{"id":3280459,"date":"2025-12-22T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3280459"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:33:23","slug":"grey-temples-37-a-very-greyrry-xmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/music\/greytemples\/grey-temples-37-a-very-greyrry-xmas","title":{"rendered":"Grey Temples 37 &#8211; A Very Greyrry Xmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3280460\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/music\/greytemples\/grey-temples-37-a-very-greyrry-xmas\/attachment\/1000004096\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1000004096\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096-800x600.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3280460 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I love Christmas, and that&#8217;s real. I&#8217;m taking next week off, and because of that, I&#8217;ve got a double-stuft sack of Christmas goodies for all y&#8217;all. So sit back, pour yourself a drink or whatever, and enjoy this special episode sprinkled with Christmas magic (which is what I&#8217;m calling the surgery-related stories that I tell during this one. No great write ups about the music this week, I&#8217;ve got too much mirth and merrymaking to do, you see, but listen to the show and let it become your guiding star this season.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve got this week:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>69 Boys and Quad City DJ&#8217;s<\/td>\n<td>What I Want for Christmas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Busy Boys<\/td>\n<td>Funky Fresh Christmas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pond<\/td>\n<td>All I Want For Xmas (Is A Tascam 388)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pastor T.L. Barrett &amp; The Youth For Christ Choir<\/td>\n<td>Jingle Bells Pt. 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gordon Lightfoot<\/td>\n<td>Circle Of Steel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Free Design<\/td>\n<td>Christmas Is The Day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jethro Tull<\/td>\n<td>Christmas Song<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>John Cale<\/td>\n<td>Child&#8217;s Christmas In Wales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ramones<\/td>\n<td>Merry Christmas (I Don&#8217;t Wanna Fight Tonight)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Descendents<\/td>\n<td>Christmas Vacation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mu330<\/td>\n<td>X-mas Card<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Business<\/td>\n<td>Step Into Christmas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rusty<\/td>\n<td>It&#8217;s Christmas Time (And I&#8217;m Poor)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reigning Sound<\/td>\n<td>If Christmas Can&#8217;t Bring You Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Archers of Loaf<\/td>\n<td>Assassination On X-Mas Eve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Locust<\/td>\n<td>Pulling The Christmas Pig By The Wrong Pair Of Ears<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vandals<\/td>\n<td>Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Almighty Trigger Happy<\/td>\n<td>Seasonal Excuse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1167\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Grey%20Temples\/Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1167','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Grey%20Temples\/Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Grey%20Temples\/Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3280459-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Grey%20Temples\/Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Christmas, and that&#8217;s real. I&#8217;m taking next week off, and because of that, I&#8217;ve got a double-stuft sack of Christmas goodies for all y&#8217;all. So sit back, pour yourself a drink or whatever, and enjoy this special episode sprinkled with Christmas magic (which is what I&#8217;m calling the surgery-related stories that I tell<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/music\/greytemples\/grey-temples-37-a-very-greyrry-xmas\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1169\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Grey%20Temples\/Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1169','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Grey%20Temples\/Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Grey%20Temples\/Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3280459-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Grey%20Temples\/Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Grey%20Temples%20-%202025-12-18.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":3280460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13734],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3280459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greytemples"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000004096.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280461,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280459\/revisions\/3280461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3280460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3280459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3280459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}