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I hoped maybe this year they would forget about their traditional dispute, but it was a pie in the sky. He's like a child on Christmas Eve, happy about the Christmas tree, presents, and carols. Quite the opposite, my friend Varenyk is always excited about winter holidays. He becomes a true Grinch who stole Christmas and starts his anti-Christmas propaganda. Every year I feel as if my friend Kovbasa goes mad. These two changed everything about Christmas, with headlines that eerily mirror what we are experiencing today.In the middle of December, my best friends and I went for a traditional glass of wine. The decade closes with two major events: a global pandemic and the onset of Prohibition. We also explore the history of World War I and how that global event was affected by Christmas during each year of the war. Movers and shakers, especially as it related to Christmas, include Norman Rockwell, who is featured prominently in this episode.

This episode features lots of music from era and showcases just how far sound has come. The fascinating story of the Columbia Record Company is told as it worked to bring recordings of large choral and orchestra groups to the mass market. It was advanced science for the times but primitive to us today. We tell the story of how recording and playback was done. The Victrola – a talking machine that recorded sound and played it back – became the must-have device of this decade. Houses were starting to become wired for electricity and life in the home was forever changed as technology made new appliances do the work that previously was nothing short of manual labor.Ĭhristmas changed too - especially in movies and in music. News was soon to be heard over the radio before it could be printed in newspapers. During these years we went from horse-and-buggy to speedy automobiles.