{"id":66126,"date":"2022-12-18T10:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T17:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=66126"},"modified":"2022-12-22T10:44:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T17:44:34","slug":"time-for-a-christmas-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=66126","title":{"rendered":"Time For “A Christmas Carol”!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fact: Dry Christmas trees spark more than joy.\u00a0 <\/strong>Neglected, dried-out Christmas trees spark about a hundred fires in the United States each year, cause an average of 10 deaths, and result in $15.7 million in property damage, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bare branches of a Christmas tree consumed by fire<\/p><\/div>\n

I had to watch Amos & Andy again.\u00a0 \u00a0This episode is special at Christmas.<\/p>\n

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The 1952\u00a0Amos ‘n’ Andy<\/em> Christmas episode (‘The Christmas Story’) was one of TV’s first holiday-themed broadcasts – based on a script that had been performed yearly for more than a decade on network radio’s most popular program.<\/p>\n

This moving holiday tradition began in 1940 with a 15-minute episode centered around Amos sitting by his daughter’s bedside and explaining the Lord’s Prayer to her. It was a powerful and touching moment, perfectly capturing that simpler, religiously inspired Christmas spirit that prevailed decades ago.<\/p>\n

Nearly half the nation tuned in to those annual holiday broadcasts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n