LAST LIVE SHOW TONIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. EASTERN!!!

Last Live Show Tonight at 7:00 P.M. Eastern!!!

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Tune in to hear the last live broadcast of the season!!!

(or is it?)

You all have been great!!!



Quick Reminder!!!!

If you haven't hit the "Like" button on our Facebook page, you should!

You can go there and find extra videos on christmas, great pictures, excellent jokes, and conversation amoung other Most Wonderful listeners!

Just type: MostWonderfulTimeoftheYear.com in the search box in Facebook and hit the Like Button!

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Christmas Tree Crisis in Europe!!!!

The BBC News is reporting that the European Nations are facing a Christmas Tree shortage!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
"As Europe endeavors to get into the holiday mood, one key element is in short supply: Natural Christmas trees. Snowbound Britons and Irish revelers have been hit particularly hard, British tree grower Pierce Lavane tells the BBC, but "it's not a UK shortage, it's a European shortage and the weather's not helping." The continent uses about 50 million live trees a year, roughly 25 percent more trees than Americans consume. What's behind the crisis, and how bad will it get? (Watch a report about Christmas trees in Germany)

Where does Europe get its trees?While Germany, home of the tannenbaum, is Europe's most important Christmas tree market and its biggest Christmas tree grower, Denmark is the biggest exporter, supplying many nations, including the Great Britain, with trees. The mountains of Ireland and Scotland also supply the the U.K. market.

What's behind the shortage?A mixture of basic supply-and-demand issues with unseasonably cold weather. A six-foot Christmas tree takes at least six years to grow, and a profit-dampening glut of trees in the early 2000s drove some growers out of the market. At the same time, more Europeans started buying real trees over artificial ones, driving up demand. "It's only six or seven years later that everyone's realized that actually there's not enough to go round...," says British tree supplier Christopher Hood.

What does the weather have to do with it?Heavy snowfall has thrown a wrench into the tree harvest, making it harder for mountain-based growers to both cut the trees and send them down icy roads to market. "It would have been a super Christmas," says Roger Hay, secretary of the British Christmas Tree Growers' Association. "But weather conditions over the last two weeks have changed that."

So how big is the crisis, really?The estimated shortfall is between four million and five million trees, and the tug-of-war between Britain and Germany for the limited supply has driven up prices. But it's not just the number of trees. Europeans now favor the Nordmann Fir over traditional varieties such as the Norway Spruce and the Fraser Fir, because the Nordmann's needles are softer and less likely to fall off. But the true extent of the crisis won't be clear until Christmas, says Irish grower Christy Kavanagh. "It is amazing how many people leave buying their tree until the last minute."

Sources: BBC News, Financial Times, Irish Central, Irish Times, Wikipedia

Live Show Tonight 7:00 P.M. Eastern!!! GODZILLA TOO???!?!??!?!?!!!!!!

Ready for another great show tonight? WE ARE!!!! Plus, listen throughout our show and we will let you know what Godzilla has in common with the Holiday Season!!!

See you tonight!

Very Weird Cleveland, Ohio Christmas Rituals!!!

According to Diane DiPiero. Yahoo! Contributor Network, there are several rituals that Clevelanders participate in every year. Do to the rich heritages the Cleveland embraces, here a few rituals that appear every year at this time:

Feast of the Seven Fishes

Even a die-hard fish lover might get a little squeamish at the sight of a traditional Italian Christmas Eve dinner. But those of Italian heritage know that the Feast of the Seven Fishes signifies the beginning of the Christmas holiday. Traditionally, the seven fish are baccala (dried cod), boiled squid, boiled shrimp, steamed clams, boiled crab, baked flounder and steamed mussels or oysters. If you've managed to have at least a bite of each, you've earned your dessert, typically panatone served with espresso. You can host your own Feast of Seven Fishes, or a variation with just a few varieties. Local Italian specialty stores in Cleveland will be stocking up on cod, squid and other fish in time for Dec. 24. Among them are Alesci's in South Euclid and Gallucci's in Cleveland.

The Chocolate Christmas Hippo

Never heard of this one? That's because it's fairly new. Last year, Baker Candies in Cleveland introduced the chocolate hippo in time for the holidays. The candymaker was approached by a customer who asked them to make a sweet treat to honor his mother's least favorite holiday song, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." The customer's mother loves Christmas but hates the commercialization of it. Proceeds from hippo sales last year, which totaled about $5,000, went to two charities. This year, the hippo is back, and so is the philanthropic sentiment behind it. Money raised will go to the local Wounded Warrior chapter.

Upside-down Christmas trees

According to legend, the upside-down Christmas tree was created so specialty shops could display delicate ornaments and decorations in a minimum of space. But those of Eastern European descent might know that the earliest Christmas trees there were displayed upside down. Christians in Poland and what is now Slovakia began this tradition in the 7th or 8th century. The story goes that St. Boniface hung a fir tree upside down to represent the Holy Trinity with the shape of the tree mimicking a cross. Today, you can actually buy artificial upside-down trees, or you can admire the decorated example displayed this season outside North Royalton United Methodist Church. A variety of other trees will also be on display throughout the season to celebrate Christmas tree traditions.

Live Show Tonight! 7:00 P.M. Eastern!!!!

Another Live Show Tonight at 7:00 P.M. Eastern!!

Let us know what songs you want to hear tonight, what topics you want discuss, and how your first week of the Christmas holiday went!

Don't forget, we are on Facebook!!!

Latvia, Estonia Fight Over Who Had the first Christmas Tree!!!

RIGA (AFP) – Latvia and its Baltic neighbour Estonia are exchanging friendly jabs over the claim that each was home to the first-ever town Christmas tree some five centuries ago.

As the Latvian capital Riga marks what it says is the 500th anniversary of its tree, its Estonian counterpart Tallinn has hit back.
"I received a present from the mayor of Tallinn, Edgar Savisaar, a short Christmas tree," Riga's mayor Nils Usakovs told AFP.
"He congratulated us on the 500th anniversary of the Riga Christmas tree and reminded us that Tallinn is celebrating the 569th anniversary," Usakovs said.
"It's good that the sole topic of disagreement between Riga and Tallinn is who has the oldest Christmas tree," he joked.
In the ongoing jousting, Latvia's tourist office rented billboard space in Tallinn inviting locals to see the home of the tree -- at Riga's festival.
According to researchers who back the Latvian side, the first tree wasn't actually the classic evergreen known today.
In 1510 a group of merchants built a pyramid-shaped wooden structure dubbed a "tree", decorated with dried flowers, fruit and vegetables, and even straw toys.
They are thought to have paraded it around their meeting hall before burning it to signify the end of the old year and the beginning of the new.
Estonians, meanwhile, insist that the world's first Christmas tree was erected in front of Tallinn town hall in 1441 as part of a winter ritual where merchants and single women danced around the tree and later set it on fire.
"The Latvians' claim that the first public Christmas tree was put up in Riga is not correct," art historian Juri Kuuskemaa wrote in Estonian largest daily Postimees this week.
Both Riga and Tallinn at the time were home to guilds of unmarried merchants, known as the Blackheads, who were traders from German statelets.
Mike Johnson, a Riga-based American who has researched the history of the Christmas tree, said the origin debate was in any case fairly academic.
"It is after all a legend, much like Santa Claus, and what right does Finland have to call itself Santa Claus's home?" he told AFP.

Christmas at the White House 2010

The White House has just released it's theme for this year's Christmas Season! The theme is "Simple Gifts". Below is a list of how each room is decorated this year. For more photos of the White House this Holiday Season, go to 

http://dc.about.com/od/christmasphotos/ss/ChristWhiteHous.htm

East Wing visitor's entrance: Magnolia and oak leaf garlands, and paper white flower blossoms; a "military appreciation tree" decorated to honor the five branches of the military; handwritten season's greetings notes collected from White House guests to be delivered to service members in Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts of the world.


East Colonnade: Eight wreaths, one in each window, made of natural materials, including oranges, pears and dried flowers.

Children's area: A small tree featuring gingerbread ornaments decorated by 300 children of military parents; a larger-than-life version of Bo, the Obama family dog, fashioned from 40,000 black and white pipe cleaners

East Room: Four large Christmas trees and hand-crafted decorations in turquoise, purple, green and gold with a bird and floral theme, and decorated with fake peacocks; wreaths hanging from the mirrors; a late 18th century Italian presepio, or creche.

Blue Room: The official White House Christmas Tree, an 18 1/2-foot Douglas fir anchored to the ceiling to keep it from tipping over, with a theme honoring county and state fairs, and decorated with prize ribbons from each state and territory. Students from the Savannah College of Art and Design helped design the ornaments using natural, locally sourced materials.

Red Room: Decor in deep plum, fuschia and red; red lacquer magnolia wreaths, used last Christmas, hanging in each window.

State Dining Room: Decorated as it might be for a holiday gathering with family and friends; garlands of fruit and foliage decorate trees, mantels and wreaths; two trees with leaves spray painted in gold and ornaments shaped like lemons and red and green pears.

Gingerbread House: A larger-than-scale replica of Bo, the Obama family dog, made of almond paste and condensed milk, according to White House pastry chef Bill Yosses. It weighs 350 pounds and is made of gingerbread covered in white chocolate. Thirty pounds of honey from the White House beehive was used to make the gingerbread. The house has cutouts to show the East Room and the State Dining Room. There is also a replica of Mrs. Obama's fruit and vegetable garden, made of almond paste.

The Five Facts You Didn't Know About the Rockefeller Christmas Tree!

Since the Rockefeller Christmas Tree will be lit tonight in New York City, I thought I would post the five facts you may not know about this great tradition! So pack your sleigh and here we go:

1. The first tree debuted on Christmas Eve 1931. THE PICTURE ABOVE IS OF THE FIRST ROCKEFELLER TREE.

2. The current star used to adorn the current tree is a 550-lb. Swarovski star unveiled in 2009. It costs roughly $1.5 million  and is made of 25,000 crystals and 1 million facets.

3. In 1944, three trees were actually displayed in Rockefeller Center but remaind unlit do to the blackout that were required at night because of WWII.

4. In 1951, the Rockefeller tree made its first appearance on television when the lighting ceremony was shown on The Kate Smith Show.

5. Time Magazine reports that the 2010 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree stands 74 ft. tall and weighs 12 tons. Before this holiday season, it lived in Mahopac, N.Y.

The Actual Cost of the Gifts of 12 Days of Christmas....Are you Ready?

As reported by the Chicago Tribune, what is the actual cost if you bought all the gifts from the 12 Days of Christmas this year?

"Trying to buy the 364 items repeated in all the song's verses — from 12 drummers drumming to a partridge in a pear tree — would cost $96,824, an increase of 10.8 percent over last year, according to the annual Christmas Price Index compiled by PNC Wealth Management."

"Only four of the 12 gifts in the song didn't go up in price from last year: the pear tree ($149, not including the partridge), four calling birds ($599.96), six geese ($150) and the eight maids-a-milking ($58)."

The most expensive gift:  Hiring nine ladies dancing would cost on average: $6,294.03

If any of you receive these, let us know. We would be very impressed.

HO HO HO!!!

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Five Shopping Mistakes to Avoid this Weekend!!!!

If you are one of the brave ones that are going to shop this weekend, here are five mistakes to avoid so you do not hurt yourself LOLOLOL:

Accourding to U.S. News and World Reports, Here is what you need to do:

1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CHRISTMAS LIST! - This will make sure you do not venture out of your budget this holiday season.

2. TRACK WHAT YOU SPEND! - Do you really need that Cinnabon everytime you shop? Keep withing your set limits ladies and gentlemen!

3. TAKE THE TIME AND DO COMPARISON SHOPPING! - This will guarantee to save you money! Don't be lazy. LOLOL

4. GIVE HOMEMADE GIFTS A SECOND LOOK! - Gifts from your home may have more of an impact in someone's life than a box of store bought Christmas Meat Sticks!!

5. DO NOT BUY WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE AT HOME! - Do you really need those decorations for your house??? THINK FIRST, THEN BUY!!!

GOOD LUCK LISTENERS!!!

Christmas News Update: What Kids Want this Year!!!

 

Yahoo!News is reporting that the gift most kids want this Christmas is (drum roll please)....Apple's iPad! Nielsen recently reported through Yahoo! that 31% of American kids ages 6 to 12 want an iPad over any other device! 29% reported that they wanted and iPod Touch. 11% stated they wanted and e-reader as well.

Well folks, when I was in the age range of 6 -12, all I wanted was He-Man and Garbage Pail Kids. So stick it. LOL. We were lucky to have an Atari at our house!

What are you asking for this Christmas!!! And don't say Meat Sticks!! LOLOLOL

The Christmas Season Starts This Weekend!!!!

We just want to tell all our listeners to have Happy Thanksgiving and if you are listening from across the globe, the holiday season is upon us and we are so happy you are listening to our great station!

The next Live Show is this Sunday, Nov. 28th at 7:00 P.M. Eastern!

You are the best listeners anyone could have! See you this Sunday!!!

LIVE SHOW NOV. 21st at 7:00 P.M. Eastern!!!

Next Live Show is November 21st at 7:00 P.M. Eastern!

This Sunday will be playing your favorite holiday music, we will be playing a new song that we added a most wonderful twist, and we will be interviewing Mike's Mom on the whole Meat Stick incident!

Cannot wait to hear from all of you!!!

SEE YOU THIS SUNDAY AND CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE!!

GLEE and ANNIE LENNOX added to our playlist!!!!

Hello to Everyone!!!! We just want to let you know that we added the new GLEE Christmas Album and some of Annie Lennox's new Christmas album as well!

 

If we are missing any music that you like, just email us, post it on our Facebook page, or post a comment!

Can't wait to hear from you on our next Live Show this Sunday!!!!

It's Coming in a Few Days Everyone!!!!

The Rockefeller Christmas Tree will be up in a few days! Send us some pictures if you have been there before and post them on our Facebook page! 

Hope all is well and see you on Sunday for the next Live Show!!!

Meat Sticks and Mike's Mom Next Live Show Nov. 21st!!!!

 

In case you missed tonight's show, Mike's mother went public with her favorite things about Christmas, including her love of Meat Sticks (she meant pepperoni)!!!!

What followed was a fantastic conversation among 3,000 listeners on our message board. Next week her full explanation and her personal address on Meat Stickgate!!!!! I LOVE THIS WEBSITE!!!!!

 We Love our Listeners!!!!

FIRST LIVE SHOW TONIGHT at 7:00 P.M. Eastern!!!!!

THE FIRST LIVE SHOW IS TONIGHT!!!!!!

7:00 P.M EASTERN

WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US TONIGHT FOR A NIGHT OF GREAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND  LOTS OF LAUGHS!!!

SEE YOU TONIGHT!

First Live Show Nov. 14th and FACEBOOK

Just a quick reminder that our first Live Show will be this Sunday November 14th at 7:00 P.M.!!!!

 

We will be letting you know what songs have been added, release our first new MostWonderful version of a very popular song, and getting to know our listeners!!!

And don't forget........we do have a Facebook page.....it is great way to follow us and a great way to put a face to a listener! HA!!!!

See everyone this Sunday night!!!!

New Songs Added and Live Show Nov. 14th!!!

Here at MostWonderful we would like to announce that we just added 21 new songs to our playlist!!! Mariah Carey, Glee, Wilson Phillips are just to name a few!! We also found some Christmas songs sung by none other than Judy Garland!!! She sang others and we found them!!! Vote for your favorites!!!

And remember, our first live show is Nov. 14th at 7 P.M. and we do have a Facebook page! Find us there at Mostwonderfultimeoftheyear.com

Go vote for your favorite song and thanks for your loyalty!!!

First Live Show Sunday November 14th and Facebook!

Hey Everyone! Our first live show will be in one week! Starting 7:00 P.M. and through 9:00 P.M you will laugh at our jokes, you will cry at our re-made songs, and you will come back for more and more!!!

As soon as the holiday songs are released, we will post them to our song list for everyone to request!

And also, do not forget to Facebook us!! Find us under Mostwonderfultimeoftheyear.com

Cannot wait to hear from everyone! If you want give us suggestions for our first show, leave a comment or email us!

We love Christmas and our listeners!!!

New Audio Player Coming to Most Wonderful!

Hello to everyone! We hope you had a fun (Facebook us) and safe Halloween and that everyone (Facebook us) is looking forward to the upcoming holiday season!!

We just want to let you know that we will be installing a brand new audio player for this (Facebook us) great website by Friday! So when you "Click to Listen" look for (Facebook us) the new player and the new features it has to offer!

We hope you are enjoying the site and we will be uploading new music and commercials in the coming month! We love our listeners and send us some comments!!!

It's Revolutionary! You Control the Music!

MostWonderfulTimeofTheYear.com is YOUR station, playing YOUR music!

 With New Revolutionary Technology from a company called Listener Driven Radio, it is now possible for you to control the music!

Watch a video on how it works here:

MostWonderfulTimeofTheYear.com ... where you are the Music Director!

150 By Friday!!!!!!!!!!

 

We need your help, the listeners of MostWonderfulTimeOfTheYear.Com

Our Facebook Page is up and running but it needs more....it needs you! We are setting a goal of 150 fans by the end of week! By Friday October 29, 2010 could you help us get to 150 or more? Help us become the ultimate online Christmas Radio Station!!!

Simply go to your Facebook page, type in Mostwonderfultimeoftheyear.com in the search box, click on our page, and hit the "Like" button.

You will get updates, videos, photos, discussion posts, and you will be able to chat with other listeners around the world!

You are the best listeners and the without you, our station is nothing. Thanks for listening and lets make this the best year ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our First New Song and Twitter Account!!!!

 I hope everyone had a great weekend!

I just want to announce that the MostWonderful Team has just created their first song for the first live broadcast of the season! Be sure to tune in next month when we begin our live shows and listen to the songs we create with a mostwonderful twist!

Also, we have a Twitter account for those who use Twitter. Our account name for our website is:

ChristmasRocks

Let us know how we are doing and post a comment. Hope all is well with everyone!

Updates for the Website, Music, and Our Commericals

Hello to all of our Listeners!

Just want to update you on everything that is happening so far here at Mostwonderfultimeoftheyear.com.

We have updated our blog page which now has links to Facebook and Twitter, a Google news feed that will give all of our readers news updates on Christmas and Christmas Music!

We also have a YouTube link that plays newly posted videos and the most popular videos - All Related to Christmas!!! 

As for new music, it should be uploaded by next week for our listeners and as new music is released for the upcoming holiday season, we will make sure you hear it!

And most importantly, we are taping new commercials for our fans. Our commercials are very unique and we love doing them. Just tune in to see what I mean!

Hope all is well with everyone! You are great!!!!

Our Great Britain Listeners Promote MostWonderfulTimeoOfTheYear.com

We here at Mostwonderfultimeoftheyear.com just want to say thank you for whoever called into the BBC to promote our christmas music station.

All seriousness aside, without you listening, without you laughing, and without your loyalty, our station would be nonexistent.

Soooooooooooo......THANK YOU Great Britain and our English listeners for the great promotion this past Sunday!

You are the best! And...................don't forget to Facebook us.

New Map Feature Added!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!!
I just want to tell you that we added a new map feature on our homepage that is showing you where everyone is currently located as they are listening to the website!!!

This is a really great feature because you can see from all across the globe were everyone is tuning in and enjoying our music in real time!

You can click on the globe and see at what time everyone logged in and how long they have been on listening.

I hope you are enjoying the music and do not forget to "Like" us on Facebook!

FACEBOOK US!!!!

Hello to Everyone! I just want to remind everyone to check out our Facebook link on the bottom of our home page. We also would like you to hit the "Like" button so you can see our updates on your own Facebook Wall!

Friend us at Facebook: Our profile is titled Mostwonderfultimeoftheyear.com

Hope all is well and look for some added features coming soon to our great website! We love our listeners!!!

In the Spirit of Halloween and Christmas

I know you may not want to click and listen to Christmas Music...I understand...I love this time of year...Soooooo...

In the spirit of the current season.....I say enjoy Halloween and the Autumn Season....because we are going to live, eat, breath Christmas starting November 1st!

THE BLOG IS FIXED!!!!

We are getting this website fixed everyone! New server!!! New Facebook Page!!! And now the blog is fixed!!!

Christmas is coming everyone!!!

Couple of items: We are making new commercials! We are writing new songs! And we are just freaking nuts here with work LMAO!

How is it with everyone? LET US KNOW!!!

Don't forget to scroll down the front page and log on and Facebook us!!!!! Our listeners are the best!

How Is Everyone Doing?

Just a quick update for all of our listeners! We are doing great on our end here and are so happy that some of you have stayed loyal to listen to our website!

Spring has actually sprung here in Ohio and now everyone is just very busy with their everyday lives, but we keep checking in on the website to see how it is going.

We have acutally started brain storming for our next season, which starts November 1, 2010. Only seven months away?

What do you want to see? What do you want to hear? LEAVE A COMMENT ON OUR MESSAGE BOARD!!!

Talk to Everyone Soon!

Where To Go? How About Congress Ave. Bridge, Austin, Texas

The Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas is home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. It is estimated that the colony consists of 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats. The best time to visit Austin to catch the evening flight is from mid-March to November. At dusk each night they fill the sky as they come out in search of food. The absolute best time is during the hottest time in August. There are lots of places to get to see them for free, as well as guided riverboat tours.