The Great Songs of Christmas Album Two. Goodyear 1962

This album features some great Christmas songs from the Goodyear album recorded in 1962.  It is the second album of the series that Goodyear made.  The first one was made in 1961.  I hope you thoroughly enjoy the music.

Newsmax/McLaughlin Poll: Two-Thirds of Nation Backs Trump on Recounts

Two Thirds of Nation Backs Trump 

According to the Newsmax/McLaughlin Poll, more than two-thirds of the nation believe it's right for President Trump to to ask for a recount in key states such as Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona.  67% of likely voters backed Trump's recounts where the vote margin race with Joe Biden is 1% or closer.  Despite the close contest, 65% of American believe the election will be decided honestly.  However, 35% of voters believe there was significant election fraud.  The highest level of fraud concerns among Trump voters at 70% and 65% of Republicans.  Click on the link above to read the rest of the statistics concerning the recent 2020 presidential election.

"Tis the Season

 

"The Bells of Christmas" by Julie Andrews

We are once again commencing the Christmas season with a song from Julie Andrews which she recorded from the Firestone album in 1965.  It's a great way to begin our Christmas season.  It's difficult to believe it's Christmas time once again.  I am looking forward to celebrating and enjoying the season.  2020 has been a rough year in many ways, so it's time to start preparing our hearts and minds with something that's much more positive and uplifting such as Christmas.  It's the time where we remember the birth of our dear Saviour, Jesus Christ.  He's the reason for living.  He's the reason for the season.  Without Him, Christmas would be just another holiday.  It's because of Him, we can celebrate life because He is the author of life.  Praise the Lord.

Lord willing, this Christmas season I'll be featuring many different musical YouTube clips ranging from singing to orchestra, to chimes, to the various styles of Christmas music.  It should be a joy to watch and listen to.  I plan on featuring posts on Christmas celebrations throughout the world.  Each country has different ways in which they celebrate Christmas.  It's exciting to read the different ways they celebrate the holiday.  I'll also feature posts of Christmas history and how some of the aspects of Christmas originated.  That's always enjoyable to read about.  Of course, I'll also feature "Handel's Messiah", which is a classic played in many cities across our country during the Christmas season.  "Handel's Messiah" was first performed in my area on December 7, 1941, which the date the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  Ever since that time, Third Baptist Church has performed the Messiah concert around December 7 since that time.  I don't know about this year due to Covid-19.  

We pray that this year will be a blessed and joyous Christmas season for you.  I'm anxiously looking forward to Christmas. 

The First Thanksgiving

The First Thanksgiving

Imagine what the first Thanksgiving must've been like for the Pilgrims who set sail on the Mayflower in September 1620.  They left Plymouth, England carrying 102 passengers with them.  These Pilgrims were religious separatists who had left the Church of England with the hopes with sailing to a better land where they could establish a church and worship God as they saw fit.  They had disagreements with the hierarchical structure of the Church of England.  There was also a motive of looking for land to develop as well for some.  

After setting sail, it took 66 days and they landed near the tip of Cape Cod.  The winter was very treacherous and many who sailed to the New World died on the long voyage of sickness.  One month later, the Mayflower crossed Massachusetts Bay and the Pilgrims began the work of establishing a village at Plymouth, Massachusetts.  The Pilgrims had met a Native American from the Abeneki tribe which greeted them in English.  Several days he returned with another Native American named Squanto, a member of the Pawtuxet Tribe.  Squanto taught the Pilgrims were were very malnourished on the journey to the New World how to cultivate corn, how to extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers, and how to avoid poisonous plants.  He also helped the settlers forge an alliance with the Wampanoag tribe for the next 50 years.  In November 1621, after the Pilgrims' first corn harvest proved successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the Native Americans' fledgling colonies allies, which included Wampanoag chief Massoit.  The feast lasted 3 days.  There is no record on exactly what the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving meal was but it was believed it was prepared by some of the spices of the Native American Indians.  Throughout the years there have been calls for national days of Thanksgiving during the colonial period and even during America's early years.  It was Sara Hale, daughter of Nathaniel Hale, who pushed for Thanksgiving to be celebrated as a holiday.  Abraham Lincoln  made it official and called for the last Thursday of every November to be celebrated as Thanksgiving.  In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the date of Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday of each month as to give shoppers more time to start their Christmas shopping.

Click on the above link from History.com to read more details of the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving.

Give Thanks Unto the Lord

Psalms 136:1 "Give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for His mercy endureth forever."  

In just a few days we will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday once again.  I always look forward to both Thanksgiving and Christmas at the end of each year.  This year is no exception.  Given the turmoil we've seen across our country, it causes me to look forward to the holidays this year.  We need some time for reflection.  We need to take time to count our blessings.  

As thankful as I am that we have the fourth Thursday of each November set aside as a day of Thanksgiving, we need to remember that Thanksgiving shouldn't be limited to just one day a year.  Our life should be an example of Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving should be year around in each of our lives.  God has been abundantly good to us.  We need to remember on a continually basis the importance of Thanksgiving.

I know of a couple named Michael and Nadia Shaver who have been trying to go onto the mission field in Iceland.  Consequently, Nadia has stage 4 breast cancer and right now all plans are on hold for moving to Iceland.  Nadia has been taking chemotherapy to destroy the cancer cells in her.  In spite of the major trial she's faced in her life, she's always continually thankful for the Lord and his goodness.  She demonstrates thankfulness on a day to day basis in spite of her cancer.  It would place many of us to shame.  She lives a life of thanksgiving.  That's something we all need to do; esp. those who claim to be saved.  

What do we have to give thanks for?  Many things.  First of all salvation.  Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice on calvary so we wouldn't have to spend eternity in hell.  Instead we have the privilege to spend eternity with Jesus.  Another thing we have to be thankful for is the church.  Thank God for the church.  We also have much to be thankful for in regard to our families.  Thank God for the mothers, fathers, and the spouse he has placed in our life.  We also have much to be thankful for concerning this great country.  Yes there is much wrong with it.  But there's also much right about it as well.  Thank God we live in a country where we possess the freedom to attend church and to serve God.  We have the privilege to send missionaries around the world.  This is the greatest country on earth.  God has abundantly shed his grace upon this country.  We're very blessed to live in America.  We should be thankful for the jobs that we have to provide a living for our families.  We should be thankful for our children and the joy our children many times bring in our lives.  

We have so much to be thankful for.  Let's not forget our blessings on Thanksgiving Day.  Let's make thanksgiving a daily event in our lives.  Let's learn to be thankful.

Biden Declared Winner in Arizona

Former Vice President Joe Biden on the left; President Donald Trump on the right

Biden Declared Winner in Arizona

Several media outlets such as CNN and the newspaper The New York Times, has declared Joe Biden the winner of the Grand Canyon State.  As of the present vote count in Arizona, Biden leads Trump 11,434 votes.  Trump expressed confidence though that he would win if an audit is conducted.  The problem is, I don't think there will be an audit conducted on the Arizona vote count.  There are too many elitists in high places who firmly desire that Trump leave office coming January.  Trump's lawyers have already backed away from the state of Pennsylvania.  I can't see an audit taking place in Arizona's vote count even though I think there should be one.  All claims of election fraud need to be investigated.  I'm sure some would ask why I believe that there is possible voter fraud in a handful of states.  The reason being is that that are too many elitists in high place who have been using all kinds of schemes and tactics these last few years to push Trump out of office through the dossier, to Russian collusion claims, to impeachment last year and this year the Covid pandemic and the racial riots taking place in our major cities in America.

Trump can express confidence all he desires that he can win Arizona if they conduct an audit.  Sadly, I don't foresee that happening.  I'm not trying to rain down doom and gloom, but I have to be objective and honest the way I'm seeing things unfold.  I believe any kind of audit or any and all recounts in the handful of states that have been allegedly accused of voting irregularities will come to naught.  I'm afraid they won't happen or they won't proceed like they should.  Barring divine intervention from the Lord, I believe Joe Biden will take the oath of office on January 20, 2021.  Click on the link from Breitbart to read the latest news.

According to Fox News Host Tucker Carlson, Dead People Voted in the Election

Tucker Carlson Claimed Dead People Voted in Election

Since the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, I've heard many in the media such as Norah O'Donnell on CBS News, make the claim that Trump's claims of voter fraud were "baseless".  I'm wondering, did CBS investigate those claims or did they just automatically assume Trump's claims of voter fraud were baseless without investigating?  It's the media's job to investigate allegations that are made.  It appears they are in the tank for Biden and are hurriedly trying to dismiss the claims as simply not true.  Thankfully Fox News Tucker Carlson has willingly stuck his neck out and made the claims that despite what the mainstream news has reported, dead people have voted in this election.

Carlson also stated it wasn't Russia wasn't in control of this election.  It was the major tech giants of Silicon Valley who played a role in the election.  One of the major methods used in this election which has contributed to voter fraud was mail-in ballots.  Carlson was pointing out that the identities of deceased people were used to vote in this election.  It's very alarming to say the least.  This definitely needs to be investigated and brought out.  From what I read, there have been auditors the have brought these facts to light.  Thank God Georgia is conducting a recount.  Hopefully more insight will be shed through this audit.  As it now stands, Biden is ahead of Trump in the ballot count in Georgia by less than 15,000 votes. I hope enough light is shed in some of these other states such as Pennsylvania to bring to light the truth.  Click on the above link from Breitbart to read the full story.

Georgia Secretary of State Announces a Full, By-Hand Recount in Each County

Georgia Secretary of State 

Today Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) announced a full, by-hand recount in each of the counties in Georgia.  The state will be performing a RLA (risk-limiting audit) to determine if voting anomalies arise from misconfigured machines, procedural errors, or intentional attack, as NBC has reported.  Raffensperger is requiring a hand recount in each of the 159 counties.  Raffensperger desires for this hand count to be done before the state certifies the election results.  

Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) had formally requested a full recount of every ballot cast I'm every county.  This is attributing to the request to "widespread allegations of voting irregularities, issues with polling machines, and poll watcher access."  President Donald Trump trailed former Vice President Joe Biden by 14,110 votes as of Wednesday morning.  Let's pray for our country and hope everything is followed through on the recount and it will be fair, honest, and aboveboard.

A Tribute to Our Veterans

I want to wish all our military veterans a very happy Veterans Day.  Thank you so much for your sacrifice for our country.  Our flag still stands waving in our land because of the sacrifices you made to keep our nation free.  We as Americans owe you a huge debt of gratitude.  It's because of you we have the freedom to live our lives as we see fit.  It's because of you that we can freely attend church without having to go underground (I don't know how long that will last).  It's because of you we still possess freedom in this country.  We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Nolte: Corrupt Media Desperate to Close Books on Contested Election

Corrupt Media Desperate to Close Books 

John Nolte stated in a posted in Breitbart that the election isn't over with.  Joe Biden isn't President-elect yet.  Donald Trump hasn't been yet defeated in the presidential race.  Nolte pointed out that the news media doesn't declare who the next president is.  He stated as of present, Joe Biden is ahead in the electoral count in the presidential election.  The only institution that is legally given the authority to declare the winner is the electoral college which meets on December 14th this year.  Nolte was pointing out how quick the corrupt and corporate media are in such a hurry to close the books on this year's presidential contest.  He rightly pointed out if the shoe were on the other foot, then the media would be telling the other side that we need to make sure every vote is counted.  We need to make sure that we have a free and fair election.  Shouldn't the conservative side rightly expect for the same in regards to this presidential race?

The truth is the corrupt media and those who control them want Donald Trump out of office and that's why they're in such a hurry to close the books.  Who cares about a free and fair election.  We must remove Donald Trump at all costs.  That's the media mantra.  I recall when former Vice President Al Gore called for a recount in the presidential race in 2000 and the media felt that was fair.  It should be the same with this case.  There are cases in a handful of states where has been voting irregularities.  They need to be checked out to make sure voter fraud is taking place.  That's the way it should be.  Otherwise, the American people can never expect a free and fair election again.