Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Advent Jukebox, Day 21...I'll Be Home For Christmas.

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As a child of the 60's who spent many an hour turning his bedroom closet into the capsule of the Apollo command and space module, I dig this anecdote about today's tune from the US'ian Library of Congress:

...In December 1965, having completed the first U.S. space rendezvous and set a record for the longest flight in the U.S. space program, the astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell hurtled back to earth aboard their Gemini 7 spacecraft. Asked by NASA communication personnel if they wanted any particular music piped up to them, the crew requested Bing Crosby's recording of "I'll Be Home for Christmas."...

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This year we will be heading to our home away from home (a.k.a Grandpops house) by way of a late afternoon ferry on Christmas eve eve.

Will we get there before the flood rains begin in earnest that will then soon turn everything to a mucky, mushy mess sure to stop traffic everywhere on the South Island?

Stay tuned!


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