BOTB's Battle Of The Booze contest took place HERE, and it was between the songs 'Mistletoe & Wine' and 'I Like Life' from the 1970 musical 'Scrooge'.
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I was determined to use 'I Like Life' because, secretly, I was thinking of this BOTB installment more as a promotional campaign for 'Scrooge' than an actual musical contest. However, I had a heck of a time trying to find a competing Christmas song that mentioned some form of booze. There were some silly novelty songs I came across that were essentially about getting laminated (a.k.a. intoxicated) during the Christmas season. I don't do that, and I didn't want to use a song like that.
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Finally I came across the Cliff Richard song which I genuinely liked. What I appreciated about it was how it lyrically combined sentiments about Christ, the King of kings, with some of the more secular aspects of the Christmas season. In that sense, it kind of reminded me of the song 'Here Comes Santa Claus' :
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Here comes Santa Claus
Right down Santa Claus Lane
He doesn't care if you're rich or poor
He loves you just the same
Santa knows that we're all God's children
And that makes everything right
So fill your hearts with Christmas cheer
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight
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Nevertheless, I'm sure everyone realized that my own vote would be going to the song from 'Scrooge', which is hands down my favorite filmed version of 'A Christmas Carol' (it is so much fun!)
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And Scrooge made one of the all-time great BOTB comebacks. At one point in the Battle, 'I Like Life' was getting beaten 5-1 by 'Mistletoe And Wine'. But the contest ended up looking like this:
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FINAL TALLY
'Mistletoe And Wine' = 6 votes
'I Like Life' = 7 votes
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Hokey-Smoke & I'll be dogged! What I was thinking of as being mostly a movie recommendation turned into as good a BOTB installment as is possible!
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My most sincere "THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" to everybody who took the time to visit 'n' vote. Y'all made this a terrific Battle Of The Booze contest!
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Barring any unforeseen catastrophes, I intend to return here on December 15th with my final Battle of the year, and I hope YOU will return here, too. Until then...
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God bless us, every one!
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~ Stephen
The Christmas Canine
FINAL TALLY
'Mistletoe And Wine' = 6 votes
'I Like Life' = 7 votes
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Hokey-Smoke & I'll be dogged! What I was thinking of as being mostly a movie recommendation turned into as good a BOTB installment as is possible!
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My most sincere "THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" to everybody who took the time to visit 'n' vote. Y'all made this a terrific Battle Of The Booze contest!
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Barring any unforeseen catastrophes, I intend to return here on December 15th with my final Battle of the year, and I hope YOU will return here, too. Until then...
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God bless us, every one!
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~ Stephen
The Christmas Canine
Excelentamente, mi hermano!
ReplyDeleteGracias, Eduardo!
DeleteI enjoyed the entire Battle, including all of the comment section banter.
~ D-FensDogG
Well, what about that! Much more competitive outcome than I expected. Good one.
ReplyDeleteLee
R. LEE BOID ~
DeleteThis was one of those very rare Battles where I really didn't have any idea what to expect. I'm usually pretty accurate in predicting the winner, although the margin of victory is still difficult to foresee.
I thought perhaps this one would be something of a throwaway Battle but it was actually rather interesting.
~ D-FensDogG
Excellent battle outcome, Stephen! Close is the best. Mine was a complete disaster. Par for the course, it seems...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debbie!
DeleteThis one turned out FAR BETTER than I anticipated. One of my better Battles of 2024, and I definitely did NOT see that coming!
~ D-FensDogG
One point separating the contenders. WOW, that's tight! Fantastic battle!! I appreciated the snippet of Cliff Richard's song. I like the lyrics. I will have to swing by YT to have a listen. I'm not sure I've heard it. Thanks for sharing your battle results. I have a mid-month battle scheduled as well. DH is taking a week of vacation next week which begins this Thursday night. Friday is his scheduled off day so this gives us a little extra time. Anywho, I may be extremely slow to make my rounds. Enjoy the Light of the world twinkling in the night in the form of Christmas decorations all month long but you and I know Jesus is the reason for the season! Blessings, my friend!
ReplyDeleteCAThy! ~
DeleteI'll be sure to vote in your December 15th Battle.
I dearly loved Christmas even before I understood who Jesus really was and what He did for us. But now, I love it even more, AND I have a general sense of peace within me that wasn't there before. I know where I'm ultimately going and it is a comforting feeling that words can't even describe.
~ D-FensDogG