 sales shipments; it peaked at number 36 on the Billboard 200 chart. Holly & Ivy spawned one single "No More Blue Christmas". In support of the album, Cole filmed a television special, "Natalie Cole's Untraditional Traditional Christmas", at State University of New York Performing Arts Center in Purchase, New York; it premiered on WNET on December 7, 1994. Background and recording In an interview with Clarence Waldron from Jet, Natalie Cole said the idea of recording a Christmas album started from a telephone call from producer and longtime friend Michael Masser. Cole had previously worked with Masser on the song "Someone That I Used to Love" from her 1980 album Don't Look Back and her 1989 single "Miss You Like Crazy". Cole described the telephone call as unexpected; during their conversation, Masser told her: "I've got this beautiful Christmas song I wrote just for you." When they met, Messer played "No More Blue Christmas"; after the session, they both agreed to record a Christmas album; the songs were recorded and produced in April 1994. Cole expressed hope that the album would remind her fans about "the true spirit of the holiday season". She wanted it to communicate Christmas as "a time for families to reflect and not just wait until the holidays to be a family." Cole's sister Timolin Cole said: "Christmas Eve has always been a magical time with Natalie" when she could connect with family over holiday traditions. One of the primary inspirations for Holly & Ivy came from her father's album The Magic of Christmas (1960). Cole called it one of "the nicest, warmest Christmas albums that I've heard", and described the original version of the 1945 track "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" as "a darling sweet song" that has yet to be imitated by other original Christmas songs. In an interview with NPR, Cole said that: "it took 15 years into [her] career before [she] felt comfortable and confident enough to even attempt at singing my father's music." Holly & Ivy includes three cover version of Nat King Cole's songs: "Caroling, Caroling", "The First Noel", and "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an
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Roast goose is cooking goose meat using dry heat with hot air enveloping it evenly on all sides. Many varieties of roast goose appear in cuisines around the world, including Cantonese, European, and Middle Eastern cuisines. Roasting can enhance its flavor. Cantonese In Guangdong and Hong Kong, roast goose is a variety of siu mei, or roasted meat dishes, within Cantonese cuisine. It is made by roasting geese with seasoning often in a charcoal furnace at high temperature. Roasted geese of high quality have crisp skin with juicy and tender meat. Roast goose are normally served with plum sauce to augment its flavour. Results of a 2016 survey released by the municipal government of Guangzhou showed that roast goose was the most popular dish, outranking white cut chicken and roast squab. European Goose has a distinct flavor which makes it a favorite European Christmas dish. In Germany, roast goose is a staple for Christmas Day meals. For European cultures, roast goose is traditionally eaten only on appointed holidays, including St. Martin's Day. It is generally replaced by the turkey in the United States. Similarly, goose is often an alternative to turkey on European Christmas tables. In the United States, the price per pound of goose is usually similar to that of farmed duck, but the large size of the bird and low yield of meat to bone and fat makes a goose a luxury item for most. An added value is that roasting a goose will render a great deal of excellent quality fat which is typically used for roasting potatoes or as the shortening in pie crust (sweet or savory). One can also simmer pieces of goose submerged in the fat to make confit. Roast goose is also a popular ingredient for post-Christmas meals. There are a number of recipes for Boxing Day which make use of left over roast goose from one's Christmas Day banquet. Variations Prevalent stuffings are apples, sweet chestnuts, prunes and onions. Typical seasonings include salt and pepper, mugwort, or marjoram. Also used are red cabbage, Klöße, and gravy, which are used to garnish the goose. Turkish Kars style roast goose is one of the most famous food products special to Kars region of Turkey. Gallery See also Siu mei Roast duck Roast chicken List of Christmas dishes References External links Gordon's Christmas roast goose recipe Retrieved 26 April 2013 The Perfect Christmas Goose Recipe Retrieved 26 April 2013 Chinese cuisine Hong Kong cuisine Estonian cuisine German cuisine Turkish cuisine Israeli cuisine Middle Eastern cuisine European cuisine Poultry dishes Christmas in Germany Christmas food Geese
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Navarrevisca is a municipality in the south of the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain, located 48 kilometers from the provincial capital. It has a population of 279 inhabitants. Geography and environment Location Navarrevisca is located at an altitude of 1129 meters above sea level. Situated in the northern slopes of the Sierra de Gredos, it is part of an area known as Alto Alberche and borders the municipalities of Serranillos, Navalosa, Villanueva de Ávila and Mijares. It is a small mountain town with numerous springs and streams that pour into the Fernandina gorge, which in turn flows into the Alberche river in an area called La Junta. Weather The climate of Navarrevisca is the characteristic temperate climate with dry and cool summers of the mountain areas of the interior of the Iberian Peninsula. According to the criteria of the Köppen climate classification, Navarrevisca's climate is classified as a continentalized Mediterranean climate of the Dsb type. Demography The population has been gradually decreasing since its peak in the 1940s. According to the municipal census of January 2019 by the INE, Navarrevisca currently has 279 inhabitants. As in other nearby villages, in summer, and particularly during the month of August, the population increases considerably. Culture Religious events and festivities The main festivities in Navarrevisca have a religious character, being particularly popular those in honour of the Virgen de las Angustias (September 15) and San Antonio day (June 13). On January 20 the village celebrates San Sebastian day, patron saint of Navarrevisca. The village celebrates two festivals related to farming and agriculture, the livestock fair (held on the first Saturday of October) and the farmer's fair (beginning of September). Traditions is a tradition which takes place on All Saint's eve. The word comes from an Arabic term that refers to the act of roasting something outdoors with firewood. A minor celebration in which the villagers share roasted chestnuts and lemonade around bonfires, it is a tradition shared with other villages of the region of Gredos as well as with other towns in the north of Spain which, apparently, dates back to the Middle Ages or even further back to the Celtic traditions of the end of the summer (magosto). Given that All Saints' day coincides with the last days of harvesting the chestnuts, the inhabitants of these lands honored their dead during the day, to gather together at dusk and share a meal and roasted chestnuts. Before Easter, the village celebrates the conscripts' day, a tradition characterized by the so-called (brat). The is a dummy filled with straw that is placed on the top of a vertical pole and is planted in the town square. This tradition recalls the farewell to the young people of the town when they had to leave for the mandatory military service, and although its origin remains unclear, it remembers the origins of the May day, including elements of the burnings of Judas. Around the last weekend of August, the center of the village hosts an
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Don't Open Till Christmas is a 1984 British slasher film directed by Edmund Purdom, and starring Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne, and Gerry Sundquist. Written by Derek Ford and Alan Birkinshaw, the film follows a mysterious killer murdering Santa Claus impersonators in London during Christmastime. Plot A man in a Santa suit and a woman meet in an alleyway to have sex in a car, and are stabbed to death by a man wearing a grinning translucent mask. During a party, another man dressed like Santa Claus has a spear thrown through his head, and dies in front of his daughter, Kate Brioski. At Scotland Yard, Chief Inspector Ian Harris and Detective Sergeant Powell discuss the murders, and interview Kate, and her boyfriend Cliff. That night, another Santa is killed, having his face shoved onto the grill on which he was roasting chestnuts on an open fire. The next day, a present (which reads "Don't Open Till Christmas") is delivered to Harris, Powell receives a strange call from a man claiming to be a reporter named Giles, and a Santa is shot in the mouth. Cliff tricks Kate into visiting a porn studio owned by an old friend, and after Kate storms off, Cliff and the model (who is adorned in a Santa cloak) prepare for outdoor photographs, but Cliff runs off when a pair of police officers spot them, and the model encounters the killer, who lets her go. At a peep show, a Santa is knifed, which is witnessed by one of the strippers, Sherry Graham. Harris visits Kate and Cliff, and makes it clear that Cliff is a suspect in the attacks, due to being present for two of them. Powell finds Giles digging through his office, and tells him that the newspaper Giles stated he worked for claimed not to know him. Giles retorts by suggesting that Harris is hiding something, and that Powell should keep an eye on him. A Santa is assaulted by a group of teenagers, and runs into the London Dungeon, where he and an employee are killed. In an effort to catch the murderer, several officers go undercover as Santas, and two of them are butchered at a carnival. The killer then abducts Sherry, intending for her to be "the supreme sacrifice to all the evil that Christmas is". Meanwhile, Harris is taken off the case, and when Kate calls him, she is informed by his housekeeper that he is visiting Parklands, a mental institution. A Santa is chased into a theatre where Caroline Munro is performing, and his body is brought to the stage by a trapdoor after he is stabbed in the face with a machete. Kate tells Powell of her suspicions about Harris (who has no birth certificate) but he dismisses her theories, so she goes to visit Parklands alone, while the killer castrates a Santa in a department store restroom. Kate is confronted in her home by Giles, who she had learned was just released from Parklands,
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Christmas Dreams is an album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1997. Track listing "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:39 "Oh Holy Night" – 4:20 "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) – 3:16 "Blue Christmas" (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 3:52 "Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:06 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:36 "Toyland" (Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough) – 3:33 "On the Last Month of the Year" – 4:20 "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (Edmund Hamilton Sears, Richard Storrs Willis) – 3:23 "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 4:08 Personnel Don McLean - vocals, guitar, arrangements Brent Mason - guitar Gary Lunn - bass Jim Ferguson - bass Tony Migliore - piano, string arrangements, synthesizer banjo Terry McMillan - percussion Dennis Solee - saxophone Nashville String Machine - string ensemble Bruce Resnikoff - Executive Producer References Don McLean albums 1997 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Folk rock Christmas albums Hip-O Records albums
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Saints Unified Voices is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel music choir based in the Las Vegas Valley of Southern Nevada. The Saints Unified Voices Foundation, the governing organization of the choir, is directed by a board of directors, which includes Gladys Knight. The choir is affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Early years In the Spring of 2001, Gladys Knight put together a small singing group to perform with her at Women's Conference at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Later, Sullivan Richardson asked her to form a choir to perform at a special fireside event back home in Henderson, Nevada. Vocalists came from as far away as Los Angeles to audition for the choir and members of the choir even travel from Utah for practices. In 2003, the choir was invited to perform at Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah as part of the anniversary celebration of the priesthood being available to all worthy men. Recordings One Voice The choir released a CD, One Voice, on January 4, 2005. In the first week, the album soared to Billboard's #1 on the Hot Shot Debut, while it simultaneously shot to the #1 Gospel Album and #2 Inspirational Album on iTunes. It remained in the top 40 on Billboard′s Gospel charts for 48 weeks. Track Listings One Voice (Interlude) - Gladys Knight, written by Matthew Pittman Over My Head - Gladys Knight Come, Come, Ye Saints - Gladys Knight, written by William Clayton Love One Another - Gladys Knight, written by Luacine Clark Fox Pass Me Not - Gladys Knight Right Here Waiting - (Damon Andelin and J. Johnigan) written by BeBe Winans Prayer - Gladys Knight, written by Mauli B Did You Know - Gladys Knight and John Fluker, written by BeBe Winans I Am a Child of God - Gladys Knight, lyrics written by Naomi W. Randall Jesu Me Kanaka Waiwai - (Joe Apo soloist) Blessed Assurance - Gladys Knight He Shines on Me - (Kelly Eisenhour soloist), written by John Fluker and Kelly Eisenhour Uphold Me - (Whitney Te'o soloist) written by Fred Manns He's Worthy - (John Fluker soloist) He Lives - Gladys Knight A Christmas Celebration The 100-voice choir released its second album A Christmas Celebration in October 2006. Track Listings Introduction/Opening - Gladys Knight Breath of Heaven - (Kenya Jackson soloist), written by Chris Eaton Silent Night/O Holy Night - Gladys Knight, written by Joseph Mohr I Wonder as I Wander - (Heather Goedel soloist), written by John Jacob Niles We Three Kings - (Jay Young soloist), written by John H. Hopkins Jr. Little Drummer Boy - Gladys Knight, written by Katherine Davis Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful - (Rashida Jordan soloist), written by John Francis Wade Jesus, Oh, What a Wonderful Child-(Quartet) Gladys Knight, Damon Andelin, Whitney Te'o, Rashida Jordan, & the incomparable SUV BASE section The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - (Whitney Te'o soloist), written by Mel Torme White Christmas
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Lexi Lawson is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in musicals. She held the lead female roles in touring productions of Rent and In the Heights. Lawson made her Broadway debut as Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton. Early life Lexi Lawson was born and raised in the Bronx in New York City. As a child she moved with her family to Newburgh, New York. She graduated from Newburgh Free Academy in 2002. Career In 2010 she joined the touring company of Rent when she was cast as Mimi Marquez for the North American tour. She had become a finalist on the eighth season of American Idol but chose to drop out in order to tour with Rent. Shortly prior to her contract coming to an end, she expressed an interest in the role of Vanessa in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights. She was subsequently cast in the part in the United States national tour. Lawson made her Broadway debut when she was announced as replacing Phillipa Soo in the role of Eliza Hamilton in Miranda's Hamilton. Her first performance took place on July 9, 2016. On February 12, 2017, she joined with other former cast members of Rent to perform a tribute to the musical entitled "Seasons of Love" at The Cutting Room in New York City. Lawson recorded the single "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", which was released in December 2017. That same month, she was present for the unveiling of the restored bust of Alexander Hamilton at the Museum of the City of New York alongside fellow cast member Anthony Lee Medina. She teamed up with four other Eliza actresses from Hamilton productions on Miranda's Hamildrops in 2018. The track, "First Burn", featured Lawson along with Julia K. Harriman, Shoba Narayan, Rachelle Ann Go, and Arianna Afsar. Miranda explained on Twitter that the song was the original version of a song sung by Eliza in the musical. Personal life Lawson is married to actor Leonidas Gulaptis; they have one child together. She owns a Yorkshire Terrier. She bought the dog from a breeder in 2008, and would take it with her as she toured the US on the productions of Rent and In The Heights. Theatre credits Filmography References External links 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American women singers 20th-century American singers 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers Actresses from the Bronx American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American television actresses Broadway theatre people Living people Newburgh Free Academy alumni Musicians from the Bronx People from Newburgh, New York Year of birth missing (living people)
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Home roasting is the process of roasting coffee from green coffee beans on a small scale for personal consumption. Home roasting of coffee has been practiced for centuries, using simple methods such as roasting in cast-iron skillets over a wood fire and hand-turning small steel drums on a kitchen stovetop. Until the early 20th century, it was more common to roast coffee at home than to buy pre-roasted coffee. Following World War I, commercial coffee roasting became prevalent, and, combined with the distribution of instant coffee, home roasting decreased substantially. In recent years, there has been a revival in home roasting. What was originally a necessity has now become a hobby. The attractions are four-fold: enjoying fresh, flavorful coffee; experimenting with various beans and roasting methods; perfecting the roasting process, and saving money. Other factors that have contributed to the renewed interest in home roasting coffee include coffee suppliers selling green coffee in small quantities and manufacturers making counter-top roasters. History The first known implements specially made for roasting coffee beans for personal use were thin, circular, often perforated pans made from metal or porcelain, used in the 15th century in the Ottoman Empire and Greater Persia. This type of shallow, dished pan was equipped with a long handle so that it could be held over a brazier (a container of hot coals) until the coffee was roasted. The beans were stirred with a slender spoon. Only a small amount of beans could be heated at one time. The first cylinder roaster with a crank to keep the beans in motion appeared in Cairo around 1650. It was made of metal, most commonly tinned copper or cast iron, and was held over a brazier or open fire. French, Dutch and Italian variations of this design quickly appeared. These proved popular over the next century in Europe, England and the American colonies. English coffee merchant Humphrey Broadbent wrote in 1722 about his preference for this sort of cylindrical roaster. He emphasized that home roasting provided the capability of eliminating damaged berries from the batch before they are roasted, and also the security of knowing that duplicitous merchants were not adding poisonous lead powder to the roasted beans to increase their weight and thus their price. He wrote: "Most persons of distinction in Holland roast their own berries." In the 19th century, various patents were awarded in the U.S. and Europe for commercial roasters, to allow for large batches of coffee. Nevertheless, home roasting continued to be popular. A man working at a commercial roasting plant beginning in the 1850s in St. Louis, Missouri, said that "selling roasted coffee was up-hill work, as everyone roasted coffee in the kitchen oven." He said the arguments his company employed against home roasting included appeals to the economy of saving fuel and labor, the danger of burns and flaring tempers, and the possibility of ruined beans or bad-tasting beverage. Nevertheless, appliances catering to the home roaster were becoming popular; in 1849 a spherical coffee roaster
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Christmastime! is an album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 2004. It is a complete collection of Don McLean's Christmas recordings and contains all of the songs previously released on Christmas and Christmas Dreams as well as two songs new to this collection. Track listing "Winter Wonderland" "O Little Town of Bethlehem" "Blue Christmas" "The Christmas Waltz" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" "Toyland" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "I'll Be Home for Christmas/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" "White Christmas" "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" "Silent Night" "Oh Holy Night" "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" "Go Tell It on the Mountain" "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" "The Last Month of the Year" "The Burgundian Carol" "Little Child" "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" "Pretty Paper" "'Twas the Night before Christmas" Christmas compilation albums 2004 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists 2004 compilation albums Don McLean compilation albums Rock Christmas albums
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This is a list of notable spit-roasted foods, consisting of dishes and foods that are roasted on a rotisserie, or spit. Rotisserie is a style of roasting where meat is skewered on a spit, a long solid rod used to hold food while it is being cooked over a fire in a fireplace or over a campfire, or roasted in an oven. Spit-roasting typically involves the use of indirect heat, which usually cooks foods at a lower temperature compared to other roasting methods that use direct heat. When cooking meats, the nature of the food constantly revolving on a spit also creates a self-basting process. Spit roasting dates back to ancient times, and spit-roasted fowl and game "was common in ancient societies". Spit-roasted foods Al pastor – a dish developed in central Mexico that is based on shawarma spit-grilled meat brought by Lebanese immigrants to Mexico. Cabrito al pastor – a northern Mexican dish consisting of a whole goat kid carcass that is opened flat and cooked on a spit Cağ kebabı – a horizontally stacked marinated rotating lamb kebab variety, originating in Turkey's Erzurum Province Doner kebab – seasoned meat stacked in the shape of an inverted cone is turned slowly on a rotisserie, next to a vertical cooking element. The outer layer is sliced into thin shavings as it cooks. Gyros – a Greek dish made from meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie Inihaw – a general Filipino term for grilled or spit-roasted meat or seafood Lechon – a general Spanish term for whole spit-roasted pig common in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines Lechon manok – a Filipino spit-roasted chicken dish made with chicken marinated in a mixture of garlic, bay leaf, onion, black pepper, soy sauce, and patis (fish sauce). Méchoui – a dish in North African cuisine consisting of a whole sheep or a lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue. Mutzbraten – an eastern Thuringia and western Saxony dish of meat from the shoulder or pig`s back, seasoned with salt, pepper and marjoram, marinated and cooked in birch wood smoke on so-called Mutzbraten stands. Obersteiner Spießbraten – a culinary specialty of Idar-Oberstein, Germany consisting of a rolled roast using beef or pork neck. Paksiw na lechon – a Filipino dish consisting of leftover spit-roasted pork (lechon) meat cooked in lechon sauce or its component ingredients of vinegar, garlic, onions, black pepper and ground liver or liver spread and some water. Rotisserie chicken – a chicken dish cooked on a rotisserie, whereby the chicken is placed next to the heat source to cook it Pollo a la Brasa – a common dish of Peruvian cuisine and one of the most consumed in Peru, it is a rotisserie chicken dish that is a Peruvian version of pollo al spiedo. Shawarma – a Middle Eastern meat preparation based on the doner kebab of Ottoman Turkey Siu mei – the generic name in Cantonese cuisine given to meats roasted on spits over an open fire or a huge wood burning
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We Have a Saviour is the fourth Christmas worship album from Hillsong Music, which was issued in October 2012. The album appeared on the Billboard Top Christian Albums at No. 23 and Top Holiday Albums charts at No. 42. It also peaked in the Top 100 on the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 82; at No.68 on the ARIA Top 100 Physical Albums chart in December 2012; and returned to the charts in December 2014 to peak at No. 36 on the ARIA Catalogue Albums chart. We Have a Saviour by Hillsong is a collection of songs recorded over 2011 and 2012 with two new tracks, "We Have a Saviour" and "Our King Has Come"; it includes, "Born Is the King", and rearrangements of "O Holy Night" and "Joy to the World". Amazon.com's editorial review observed "[it's] an album full of inspiring and festive songs soon to become Christmas classics. The seasons may be flipped with December falling in the middle of summer for Australia and there may not be snow, sleigh rides or chestnuts roasting by an open fire, but there is a common love for a baby born in a manger over 2,000 years ago." Hope 103.2's Stephen O'Doherty interviewed Hillsong members, Ben Fielding, Autumn Hardman and Dave Ware, on his show, Open House, in November 2012 to discuss the album. Timothy Yap of BreatheCast opined "[they] have brilliantly taken some of the best known traditional carols and tagged them with newly written material making them less archaic and fresher on younger ears... this is a folky, country-tinged, understated and sometimes even eclectic effort." Jono Davies of Louder Than the Music rated it at four-out-of-five stars and explained, "jammed packed with well known Christmas tunes and some original ones too... [they] have tried to make so many tracks on the album sound uber cool, which means some traditional songs don't sound as Christmasy as you might expect." Track listing Tracks 1–5 were previously released on the extended play, Born Is the King. References 2012 albums 2012 Christmas albums Hillsong Music albums Christmas albums by Australian artists
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In the Swing of Christmas is the third Christmas-themed album by Barry Manilow. Released on November 1, 2007, it was available exclusively at Hallmark Gold Crown stores. The album was certified Gold in the United States by the RIAA in 2008, and was nominated for a Grammy in the 'Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album' category at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Produced and arranged by Manilow and co-produced by Scott Erickson, the album features more of a swing jazz style than his previous Christmas releases. The jazz ensemble MaD Fusion (Matt Herskowitz—piano, Mat Fieldes—bass, and David Rozenblatt—drums) accompanied Manilow on four tracks, and The Randy Kerber Trio (Randy Kerber—piano, Mike Valerio—bass, and Joe LaBarbera—drums) was featured on five tracks, along with various other musicians. The first track, "Silver Bells", was performed a capella, with Manilow overdubbing all of the vocals himself. The album included instructions for downloading a bonus track, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear". On October 13, 2009, the album was re-released on Arista Records with two bonus tracks: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Christmas Is Just Around the Corner", an original song from the 2008 animated television special Cranberry Christmas. The downloadable bonus track from the Hallmark release was not included. The re-release appeared on the Billboard 200 chart for four non-consecutive weeks in late 2009, peaking at #127 during the week ending December 19. Track listing 2007 release "Silver Bells" – 2:37 "Carol of the Bells / Jingle Bells" – 2:45 "Joy to the World / It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – 3:07 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 4:06 "Violets for Your Furs" – 3:22 "O Tannenbaum" / "Winter Wonderland" – 2:57 "Christmas Time Is Here" – 4:35 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)" – 3:18 "Toyland" (Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough) – 3:23 "Count Your Blessings" – 3:48 downloadable bonus track "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" 2009 re-release "Silver Bells" – 2:37 "Carol of the Bells / Jingle Bells" – 2:45 "Joy to the World / It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – 3:07 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 4:06 "Violets for Your Furs" – 3:22 "O Tannenbaum" / "Winter Wonderland" – 2:57 "Christmas Time Is Here" – 4:35 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)" – 3:18 "Toyland" (Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough) – 3:23 "Count Your Blessings" – 3:48 "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" – 2:26 "Christmas Is Just Around the Corner" (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman) – 2:54 Notes References 2007 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Barry Manilow albums Arista Records Christmas albums Swing Christmas albums
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Personal Christmas Collection is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released by Columbia Records in 1994 and includes selections from his first three solo holiday LPs, The Andy Williams Christmas Album, Merry Christmas, and Christmas Present. The album made holiday season appearances on Billboard magazine's album chart from 2012 to 2016, the year it had its all-time peak at number 115. Track listing "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 2:33 "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:29 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:34 "The Bells of St. Mary's" (A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber) – 2:38 "Christmas Present" (Larry H. Brown, Keats Tyler) – 2:30 "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:14 "The First Noël" (traditional) – 3:08 "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) – 2:35 "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 2:11 "Silver Bells" from The Lemon Drop Kid (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:12 "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) – 2:39 "Ring Christmas Bells" (Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, Peter Wilhousky, Minna Louise Hohman) – 1:52 "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:15 "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:29 "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" (Irving Berlin/Kay Thompson) – 2:38 This track originated on the 1974 album Christmas Present. The back cover and label of the original vinyl release of that album list the title of this track as "Christmas Bells", and the label gives songwriting credit to Harry Filler and Leonard Schroeder, who did write a different song called "Christmas Bells" that was recorded by Patti Page for her 1951 album Christmas with Patti Page. Charts Billboard 200 References 1994 compilation albums Andy Williams compilation albums
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The Christmas Album is Roberta Flack's first holiday album and was released in 1997. The song, "As Long as There's Christmas" (a duet with Peabo Bryson), was from the direct-to-video Disney film, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas. The album was reissued by Punahele Productions under the title Holiday in 2003; this version omitted "As Long as There's Christmas". Track listing "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" - 3:54 "There's Still My Joy" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Melissa Manchester, Matt Rollings) - 3:30 "We Three Kings of Orient Are" - 6:08 "25th of Last December" (Gene McDaniels) - 4:55 "As Long as There's Christmas" (Don Black, Rachel Portman) - 3:45 Performed by Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson "Because This Child Was Born" (Shelton Becton) - 4:25 "When There's Love" (Shelton Becton) - 6:25 "The Little Drummer Boy" - 5:57 "O Come All Ye Faithful" - 4:34 References Roberta Flack albums 1997 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Contemporary R&B Christmas albums Capitol Records Christmas albums
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The cuisine of Corsica is the traditional cuisine of the island of Corsica. It is mainly based on the products of the island, and due to historical and geographical reasons, has much in common with Italian cuisine, and marginally with those of Nice and Provence. History The geographic conformation of Corsica, with its eastern coast (the one nearest to the continent) low, malaria-ridden, and impossible to defend, forced the population to settle in the mountains of the interior. The agricultural products exported during antiquity reflect this situation: these were sheep, plus honey, wax and tar, produced by the widespread forests. The island was famous for its cheap wines, exported to Rome. The concentration of settlement in the interior, typical also of the nearby Sardinia, lasted until the beginning of the 20th century; in 1911, 73,000 people lived in the zone comprised between 700 and 1,000 m above sea level. In the Middle Ages, more precisely during the 12th century, when Pisa was Corsica's hegemonic power, the large immigration from nearby Tuscany brought to the island, together with the Tuscan language, customs and dishes typical of that Italian region. Later, when it was the turn of Genoa to dominate the island, a major shift in people's eating habits took place; the Genoese governor, with a decree signed on 28 August 1548, ordered that each landowner and tenant had to plant at least a chestnut, a mulberry, an olive, and a fig tree each year, under the fine of three for each tree not planted. The reason for this decree was to give means of subsistence to island populations. Still at the beginning of the 17th century, the Genoese administrator Baliano wrote that the Corsicans were living on barley bread, vegetables, and pure water. Other decrees were given on the same line, such as that issued in 1619, which ordered that 10 chestnut trees had to be planted every year by each landowner and tenant, with time changed radically the landscape of whole regions of the island, with the almost total substitution of cereals with chestnuts; one region, the Castagniccia, south of Bastia, got its name from its chestnut () forests. In the 18th century, the chestnut had almost completely replaced cereals. Above all, chestnut plantations radically changed the diet of the islanders, preserving them from the recurrent famines. It was so that the historian of Corsica Jakob Von Wittelieb could write that in the 1730s travelers in the island brought with them a flask filled with wine and a pocket containing a chestnut bread or some roasted chestnuts. An old Corsican proverb from upper Niolo asserts: (), explaining well both the central place occupied by the chestnut in Corsica's alimentation and the frugality of Corsican mountaineers, obliged to drink water instead of wine. During the Corsican independence before the French annexation, Pasquale Paoli tried to enrich the diet of his countrymen encouraging the cultivation of the potato, so his political opponents ridiculed him, calling him . The French annexation in 1768
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A culinary nut is a dry, edible fruit or seed that usually, but not always, has a high fat content. Nuts are used in a wide variety of edible roles, including in baking, as snacks (either roasted or raw), and as flavoring. In addition to botanical nuts, fruits and seeds that have a similar appearance and culinary role are considered to be culinary nuts. Culinary nuts are divided into fruits or seeds in one of four categories: True, or botanical nuts: dry, hard-shelled, uncompartmented fruit that do not split on maturity to release seeds; (e.g. hazelnuts) Drupes: seed contained within a pit (stone or pyrena) that itself is surrounded by a fleshy fruit (e.g. almonds, walnuts); Gymnosperm seeds: naked seeds, with no enclosure (e.g. pine nuts); Angiosperm: seeds surrounded by an enclosure, such as a pod or a fruit (e.g. peanuts). Nuts have a rich history as food. For many indigenous peoples of the Americas, a wide variety of nuts, including acorns, American beech, and others, served as a major source of starch and fat over thousands of years. Similarly, a wide variety of nuts have served as food for Indigenous Australians for many centuries. Other culinary nuts, though known from ancient times, have seen dramatic increases in use in modern times. The most striking such example is the peanut. Its usage was popularized by the work of George Washington Carver, who discovered and popularized many applications of the peanut after employing peanut plants for soil amelioration in fields used to grow cotton. True nuts The following are both culinary and botanical nuts. Acorn (Quercus, Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis spp.), used from ancient times among indigenous peoples of the Americas as a staple food, in particular for making bread and porridge. Beech (Fagus spp.) American beech (Fagus grandifolia), used by indigenous peoples of the Americas as food. Several tribes sought stores of beech nuts gathered by chipmunks and deer mice, thus obtaining nuts that were already sorted and shelled. European beech (Fagus sylvatica), although edible, have never been popular as a source of food. They have been used as animal feed and to extract a popular edible oil. Breadnut (Brosimum alicastrum), used by the ancient Maya peoples as animal fodder, and as an alternative food when yield of other crops was insufficient. Candlenut (Aleurites moluccana), used in many South East Asian cuisines. Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) Chinese chestnuts (Castanea mollissima), have been eaten in China since ancient times. Sweet chestnuts (Castanea sativa), unlike most nuts, are high in starch and sugar. Extensively grown in Europe and the Himalayas. (Note: the water chestnut is not a nut at all; it is a tuber) Guinea peanut (Pachira glabra), like those of the related Malabar chestnut, the seeds taste similar to peanuts and are typically boiled or roasted, with the roasted seeds sometimes ground to make a hot drink. Hazelnuts (Corylus spp.), most commercial varieties of which descend from the European hazelnut (Corylus avellana). Hazelnuts are used to make pralines, in the popular Nutella spread,
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"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (titled onscreen as "The Simpsons Christmas Special") is the series premiere of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on Fox in the United States on December 17, 1989. Introducing the Simpson family into half-hour television in this episode, Bart Simpson disobediently gets a tattoo without the permission of his parents. After Marge spends all the family's holiday budget on having it removed, Homer learns that his boss is not giving employees Christmas bonuses, and takes a job as a shopping mall Santa. The Simpsons was originally intended to debut earlier in 1989 with "Some Enchanted Evening", but due to animation problems with that episode, the series debuted with this episode on December 17. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was written by Mimi Pond and directed by David Silverman, and was the only episode of the series to air during the 1980s. Promos for the next episode ("Bart the Genius") ran during commercial breaks for this episode. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was viewed by approximately 13.4 million people in its original airing, and was nominated for two Emmy Awards in 1990. Since its release on home video, the episode has received positive reviews from critics. Plot After attending the Springfield Elementary School Christmas pageant, the Simpsons prepare for the holiday season. Bart and Lisa write letters to Santa; Lisa asks for a pony — which Marge tries to tactfully discourage by claiming that there would not be enough room for one on Santa's sleigh — and Bart wants a tattoo, which Marge and Homer forbid him from getting. The next day, Marge takes the kids Christmas shopping at the mall. Bart sneaks away to get a tattoo that reads "Mother" on his arm, thinking that Marge will like it. Before the artist can finish the tattoo, Marge finds Bart and drags him to the dermatologist to have it removed. She is forced to spend the family's entire holiday budget on the procedure, believing that Homer's Christmas bonus will cover gift expenses. At the power plant, Mr. Burns cancels this year's employee Christmas bonus. When he learns Marge spent the family's holiday money on tattoo removal, Homer moonlights as a shopping mall Santa at the suggestion of his friend Barney Gumble. While at the mall on Christmas Eve, Bart removes Santa's beard, exposing Homer's secret. Bart apologizes for the prank and praises his father for moonlighting to give the family Christmas presents. After Homer's Santa gig pays far less than expected due to deductions for training and uniform, he and Bart receive a greyhound racing tip from Barney. At Springfield Downs, Homer bets all his money on a last-minute entry named Santa's Little Helper, a 99–1 long shot. The greyhound unfortunately finishes last. As Homer and Bart leave the track, they see the dog's owner yell and abandon him for losing the race. Bart pleads with Homer to keep the dog as a pet. They return home, where Homer's
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Bistorta bistortoides (American bistort, western bistort, smokeweed, mountain meadow knotweed, mountain buckwheat or mountain meadow buckwheat) is a perennial herb in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae. Description Bistorta bistortoides plants generally grow to tall. Individuals growing above are smaller, seldom reaching more than in height. The leaves are leathery and long, being mostly basal on the stem. The dense cylindrical to oblong inflorescence is long and packed with small white to pinkish flowers, each a few millimeters wide and with protruding stamens. Taxonomy The species name remains unresolved. Distribution and habitat B. bistortoides is distributed throughout the Mountain West in North America from Alaska and British Columbia south into California and east into the Rocky Mountains. The plant grows from foothills to above the timberline. Ecology Rodents and bears consume the roots, and elk and deer browse the foliage. Uses American bistort was an important food plant used by Native Americans living in the Mountain West, including Blackfoot and Cheyenne peoples. The roots are edible either raw or fire-roasted with a flavor resembling chestnuts. The seeds can be dried and ground into flour and used to make bread. They were also roasted and eaten as a cracked grain. The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. References External links Jepson Manual Treatment – Polygonum bistortoides United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile Polygonum bistortoides – Callphotos Photo gallery, University of California bistortoides Plants described in 1813 Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Flora of Western Canada Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the South-Central United States Plants used in Native American cuisine Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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Roasted sweet potato is a popular winter street food in East Asia. China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan In China, yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes are roasted in a large iron drum and sold as street food during winter. They are called kǎo-báishǔ (; "roasted sweet potato") in northern China, wui faan syu () in Cantonese speaking regions, and kǎo-dìguā (; "roasted sweet potato") in Taiwan and Northeast China, as the name of sweet potatoes themselves vary across the sinophone world. Korea Sweet potatoes roasted in drum cans, called gun-goguma (; "roasted sweet potato"), are also popular in both North and South Korea. The food is sold from late autumn to winter by the vendors wearing ushanka, which is sometimes referred to as "roasted sweet potato vendor hat" or "roasted chestnut vendor hat". Although any type of goguma (sweet potato) can be roasted, softer, moist varieties such as hobak-goguma (pumpkin sweet potato) are preferred over firmer, floury varieties such as bam-goguma ("chestnut sweet potato") for roasting. In South Korea, roasted sweet potatoes are dried to make gun-goguma-mallaengi (), and frozen to make ice-gun-goguma (). Although gun-goguma has traditionally been a winter food, gun-goguma ice cream and gun-goguma smoothie are nowadays enjoyed in summer. Japan In Japan, similar street food is called ishi yaki-imo (; "roasted sweet potato in heat stones") and sold from trucks during the winter. Northern Vietnam Roasted sweet potatoes () is also a popular street food in Hanoi and Northern Vietnam in winter. Emoji In 2010, an emoji was approved for Unicode 6.0 for "roasted sweet potato". See also List of sweet potato dishes Roasted chestnut References Chinese cuisine Japanese cuisine Korean cuisine Street food in China Street food in South Korea Sweet potato dishes
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Roasted chestnut is a popular autumn and winter street food in East Asia, Europe, and New York City. Asian chestnuts (Castanea crenata, C. mollissima) as well as European chestnuts (C. sativa) can be used. Asia China In China, chǎolìzi (; "stir-fried chestnut") is a popular autumn street food. Because they are roasted with sand and sweet syrup, they are also called tángchǎolìzi (; "sugar stir-fried chestnut"). Korea Gunbam (; "roasted chestnut") is a popular street food in both North and South Korea. The food is sold from late autumn to winter by the vendors wearing ushanka, which is sometimes referred to as "roasted chestnut vendor hat" or "roasted sweet potato vendor hat". A popular folk song called Gunbam taryeong (; "ballad of roasted chestnuts") was composed by Jeon Su-rin in 1932, and has been sung since, being one of the songs commonly taught in public schools in South Korea. Europe Austria The Maronistand is a small booth where a street vendor offers roasted Maroni ("edible chestnuts" in local German) and potato-based hot snacks cooked in and on portable metal drums. Such outlets appear in the colder seasons and are a common sight at, for example, Viennese Christmas markets. France In France, marrons chauds ("hot chestnuts") are a well known autumn street food. In Paris, many street sellers come from India, and use improvised stands with shopping carts and cans. In Corsica roasted chestnuts are known as fasgiole in Corsican language. Italy In Italy roasted chestnuts are most commonly known as caldarroste. They are very popular especially in mountainous areas of the country, such as the Apennines and the Alps where the chestnut grows in abundance. Chestnuts and roasted chestnuts can be found in numerous festivals throughout Italy, usually organized between the end of October and the beginning of November. Roasted chestnuts are also known by various other names in different parts of Italy: Basturnòn - Apennines of Piacenza Biröll, Biroeull - Province of Como and Province of Milan Boröla - Province of Bergamo Braschèe, Mundee - North of Lake Como Brigi - Città di Castello, Umbria Brostoi - Some areas south of Brescia Bruciata - Province of Florence and Province of Siena Brusè - Province of Parma Brüsatè - Piedmont Buerie - Friuli Caciole, infornatelle - Val Roveto, Abruzzo Callarosta - Vallerano (VT) Callaròsta - Canepina (VT) Còculi - Molochio (RC) Frugiata - Some areas of the Province of Pistoia and Province of Lucca Maroni, Marroni - Province of Modena and Province of Bologna Mondina - Garfagnana, Lucca Plain, Versilia, Lunigiana Mondìgoli, Mandìgoli - Northern part of the Province of Vicenza Mundaj, Mundà - Piedmont Mundìne - Val Camonica Nserta - Northern part of the Province of Cosenza Pastiji - Some areas of the Province of Reggio Calabria Pistiddre - Rotonda (PZ) Pistiddèr - Pollino (southern area of Basilicata) Riggiola - Northern part of the Province of Cosenza Ruseddre, Rusedde - Central-western Calabria Ruselle - Southern part of the Province of Cosenza Rustìa - Province of Genoa Varola - Montella
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The Monkey and the Cat is best known as a fable adapted by Jean de La Fontaine under the title Le Singe et le Chat that appeared in the second collection of his Fables in 1679 (IX.17). It is the source of popular idioms in both English and French, with the general meaning of being the dupe (or tool) of another (e.g., a cat's-paw). In the fable, a monkey persuades a cat to retrieve chestnuts from the embers of a fire for the two to share, but the monkey quickly eats each chestnut as it is retrieved, and the cat burns its paw in the process. Although there is no evidence that the story existed before the 15th century, it began to appear in collections of Aesop's Fables from the 17th century but is not included in the Perry Index. Usage of the "cat's paw" idiom and reference to the fable have been particularly employed in (although not limited to) political contexts. The fable In La Fontaine's telling, Bertrand the monkey persuades Raton the cat to pull chestnuts from the embers amongst which they are roasting, promising him a share. As the cat scoops them from the fire one by one, burning his paw in the process, the monkey gobbles them up. They are disturbed by a maid entering and the cat gets nothing for its pains. As a source of modern idiom It is from this fable that the French get their idiom Tirer les marrons du feu, meaning to act as someone's dupe or, deriving from that, to benefit from the dirty work of others. It is also the source of the English idiom 'a cat's paw', defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as 'one used by another as a tool'. History There are earlier idiomatic allusions in 15th century Burgundian sources. Jean Miélot records the saying c'est un bon jeu de chat et singe (it's a cat and monkey game) in his Proverbes (1456) and there is another apparent reference to the story in a poem in Jean Molinet's Faictz et dictz. In the following century, Jean-Antoine de Baïf has the version faire comme le singe, tirer les marrons du feu avec la patte du chat in his Mimes, enseignements et proverbes (1575) and John Florio includes the saying in his collection of idioms Second Frutes (1591). However, the earliest surviving texts relating the story date from the mid-16th century and some of these have a puppy in place of a cat as the monkey's victim. Johannes Sambucus reports it as happening recently in the Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom in his Emblemata (1564). The Latin poem there continues, 'A small monkey gave us an example noteworthy and amusing for its cunning. For, when he saw the chestnuts buried in the hearth, he began to brush the ash aside but, afraid of the burning coals, he suddenly seized the foot of a sleeping puppy and stole it out.' The same story involving a sleeping dog appeared in
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The O'Neill Brothers are an American instrumental piano duo from New Prague, Minnesota, comprising brothers Tim and Ryan O'Neill. They are also known as Pianissimo Brothers. Their most famous covered songs are Rainbow Connection, Tomorrow (The Sun Will Come Out), Moonlight Sonata, Unforgettable and As Time Goes By, shown on their own and Pianissimo Brothers albums, used for relaxing music for weddings, sleeping, bubble baths, doctor’s offices, winter, Earth Day, Thanksgiving and other stuff, and Silver and Gold, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and Carol of the Bells for Christmas albums. The brothers both began piano lessons at age five and attended the University of Notre Dame before deciding to pursue a career together in 1997. The pair began self-releasing albums, many based on themes such as marriage, Christmas, patriotism, and styles such as traditional Irish music. The group found success selling their music on the television station QVC in addition to making appearances on other networks. Their 2000 release From the Heart saw a resurgence in popularity in 2005, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Pop Catalog chart. The group has sold over one million albums total. Discography 2000 From the Heart [Box Set] 2002 A Day to Remember: Instrumental Music for Your Wedding 2002 Coming Home: An O'Neill Brothers Christmas 2002 Look Within 2002 Meeting of the Waters 2002 One 2002 P.S. I Love You 2002 Sweet Dreams 2002 Through the Years 2004 Here Come the Irish 2004 Inspiration 2004 Notre Dame Experience 2004 On Broadway with the O'Neill Brothers 2004 The Journey 2005 Holiday Music: Instrumental Songs for the Holiday Season, Vol. 1 2005 Holiday Music: Instrumental Songs for the Holiday Season,Vol. 2 2005 Holiday Music: Instrumental Songs for the Holiday Season,Vol. 3 2005 A Day To Remember: Music For Your Beach Wedding 2006 A Day to Remember, Vol. 2 2006 Celebrate America 2006 Someone You Love 2006 Reflections 2006 Holiday Home 2007 Day Break 2008 Autumn 2008 Harvest 2008 Songs of Faith 2009 Songs of Serenity - Quiet Time, A Spiritual Renewal, and Inspirational Music 2010 Lullabies by Request 2011 Christmas Lullabies 2012 Notre Dame Lullabies 2013 Spirit of Notre Dame [2 CD Set] 2013 Sunday Morning 2016 Instrumental Tribute to Prince References External Links Musical duos from Minnesota Sibling musical duos
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"Seven Whole Days" is a song performed by American singer Toni Braxton. It serves as the third single from her self-titled debut album (1993). It was released on October 8, 1993 by LaFace and Arista Records. Written and produced by Kenneth Edmonds, Antonio Reid and Daryl Simmons, the track describes a romance that was fading. As the single was not commercially released in the United States, it was ineligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and only managed to chart on the Hot 100 Airplay at number forty-eight in early March 1994. Nevertheless, it successfully topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay in late January 1994. "Seven Whole Days" is featured on The Essential Toni Braxton and Playlist: The Very Best of Toni Braxton. Critical reception In his review of Toni Braxton, John Martinucci from the Gavin Report found that Braxton "creates steamy sensuality" with "Seven Whole Days". Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian noted the singer's "a boys-beware growl" on the "easy-going" track. Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote that it "could melt even the North Pole." Ralph Tee from Music Weeks RM Dance Update stated that it is "the closest Toni gets to Anita Baker territory vocally." Mike Joyce from The Washington Post felt the song "have a depth". Music video The official music video for "Seven Whole Days" was shot while Braxton was on tour with her four sisters Traci, Towanda, Trina and Tamar featured as background singers. It was released in 1993 and directed by Lionel C. Martin. The video was later released on Braxton's VEVO channel on October 25, 2009, and is in both color and black and white. It had generated more than 25 million views as of January 2024. Track listing US Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM (73008-24063-1) A1 "Seven Whole Days" (Ghetto Vibe) – 6:35 A2 "Seven Whole Days" (Ghetto Vibe Instrumental) – 6:36 B1 "Seven Whole Days" (Album Version) – 6:22 B2 "Seven Whole Days" (Live Version) – 6:15 B3 "The Christmas Song" – 3:25 US Promo CD' (LFPCD-4062) "Seven Whole Days" (Radio Edit) – 4:42 "Seven Whole Days" (Live Radio Edit) – 4:42 "Seven Whole Days" (Album Version) – 6:22 "Seven Whole Days" (Live Version) – 6:15 "Seven Whole Days" (Ghetto Vibe) – 6:35 "Seven Whole Days" (Quiet Mix) – 6:12 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" – 3:25 Credits and personnel Credits taken from Discogs website. Performers and musicians Toni Braxton - Vocals, Background Keisha Jackson - Background (tracks 1–6) Pamela Copeland - Background (tracks 1–6) Tammy Davis - Background (tracks 1–6) Technical personnel A&R - Bryant Reid Engineer - Jim "Z" Zumpano Engineer, Mixing and Programming - John Frye (tracks 1–6) Executive Producer - L.A Reid and Babyface (tracks 1–6) Written by - L.A Reid and Babyface (tracks 1–6) Published By - ECAF, Sony Songs Inc., Cuff Link Music, Edwin H. Morris & Co. Charts Cover versions In 2002, bassist Michael Manson presented his version from his album "The Bottom Line." Saxophonist Steve Cole is a special
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Castanospermum is a monotypic genus in the legume family Fabaceae. The sole species is Castanospermum australe, commonly known as Moreton Bay chestnut or black bean, which is native to rainforested areas on the east coast of Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, and to the southwest Pacific islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia Description The black bean is a large evergreen tree growing up to tall, though commonly much smaller. The leaves are long and broad, pinnate, with 11-15 leaflets. The flowers are bicoloured red and yellow, long, produced in racemes long. The fruit is a cylindrical pod long and diameter, the interior divided by a spongy substance into one to five cells, each of which contains a large chestnut-like seed. Common names The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia' records the common names of Castanospermum australe as "Moreton Bay Chestnut" and "Bean tree" and notes that it was called "Irtalie" by Aboriginal people of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers (New South Wales) and "Bogum" by "others of Northern New South Wales". Other names that have been used by Aboriginal peoples are: baway, yiwurra, junggurraa, mirrayn, ganyjuu, and binyjaalga. Uses Chemicals In 1981, castanospermine was isolated from the seeds. Members of this and closely related genera accumulate iminosugars in their leaves. Cultural significance Due to its importance as a food, the blackbean tree was a seasonal gathering point for Aboriginal peoples, and this acted as a catalyst for ceremonies. Songlines featuring the black bean seeds have been collected. The bark fibre has been used for fish and animal traps, nets and baskets, and the empty seed pods have been used as toy boats. Additionally, the tree has been used as a seasonal signal for when to hunt jungle fowl. Food The unprocessed seeds are poisonous since they contain toxic saponins, and can cause vomiting and diarrhoea, but they become edible when carefully prepared by roasting, cutting up into small pieces, leaching with running water for several days, and pounding into flour and roasting it as a damper. The seeds have been prepared and eaten for at least 2,500 years. The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia' notes and describes this use of the beans. As of 2012, the food was not used in modern bush tucker, and there was no nutritional information available on the seeds. Ornamental use The trees are popular as potted plants in Asia, Europe and America. In addition, they have been used as shade trees in landscaping for parks. Wood The wood was used by Aboriginal people for spear-throwers. The timber, which somewhat resembles walnut, is soft, fine-grained, and takes a good polish, and the wood has a durability rating above-ground of over 40 years longevity. Spread Due to its significance as a food for Aboriginal people, blackbean trees were spread by hand into mountain areas on the east coast of Australia. All the trees in New South Wales are descended from a single seed. The plant naturally spreads by water. It
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Christmas, Like a Lullaby is the 24th studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in December 1990. This was Denver's first solo Christmas album of music since 1975's Rocky Mountain Christmas. He also released the collaborative Christmas album A Christmas Together in 1979 with The Muppets. The only original track was the title track "Christmas Like A Lullaby" written by Denver. The rest were Christmas carols and standards and two Tom Paxton songs, "The Children Of Bethlehem" and "Marvelous Toy". Track listing Side one "Christmas, Like a Lullaby" - 3:52 "The First Noel" - 2:16 "Away in a Manger" - 3:36 "The Children of Bethlehem" - 3:31 "Jingle Bells" - 2:43 "White Christmas" - 2:37 Side two "Marvelous Toy" - 2:52 "Blue Christmas" - 3:25 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - 3:12 "Little Drummer Boy" - 3:22 "Mary's Little Boy Child" - 3:20 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" - 4:05 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - 2:15 There is a 1999 reissue by Delta Entertainment. Personnel John Denver – acoustic guitar, vocals James Burton – electric guitar Glen Hardin – keyboards Jim Horn – saxophone, flute, recorder Jerry Carrigan – drums Jerry Scheff – bass Machito Sanchez – percussion References 1990 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists John Denver albums Albums produced by Roger Nichols (recording engineer) Folk Christmas albums
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Genie Gets Her Wish is the first VHS/DVD by Christina Aguilera. It was released on December 14, 1999, through RCA Records. It features performances of her #1 single, "Genie in a Bottle", studio footage, live concert performances, and exclusive peeks backstage. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It peaked at number 1 in Sweden. Originally released on VHS, it was later re-released on DVD the following year. Background Aguilera told the MTV Radio Network about the DVD:"It will be interesting to see all the kinds of sides of me. Cause you do get to see me onstage, you know, 'Christina Aguilera onstage.' "But then, what happens whenever the cameras (are) off?" she continued. "She goes home, takes off her makeup, and gets ready for bed? You know, (what happens) after all these fans are done (with the show) and after she's done meeting them and signing autographs? What's she like? I'm a really different person aside from I seem to be publicly," she concluded. "I'm very, very introverted." Content Genie Gets Her Wish is a video album and a documentary. It features clips from Aguilera's life between 1998 and 1999, while recording and promoting her eponymous debut album, as well as music videos. During the documentary portions, Aguilera is shown rehearsing her performances and recording in studio sessions, while songs from the album play over the clips. She is also shown during performances, as well as CD signings. Throughout the video, Aguilera speaks about her career, life, and her influences. The music portions show clips from Aguilera's music videos for "Genie in a Bottle", "So Emotional", and "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)". The music video featured for "When You Put Your Hands on Me" shows Aguilera rehearsing a live performance for the song, as well as clips during the album cover shoot. Release Genie Gets Her Wish was released on VHS in its original release on December 14, 1999. It was re-released on DVD on February 8, 2000. The DVD was later released in Germany on November 9, 2012, through Sony Music. Track list "Genie in a Bottle" "So Emotional" "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" "What a Girl Wants" "I Turn to You" "At Last" "When You Put Your Hands On Me" "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire") Charts and certifications Weekly charts Certifications Release history Notes References Christina Aguilera video albums 2000 video albums Live video albums 2000 live albums
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Blue Christmas is the twentieth studio and first Christmas album by Scottish Australian musician Jimmy Barnes, released on 25 November 2022 through Bloodlines. Speaking on his motivations to release a Christmas album, in a press statement, Barnes said, "One of the greatest surprises I ever got from our children was when they all snuck away into the garage and secretly recorded themselves singing carols for me. On Christmas morning, when I awoke, they proudly gave me the recording and sat eagerly waiting for me to listen to it. That year I received lots of great gifts from various family members, but that recording had me weeping like a baby. It was the most beautiful gift I ever got. This album is my gift back to the kids, the grandkids and everyone out there who just wants to sit and sing with their family on Christmas. These songs take me back and they remind me why I'm here right now. I hope they do the same for you." The album was preceded by the title track, released on 21 October 2022. The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts, becoming Barnes' 15th solo chart topper, extending the record for most Australian number one albums. The album is scheduled for an expanded edition re-release on 24 November 2023. Track listing standard edition "Jingle Bell Rock" – 3:03 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 4:44 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" – 3:17 "Let It Snow!" – 2:07 "White Christmas" – 4:46 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" – 3:19 "Blue Christmas" – 2:10 "Run Rudolph Run" – 3:21 "Little Drummer Boy" – 3:59 "Silent Night" – 4:14 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – 2:17 "Auld Lang Syne" – 4:35 2023 expanded edition "O Holy Night" - "If Santa Forget" (with The Tin Lids) - 4:13 "Jingle Bell Rock" – 3:03 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 4:44 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" – 3:17 "Let It Snow!" – 2:07 "White Christmas" – 4:46 "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" – 3:19 "Blue Christmas" – 2:10 "Run Rudolph Run" – 3:21 "Little Drummer Boy" – 3:59 "Silent Night" – 4:14 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – 2:17 "Auld Lang Syne" – 4:35 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Release history References 2022 Christmas albums Christmas albums by Australian artists Jimmy Barnes albums
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Christmas Island is Jimmy Buffett's first Christmas album and is his twenty-first studio album overall. It features covers of popular Christmas songs in Buffett's musical stylings as well as two tracks which Buffett wrote for the album. "Twas the Night Before Christmas" is a hidden track. It was his last release with MCA Records. Critical reception Reviews tend to be mixed for the album. In a positive review, a reviewer states that "[Christmas Island] will have you on your feet all through the holidays." Rob O'Connor states that "this may not be the traditional Christmas fare of chestnuts roasting on an open fire, but for those who enjoy ocean breezes and 'wasting away' to this most successful beach bum, Christmas Island is exactly what the cruise director ordered." Thom Owens presents a more negative view of the album, describing Buffett as being "relaxed and entertaining" even though, "few of his new Christmas songs are remarkable and his rearrangements of classic carols are rather forced." However, several tracks remain very popular around the Christmas season. "Ho Ho Ho & A Bottle of Rum" was the track chosen to be played live for promoting the album when first released, and seems to remain the most popular off the album. Although no singles were released, "Jingle Bells", "Mele Kalikimaka", "Ho Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum", "Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far from Home)" and the title track get considerable amount of radio airplay during the season. Track listing Personnel Adapted from AllMusic. Vocals and musicians Jimmy Buffett – lead vocals, guitar; backing vocals (uncertain) Melanie Prestidge – backing vocals Claudia Cummings – backing vocals Tina Gullickson – backing vocals Nadirah Shakoor – backing vocals Robert Greenidge – steelpan, percussion Roger Guth – drums Ralph McDonald – percussion Jim Mayer – bass, upright bass Peter Mayer – backing vocals, guitar, ukulele Tom Mitchell – saxophone Greg "Fingers" Taylor – harmonica Michael Utley – keyboards Production and design Alvin Booth – photography Jimmy Buffett – arranger Milton Dean – photography Rob Eaton – engineer, Audio mixing|mixing Joe Hayden – second engineer Abi Hodes – photography Ted Jensen – mastering Russ Kunkel – producer Joe Lizzi – second engineer John Lovell – horn arrangements Tom Mitchell – horn arrangements Jean Pagliuso – photography Michael Ramos – production coordination Sunshine Smith – coordination Michael Utley – arrangements, producer, string arrangements Brad Wilson – photography Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References Jimmy Buffett albums 1996 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Albums produced by Michael Utley Albums produced by Russ Kunkel Country Christmas albums Pop rock Christmas albums MCA Records Christmas albums
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