A beautiful video of “Silent Night”…
“White Christmas,” Irving Berlin’s wistful ode to homesickness, was originally meant to be a parody, according to Jody Rosen, author of White Christmas: The Story of an American Song. Inspiration for the song came during the years that Berlin was working in Hollywood. It amused him to watch people celebrating a traditional winter holiday while sunning themselves poolside. So, tongue in cheek, he opened with this:
The sun is shining,
The grass is green,
The orange and palm trees sway.
I’ve never seen such a day
In Beverly Hills, LA.
But it’s December the 24th
And I am longing to be up North.
When Berlin realized that the song had actually turned out to be a sincere expression of the almost universal emotions that are evoked by the Christmas holiday, he had that opening verse suppressed.
An exciting rendition of “Little Drummer Boy”…
China’s Beijing Duck Restaurant can seat 9,000 people at the same time.
Not sure which I like better, the technology or the talent…
Listening to music utilizes the entire brain.
10 life-hacks for Christmas…
The gluteus maximus – the main muscle in your buttocks – is the largest and one of the strongest muscles in the human body.
Thanks to technology, you can get an amazing experience of Angel Falls, the world’s highest waterfall.
The back is home to several large muscles. These include the rhomboids (upper back, near the shoulders), latissimus dorsi (“lats” – the muscles behind your armpits that help you pick up things), and spine erectors (the muscles that hold your spine up and feels amazing when you get a massage).