Have yourself a merry little Christmas -Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra or Judy Garland.



MTF :)

Theres a kind of hush, all over the world - Hermans Hermits.



MTF :)

Shine a little love - ELO



All over the world - also ELO.



MTF :)

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Glad to hear your boiler's fixed Simon - must be a big relief at May Mansions.



How about:



LITTLE DRUMMER BOY by Bing Crosby and David Bowie (mentions peace on earth)



GIVE PEACE A CHANCE by John Lennon



LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING by Cher



ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE by the Beatles



LOVE TRAIN ('people all over the world join hands')



GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH) by George Harrison



Off to think of a festive blogname.



Deebee ~X~

#4 that should be LOVE TRAIN by the O'Jays, of course



Also EBONY AND IVORY by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson would fit



~X~

Morning everyone



Glad that Simon's boiler is working and he and his family are nice and warm again!



PEACEFUL VALLEY BOULEVARD ~ Neil Young



GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ~ John Lennon



I WISH YOU PEACE ~ The Eagles



GIVE ME LOVE, GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH ~ George Harrison



xx

Happy New Year - Abba.



MTF :)

Seems I got two OCMs last night - just looked at the playlist. I suggested Andy Williams 'Can't help falling in love' as an alternative to the Elvis version.



Better stir myself and get off to work - two more days, woohoo!



~X~

Morning all from a very grey and foggy East Yorks!



Thought I'd be brave and try to change my name - has it worked?



Good to hear that the boiler is fixed Simon - there's bound to be some cold weather over the festive break.



Will try to think of something original, but can I second MTF's suggestion #1



Have yourself a Merry little Christmas - Judy Garland.



Did anyone hear Jamie Cullum's live version last night - wonderful!



Back later



T-T x

Glad all over - Dave Clark Five.



MTF :)

Morning All,



'Peace Love an Understanding' Elvis Costello



Have a good day everybody

You are indeed looking all tinsely Tortie :)

Good morning again nicely warmed Simon, team and non-peeled poppets



A very dull, grey and damp start here but will try to lift the spirits with some goodwill Choons ..



PEACE LOVE & UNDERSTANDING - ELVIS COSTELLO



ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - THE BEATLES



ONE LOVE - BOB MARLEY



WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW - BURT BACHARACH or DIONNE WARWICK



Back after a thunk.

Have nice days all.

Jilly xx

'Life 's Been Good' Joe Walsh

Zip-A-Dee-Do Dah - Uncle Remus.



MTF :)

Even the bad times are good - The Tremeloes.



MTF :)

A couple more....



BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES ~ Love Affair



PEACEFUL EASY FEELING ~ The Eagles



WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ~ Louis Armstrong



xx

I'll never find another you - The Seekers.



MTF :)

WAR (what is it good for) - EDWIN STAR



IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON

NICK LOWE - What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding



NICK LOWE - There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table)



BIG COUNTRY - Peace In Our Time



PAUL McCARTNEY - Pipes of Peace



CROSBY STILLS AND NASH - Love The One You're With



JOHN PAUL YOUNG - Love Is In The Air



That'll do for now. Will no doubt be back in a bit....

A few more peaceful choons ..



GIVE PEACE A CHANCE - JOHN LENNON



WORLD IN UNION - HAYLEY WESTENRA (or others)



REACH OUT AND TOUCH (SOMEBODY'S HAND) - DIANA ROSS



WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - JOE COCKER



I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU - BON JOVI



REACH OUT , I'LL BE THERE - FOUR TOPS

I CAN HELP - BILLY SWAN

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets one and all!



Loving the festive names. Still thinking of mine.



Good news about the boiler, Simon. My gch broke down on Boxing Day a few years ago. Not good.



My last official day at work today. Whoop whoop! Will have to do some work at home next week but shouldn't take too long. Very happy to be flying home tonight. Had a bit of a panic with the weather last night but fingets crossed everything will be well at 7pm. Now for some tune choosing:



Peace, Love & Understanding - Elvis Costello



Peace In Our Time - Big Country



What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong



Probably repeats from above but heyho, Christmas is for sharing, isn't it?



Hope to poop back later with a festive moniker.



X

Another very festive name.... Santa's Sleigh Driver.... BRILLIANT!!!



Maybe Simon will be our Santa Simon....



xx

Good morning everyone!



"Now is the solstice of the year,

winter is the glad song that you hear.

Seven maids move in seven time.

Have the lads up ready in a line.



Ring out these bells.

Ring out, ring solstice bells.

Ring solstice bells"



For the theme, a beautiful song from the album of the same name:



PEACE WILL COME by TOM PAXTON



There are other versions by Mr Paxton but this one is by far the best with backing vocals by Mary (Hopkirk) Visconti.

'Give A Little Love' Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

My #25 .............. first post of the day and already a mistake:



Mary (HOPKIN) Visconti :-D

#24 Glad you like it :o)



On a completely different note, we had a wasp in the house this morning. Rather unexpected for this late in December....

If I could make a wish.....



The air that I breathe - The Hollies.



MTF :)

Morning all!



Firstly, belated congrats to Florence, Deebee and Katy for yesterday's APP mensh - great song!



Secondly can I second #3 IATFOTOTT please:



ALL OVER THE WORLD - ELO



Here's hoping MTF, fingers crossed..................



Thirdly, good news on the fixed boiler Mr Mayo - have a happy Christmas with the grandmas/grannies.



Have a great day everyone - back to bed now - have succumbed finally to the post-end-of-term lurgy. Will be listening later though.....

Thought of one!



THAT'LL BE CHRISTMAS - Thea Gilmore



It has the line; "Peace and goodwill to men"



T-T x

Hiya Hoffs.



Yup, fingets crossed :)

WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - JIMMY CLIFF

"When the red, red robin

Comes bob, bob, bobbin'"



PEACE TRAIN by CAT STEVENS

#25 SS - what an excellent choice for the winter solstice!





I'd best start drawing up a list *gets all excited* for the NUMBER OF BLOG ENTRIES OVER CHRISTMAS COMPETITION now that Simon Starlight has entered his guess.



World peace and goodwill to all men choons:



PEACE TRAIN - CAT STEVENS



LET LOVE RULE - LENNY KRAVITZ



IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON



I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING - NEW SEEKERS





:~)

I forgot to say I'm so pleased the adorable Ralph McTell is back again, when I hope he'll play the much loved Streets of London, quite poignant at any time, but especially at Christmas!



I saw him a few weeks ago and he was quite mesmerising for two hours... just Ralph and the guitar he said he's had since he was 19-years old and lots of anecdotes. He stayed after the show to sign CDs, say hello and have pics taken and he is utterly charming and easy to chat to!



https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6547960825_33052b40d5.jpg

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,

Jack Frost nipping at your nose"



PEACE by NORAH JONES

Morning all. A very grey, damp and driech day in Cheshire. After two glistening, white Christmases, Manchester is living up to it's reputation.



Oldies:

I Find Your Love - Beth Nielsen Chapman (tears every time)

Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello

Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon

God Bless the Child - Billie Holliday



Off to brave the shops for a bit. Back later ....

Good Morning All



CARAVAN OF LOVE - Isley Brothers or Housemartins

Some more world peace and goodwill choons:



EARTH SONG - MICHAEL JACKSON



IS IT LIKE TODAY - WORLD PARTY





:~)

"He's the little boy

that Santa Clause forgot,

And goodness knows,

he didn't want a lot.



He sent a note to Santa

For some soldiers and a drum,

It broke his little heart

When he found Santa hadn't come."



ROAD TO PEACE by TOM WAITS

A bit of knowledge for all of us that have been looking forward to the shortest day...



https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/december-solstice.html

With special thanks to a beautiful Fairy I have a more Christmassy moniker.



Now all I need is for Mr M to read it out between now and Friday ;-)



x

What about WOODSTOCK? - Matthews' Southern Comfort



or - recycling song suggestions from yesterday



DESIDERATA - Les Crane



or sticking with the "Peace, Man" theme



SAN FRANCISCO - Scott McKenzie

Whoop whoop Mo.



Form an orderly queue now ;) xx

LOL at Lord Ammo joining the game.



Do the wombles still close blogs to comments after 7 days? If so, we need to know if we will be getting a supplementary blog before the 7 days runs out. This could affect guesses ;-).



X

Ha!



KOOL IN THE KAFTAN - B A Robertson



Ha!

Good morning you wonderful blog poppets, and of course Simon and the Collective



First up, sorry I've been tardy. I just can't keep up with you all on here. I'm getting old. You move too quick! But I do lurk most days and chip in on Twitter.



I feel I must second, third, fourth the shout for the wonderful .....



GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH) - GEORGE HARRISON



It's a given, surely. I care not for a name check. Just be great to hear a fantastic song from a talent that left us far too soon Thank you.



And also ....



HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THE MAYO BLOG POPPETS!



Life's good, and I resolve to chip in more on this 'ere blog in 2012.



Love y'all.



Deevs

x

"I'll be home for Christmas

You can count on me

Please have snow and mistletoe

And presents under the tree"





PEACE SELLS by MEGADEATH



(Is ther a Mid-week Mosh today?)

Methinks, that the blog count will be a tad higher than Simons prediction.



I'll plump for 1234. First numbers that came into my head!



MTF :O

Hi Simon and everyone.



Hurrah! glad the boiler is fixed Simon and warmth is restored from someone who hates the cold!!



My oh my what a lot of blog entries already....i'll suggest some songs but I suspect this far down the list they may not get looked at ;(



Anyway peace and goodwill to you all from me:



1. LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING - Cher

2. I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING - New Seekers

3. A LITTLE PEACE - Nicole

4. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE - John and Yoko

5. LOVE THE ONE YOU ARE WITH - Crosby Stills and Nash or Luther or Will Young

6. ARMS AROUND THE WORLD - Louise

7. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - Joe Cocker

8. LET IT BE - The Beatles

9. WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - Jimmy Cliff

10. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD - Louis Armstrong.



Have a warm day.



Mandy ;)

Hi Simon



Last day of work for me.



Pipes of Peace - Paul Mccartney

You've Got a friend - McFly

Wonderous Stories - Yes

This is Your Land - Simply Minds

Stop the Calvary - Jona Lewis

Stand By Me - Ben E King

The Power of Live - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

One day like this - Elbow

Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory

It was a very good year - Frank Sinatra

Perfect Day - Lou Reed

Greatest Day- Take That

Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke et al

IN THE AIR TONIGHT - Phil Collins



SOMETHING IN THE AIR - Thunderclap Newman

FROM A DISTANCE - Nanci Griffith





GIVE A LITTLE LOVE - Bay City Rollers

"They said there'd be snow at Christmas

They said there'd be peace on Earth

But instead it just kept on raining

A veil of tears for the virgin birth."



#35 Crimbo Katy, (ooops forgot I'm temporarily 'SS' :-S) .................... did they sing it at the Cathdedral?

Have read back properly, including the missing o in my first post of the day, and also our leader's entry for the number of Christmas blog posts. Way to go!



I'm also looking forward to hearing the lovely Ralph McTell again (although I may have to once more resort to 'listen at a time more convenient'). Nice picture, FestiveFlo!



~X~

#46



We'll be fine Mo - I've just posted this in Dec 9th blog.



★*˚°。°*。

˛°_██_*˚°。

˛. (´• ̮•)*.。

.°( . • . ) ˛°.

*(...'•'...) *



Blog entries close after 14 days and we have 11 days between Simon blogs.



Good to see you DEEVS! Hope you and Nic can make it to the Blog Party on Thursday. Which reminds me, I meant to request this wonderful song for today's theme:





WALTZING ALONG - JAMES



... may your mind set you free .. opened by the wonderful .. may your heart lead you on ..



:^)

Goodness! How could I miss this?



REACH OUT - Take That



(Wah!)

Hmm - not sure about my festive moniker now. The lack of apostrophe is a bit of a shame, but it wouldn't let me include one. May have to have a rethunk - what do people think?



~X~

May each day in the year be a good one - Andy Williams.



MTF :)

#55 Secret Harry - oh yes. Greg sang it. You didn't see my tweets and pics from that night then?

#57 I thought blog entries closed after 10 days? I'm sure it will be fine...



~X~

Good Morning All :)



Glad to hear that the boiler is warming your cockles once more, Simon :D



Loving all the festive names, I was going to go for Zoe Grinch, but I went for the more obscure Zoe Who instead, still a Grinch reference, as in Cindy-Lou Who et al. Maybe I need to think of something a bit more traditional :-/



I will guess 527 posts for the sweepstake (if it hasn't already been bagged!)



Oldie suggestions...



LITTLE DRUMMER BOY/PEACE ON EARTH - BING CROSBY & DAVID BOWIE - I would like to 2nd, 3rd etc this suggestion because it's my favourite EVER Christmas song!



FROM A DISTANCE - NANCY GRIFFITH or BETTE MIDLER



LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING - CHER



ONE LOVE - BOB MARLEY



HIGHER GROUND - STEVIE WONDER

My Best To You - Joni Mitchell



Willy the Shake

x

FEED THE WORLD - Band Aid

#59 - yes, I am missing an apostrophe as well. Not good.



Just thought I would poop in and suggest



ALL OVER THE WORLD - ELO



Have a tinselly day everyone x

Deja vu?



MTF :O

Number of Blog Entries Over Christmas



It wouldn't be Christmas without an "incentive" (aka "a prize") so I'm offering six, double sided, glossy photographs of Rock 'n' Roll superstars. These were given away free with the Guardian/Observer and are as follows:



Morrissey from 2006

Lily Allen from 2008

Paul McCartney & George Harrison from 1963

Grace Jones from 2010

Elton John from 1968

Take That from 2008

Florence Welch from 2010

Adele from 2009

Thom Yorke from 2006

Bjork from 1995

Patti Smith from 1996

and Mick Jagger from 1967 who, having read Keith Richards' autobiography this year, I'd say is toting a little padding ;-)

#66 I see Driver is as well.



~X~

Whoop whoop, what an incentive too SS :)

#59 Deebee you could always be The Little Helper of Santa!! :-/ but I'm sure even the most pendantic among us would throw you a little festive grammatical slack ;-) and it is a cute moniker x

#61 Crimbo Katy, yes I saw the tweeted pics, I meant did Jethro Tull sing "Solstice Bells"?

#57 Santa's Little Helper not helping LOL



If I didn't know better I'd think that you and Mo are on some covert mission to get poor Simon to post another blog during his holiday



:^D



BLOGS REMAIN OPEN FOR COMMENTS FOR 14 DAYS



Trust me.

Merry Morning to all,



A little late pooping by today so not much to add in the way of choons.



Well done to Festive Flo, Deebee and MTF for the mensh last night, and any others I may have missed.



Glad to hear the Mayo boiler is all fired up and working again. It always amazed me when ours would give up the ghost just how cold it could get inside your house, it always seemed so much warmer outside than in!



Anyway, the choons ...



TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS - GLENN CAMPBELL

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND - ANDREW GOLD



Back drecly 8-)

Morning all



Is it over yet? No? OK, back to sleep then. At work I've been gifted a black Santa hat with "bah humbug" on it, and a "bah humbug" plate on my monitor. Not that you can notice them among all the tinsel. Roll-on Boxing Day and Kauto Star v Long Run - hoping for a thriller but not really wanting Desert Orchid to lose his jointly held record with Kauto Star.



On the assumption that ACDC's "Let Me Put My Love Into You" is not quite the spreading of goodwill that Simon had in mind, I'll suggest...



ARMS AROUND THE WORLD - LOUISE

#68 What a fantastic prize - thanks Harry!



#71 In that case I will keep it. I can only see me as You anyway, so it's would only be a problem for others.



#73 LOL! As if...



;o)

Morning again Poppeteers



Thank goodness the boiler is fixed Simon. Have just spent the last half hour outside in the freezing cold because the fire alarm went off at work. Brrr. No fire was found so it's back to work.



My choon today is



Sugar Baby Love - Rubettes (someone trying to make amends)

#74 Am I the the only who, when seeing Glenn of Devon, wants to sing:



"Glenn of Devon,

Glenn of Devon,

Feed me till I want no more.

Feed me till I want no more"



:-D

Blog Christmas Party? Tomorrow? What time?



I am house bound all day tomorrow until the goose arrives, so if there's a spare sausage on a stick and a bit of cheesy pineapple, I'm in!



deevs

x

# 57 Just spotted your snowman Katy ... love it



GoD

Recycling again -



KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE - Freiheit

#79 Deevs, the party startes 5.05pm. We're hoping Simon gets the party started with a bang

Morning everyone :-)



I would love to hear:



'Put A Little Love In Your Heart' - Annie Lennox and Al Green



Already lots of good 'uns suggested - will try and think of a couple more.

#81 Love it! Can I second that, Billie?



~X~

Katy, I know you said 'don't ask' .. but .. Christmas curtains? I am intrigued.



What a wonderfully generous Secret Santa we have :) and to throw my hat into the ring I guess 575 posts.

#72 Secret Harry - no they didn't. They did a few tracks from their Christmas Album. Five Kings in 5/4 time was brilliant. The acoustics in the cathedral must be quite challenging but the sound engineers who we were sitting alongside did a superb job.



*random thoughts*

Has anyone seen Jingle Bells John today? Wonder what name PSL will choose? AlexGirl is also due to pay a visit?



There are SO many erstwhile bloggers - if anyone is in touch by other means - please invite them for Thursday - even if it's just a swift hello.



DDDeevs - Flo designed an invite and I dropped one off in Evansblog last Friday xx

#79 A cheese and pineapple hedgehog is a must! ;D



A couple more oldie suggestions...



LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL



LOVE IS ALL AROUND - THE TROGGS or WET WET WET



LEAN ON ME - BILL WITHERS

#84 Yo! Go! Deebee Go!



Has my name changed?

#86 Good point Crimbo Katy. I'll drop Toots a text as well.



Loving all these imaginitive festive names. Simon's going to have fun with the menshes today!



~X~

#78 No. You're not the only one :^D



#80 Glenn - the snowman is not my original design - I extracted him from a christmas scene which has been around for a couple of years .. but thanks anyway.



Is anyone else losing track of blog this morning? I keep reading back and seeing stuff I missed .. so sorry if I've been rude and missed anything that's been directed at me ..



:^o

#86 Katy, PSL posted under her festive name yesterday.. great alias for a Posh Soul Lady: Top Tinsel Totty :-D

#85 I'm glad you've asked Jilly, I was wondering about the curtains too!



What a great prize Harry S-S



T-T x

Wow - we're likely to hit the 100 before 11 am - long time since that's occurred ...



*gets the hat ready*

#35 Katy - I'd like to second the following - top choice!



LENNY KRAVITZ - Let Love Rule



#59 - I have to say it irked me a little not to have an apostrophe, especially as I am by nature (and for work, by necessity) rather picky over grammar and punctuation. But there's pedantry and common sense - calling myself 'Driver of the Sleigh belonging to Santa' hardly trips off the tongue. And anyway, it's Christmas - the season of goodwill to all grammatical errors.

#42 Fairy on the Tree Top... sounds like a good day for a Blog Party!!!!



x

@Crimbo Katy, I've DM'd you on tw*tter :-)

Just thought of another...



TIMMY THOMAS - Why Can't We Live Together

Hmmm, blog wouldn't let me post for a bit there.



#57 Thanks Crimbo Katy. Obviously been away from the blog too long.



#73 Lol!



Thanks for putting up another prize SS.



#90 Yes, I'm exactly the same Katy. The blog is moving a tad quickly this morning.



oh, my entry for the comp formerly known as the Alsion from Eastleigh Sweepstake is



836



x

#88 Yes, Billie. Love it!



x

Add your comment



#100 Hat for whoever gets the 100!

;^)

..................✲º*°❄✲❄*°º✲

..................✲º*°❄✲❄*°º✲

..................✲º*°❄✲❄*°º✲

..................✲º*°❄✲❄*°º✲

..................✲º*°❄✲❄*°º✲

...........✲º*°❄ø¤º°¨✲¨°º¤ø❄*°º✲

❄´¯`✲*º°❄ø¤º°✲•*☆*•✲°º¤ø❄*°º✲´¯`❄

❄´¯`✲*º°❄ø¤º°✲•*☆*•✲°º¤ø❄*°º✲´¯`❄

........................◒ . ◒...............

........................ ╰╯ ................