‘tis the season ....

Drew-r

….. for some righteous tunes, piano and otherwise ✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfLmpKTqugM&list=RDmshJwa4aXrM&index=2

David B

Love Christmas time. Christmas songs on the radio, fire burning in the wood stove, Christmas tree, lights, and presents.

As a pastor I have to acknowledge that Christmas is a Christian tradition adopted from paganism (like other Christian holidays) and it's mostly secularized today with very little Biblical meaning, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the pagan, secular tradition. 😀

I've never lied to my children with the Santa Claus fable. They know the presents come from me. 😀

God bless,
David

P.S. I would never criticize parents who choose a different approach to the Christmas tradition with their children.

Drew-r

David B

Yes ….. what you said, David.

While I’m sure it applies widely, speaking for myself Christmas has come to mean many things, occasionally some few in the present but mostly from the past, many good and still cherished but some …. the unforgettable sense of conflict …. a birth of sorts, discovering then grappling with and eventually learning enough to overcome the cognitive dissonance that comes when truth intrudes upon any such well-preserved big lies …. the Satan Clause hidden in the unspoken contract between well-meaning parents and their children was for me simply a first but a biggie nonetheless in what has since been an ongoing river, of life …..of opportunity to unearth or uncloak any of the countless many biggies littering God’s (already since looooong ago) green earth .

Enough of me rag’ing on the ills of our world ….. despite it all, it still possesses much joy and beauty to behold for eyes and ears willing to be open to them. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuzNta9ZToc

…. bonus track from the land where palm trees sway …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_3d4ox5JNg

burkey

David B I've never lied to my children with the Santa Claus fable. They know the presents come from me. 😀

Likewise I don't agree with endorsing lies like Santa, the Easter bunny, or the Tooth fairy...
And I think my better half was busted when the Tooth fairy forgot to swap a tooth with cash on one occasion! Kids figure out these lies themselves by about age 6, and even earlier if an older sibling or friend takes it upon themselves to become a whistle blower 😀

And people wonder why kids grow up not trusting health authorities and science.

My wise wife has this adage:
'Start as you mean to go.'

Fortunately most of my fellow Australians have learned to trust science, with less than 1% being antivaxxers. In other countries like Israel and the USA it's higher than 15-25%. Trust in health authorities starts in the home.

MHirsch

It’s the most beautiful time of the year 😀

Sadly, this year no Christmas markets here, again…

Ralphiano

I've been sooooooooooooooooooooooo damn good this year, I can't wait!

Drew-r

Rubber rockin around ….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX_oxMuhB88

Drew-r

Is there a secret handshake or password to know what utube vids can be linked here versus the ones that result in an “ you cannot do that” type of error message? Ive been trying to link this one since the moment i started this thread 🙁

ht tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0mgk0KgI0Q

Drew-r

CyberGene

I'm not sure what it depends on, but some videos cannot be embedded and can only be played on YouTube. This is not a forum thing, it's related to YouTube and maybe copyright.

If you have such a video, then the solution is to post it as a link, but not just paste it, because it will get automatically inlined as above. Instead, use the link button (the one looking like two chained rings), like this:

Video

Drew-r

CyberGene it's related to YouTube and maybe copyright.

I’m okay with it being caused by whatever it is caused by …. but i suspect “maybe copyright” really means ‘da google man gets it’s pound of flesh by increasingly insisting that viewing of linked videos it hosts mandates the viewer be inoculated by er, um, exposed to the minimally required 6 - 30 seconds of google advertisement.

🙂

vagfilm

Even the ones that do not play automatically or with preview, show up with black screen and say "watch on YouTube"

I copied your link directly as https:// youtu.be/ D0mgk 0KgI0Q (remove all spaces that I added) and this is how it appears:

https://youtu.be/D0mgk0KgI0Q

Drew-r

vagfilm Even the ones that do not play automatically or with preview, show up with black screen and say "watch on YouTube"

I knew that …. and now i know you know …. which might mean you also know / remember those soothing sounds of the Temptations. 🙂

Thank you vagfilm….. drifting into white chtistmas …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfZPtkqXQIA

MHirsch

Some videos can't be embedded, I guess. And need to be shared like this:

Turkish March

DPPianoPhil

This is the video yout want for “White Christmas” by The Drifters. 😂 It gets me laughing every time!

https://youtu.be/Ooc5eJc5SHA

Drew-r

DPPianoPhil

😀

…. and now a retro-futuristic word from a tired sponsor …. the link worked …. for about 2 minutes but now it too is so like, yesterday … retro …. for copyright porpoises 🐬

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHMHfSe-l8U

MacMacMac

Drew-r mandates the viewer be inoculated by er, um, exposed to the minimally required 6 - 30 seconds of google advertisement.

This makes sense. But I cannot understand why I no longer see any ads on You Tube. They used to be embedded at the beginning of many (but not all) videos. Or sometimes in the middle. But I don't see those anymore. Do you?

QuasiUnaFantasia

MacMacMac But I don't see those anymore. Do you?

I saw lots of YouTube advertisements until yesterday (on my TV; I have an add-blocker om my PC's). But today, happily, they have been absent.

Drew-r

MacMacMac

Yes, i see the ads as usual , have not noticed any recent change.

Every link i previously posted thus far in this thread for music videos that did not embed as intended, leads to to a youtub advertisement followed by the desired mv.

Ever notice that those which DO correctly embed do not begin with an ad? Its the main reason i like to have the mvs play here rather than sending viewers to youtube.

This puts me to mind of creating a survey; if an mv embedded here does not work, are you likely to follow to youtube to listen / watch - yes/no/maybe and why?

CyberGene

Embedded videos are now fixed, enjoy 😉

The reason was Flarum is by default too secure and was using Referrer HTTP header policy set to same-origin. It's now strict-origin-when-cross-origin which is a compromise but still secure enough and works with the embedded videos.

For the technically inclined, here's some more info:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy

Drew-r

CyberGene

Thank you CyberGene!

Here is the first tune i wanted to include in this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ffFbTv5KxU

Despite not being able to embed (and using Ray as an alternate) I find it interesting that David and his comments hit on the thoughts i had in mind …. Christmas means something different to everybody. For me, the last many years now it increasingly means getting lost in nostalgia and memories of the past, what once was …. images …. sights, sounds, even walking into a kitchen where familiar smells send me back ….. for Dennis here, its the memories of kersosene lanterns and gatherings on the front porch ….. i had the pleasure of visiting Oahu in late November 1998…. walking the main drag of Honolulu …. and saw an arrangement of Santa & sleigh being pulled by 8 huge dolphins !……