Oh its that time of year! In central Iowa Christmas music is heard on 104.1 EZ FM. It helps if you really like Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey and Johnny Mathis. The 4 CDs I’ve dug out so far are Christmas Classics on Piano The O’Neill Brothers, Drew’s Famous, Cool Christmas and Mannheim Steamroller Celebration. 20 years ago a wicked sister thought she was playing a joke on me by getting A Bluegrass Christmas, turns out it was an opportunity to get in touch with my inner redneck.
Heather McCready does an Ave Maria like nobody else. Mannheim Steamroller Extraordinaire has a few different ones. Capital City Brass! We Wish You A Merry Christmas is a wonderful one for the horn lover. The O’Neill Brothers do it again with Holiday Treasures new offerings. Love it all, from big orchestral pieces to the Beach Boys and Chuck Berry. EZ 104.1’s neat trick is to have a page that list what they just played and who sang it.
But as to the Wham! version of Last Christmas, I think its the best.
Iowa life 
Yes ! So nice! Hope that you are enjoying the festive season! 🎶🍮🍮🔔Cheers!
Same to you. I was listening to the Christmas music on that station in the post and I heard some other people do the song “Last Christmas”. Then I heard George Michael’s version again. I said, “He’s got a really nice voice.” Reading in his bio it makes me think it wasn’t just all “studio magic”, as other people noted what a great voice he had. Then to read he died on Christmas Day at just age 53, and didn’t “come out” until 1998, it just seemed really sad.
Hey, I still listen to Wham! Great hair and voice. And, it’s a shame he died so young.
Gosh it really is, so many of those creative geniuses went so young.
Great story about Nunganey. I try to imagine what a wild country it was back then. I’m glad the raccoons made it.