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"content": "\u003cp>When listeners in Fort Wayne, Indiana, tuned into Majic 95.1 in July, they heard something both unexpected and all-too-familiar. The station was playing Christmas music. In the heat of summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the pandemic making life miserable for people, the station was looking for a way to appeal to listeners and boost its ratings, and Christmas songs can be a dependable way of doing so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew that the world was topsy-turvy and we just knew from playing Christmas music over the years that there’s something special about it that people connect with,” says Chris Didier, operations manager at Majic 95.1, whose on-air name is Captain Chris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All over the country this year, stations have been playing Christmas music much earlier than normal. One Memphis station started doing it right after Halloween. Another in Youngstown, Ohio, was decking the halls in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The radio industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, with ratings falling as much as 50% at first, although they have since rebounded somewhat, says Mike McVay, a radio industry veteran who now works as a consultant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was an incredible drop in listening, mainly because of listening habits. A lot of people who listen to radio listen in their car, and suddenly if you’re working at home and not commuting, that changed that,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Station officials figured that starting the holidays a bit early might be a way to lure listeners back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all, Christmas music has been a reliable source of ratings gold since around 1990, when 99.9 KEZ, an adult contemporary station in Phoenix, created the format.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had every consultant, every research person that I could think of, before we did it told us, ‘You are crazy. Do not do it.'” says Jerry Ryan, former vice president and general manager at the radio station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the format turned out to be an enormous success, and within a few years hundreds of stations were playing non-stop Christmas music for 24 hours a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the industry discovered, Christmas music can create a powerful emotional bond with an audience, bringing in listeners of all demographics, who want to hear vintage tunes like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FuF7H0uJww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\u003c/a>” and Elvis Presley’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KK6sMo8NBY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Christmas\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there have traditionally been limits to how far radio stations have been willing to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KEZ, the Phoenix radio station, traditionally began to air Christmas songs right after Thanksgiving, and Ryan says doing so much earlier than that can be jarring for an audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think there’s a heck of a lot of emotional value to Christmas music outside of that particular time,” Ryan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not this year, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an unprecedented year marked by the pandemic, many stations say the earlier start to airing Christmas songs has actually been a success with listeners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Majic 95.1, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We got incredible feedback. Lots of calls, lots of emails, people saying, ‘Yes, thank you for doing this, we really love the Christmas music,'” says Captain Chris of Majic 95.1 of its decision to play holiday music in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Boldon, vice president of adult contemporary radio at Cumulus Media, which has some two dozen stations employing the holiday format, says she’s seen a similar response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she has a theory about what’s happening. She says listeners associate Christmas with the year ending, and this has been a really terrible year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everybody is trying to rush the holiday this year just so we can get beyond it,” Boldon says. “I really truly believe the audience was just ready to get to the end of 2020 as fast as possible this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+Pandemic%2C+The+Most+Wonderful+Time+For+Christmas+Songs+Turned+Out+To+Be+...+In+July&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, and he’s the only home invader to be regularly greeted by cookies and a beverage. No wonder. According to many legends, the life of St. Nicholas was awash with heroic acts, miraculous saves and the kind of fiery temper we’re accustomed to admiring in our action heroes. Here are five legends that’ll make you see Santa in a whole new light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Saved Three Sisters From Slavery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 744px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13890135\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Winschsantabiplane___Gallery.jpg\" alt=\"A Victorian depiction of Santa in a biplane, throwing gifts towards children standing at an open window.\" width=\"744\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Winschsantabiplane___Gallery.jpg 744w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Winschsantabiplane___Gallery-160x96.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa hurling gifts at kids from his festive… biplane?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Picture it: Turkey, 280 A.D. You’re a beautiful young Roman-Greek girl, the eldest of three sisters, and you wanna get hitched. But there’s a problem: your dad is poor as hell and your boyfriend’s family won’t agree to a marriage unless you have a dowry. In fact, \u003cem>no\u003c/em> families in the region will let their sons marry unless the bride shows up with a big ol’ bag of cash. Even worse than that, poor, unmarried women usually get forced into a life of (probably sexual) slavery. [aside postid='pop_107720']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, the prospect of this is so devastating that all you and your sisters and dad do all day is lie around and cry about it. Then one night, a bag of gold gets pitched through your window and magically lands in a stocking that’s been hung to dry over the fireplace. You’re saved! You can marry your beau! Then, on two subsequent nights, more bags of gold arrive for your sisters. They’re saved too! Then your dad figures out where the gold came from—the new bishop in town. Turns out the holy man inherited great wealth in his teens, after his parents died of the plague. When your dad tries to tell him thanks, the humble bishop replies, “You must thank God alone for providing these gifts in answer to your prayers for deliverance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That bishop was a young St. Nicholas, and is the reason Santa’s now expected to fill every stocking on Earth each Dec. 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Saved Three Boys From Being Eaten\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890134\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890134\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM-800x502.png\" alt=\"Four classic depictions of St. Nicholas saving three boys from being pickled in a barrel.\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM-800x502.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM-160x100.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM-768x482.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM.png 821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four classic depictions of St. Nicholas saving three boys from being pickled in a barrel.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since the ninth century, numerous sources and paintings have suggested that St. Nick resurrected three murdered boys whose flesh was to be sold as meat. (I know, I know—there was a famine or something.) The children were apparently tricked by an evil innkeeper, and chopped up and pickled in a barrel. When the innkeeper tried to pass off the meat as ham in order to sell it, St. Nicholas realized evil was afoot, cried out to God, and raised the children from the dead. [aside postid='arts_13872372']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1948, Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier immortalized the gory incident in their cantata \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wXSm0OpYR4&t=113s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Saint Nicholas\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. The seventh movement sees the parents of the murdered boys sitting down and getting ready to unwittingly eat their own offspring, when Nicholas intervenes. After instructing them, “O do not taste, O do not feed on sin,” St. Nick revives the boys with the following words: “Timothy, Mark and John / Put your fleshly garments on!” (Catchy!) The boys arrive just moments later, holding hands and singing, “Alleluia to their King!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No word on what happened to that damn cannibal innkeeper, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Was an Exorcist\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890142\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 761px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13890142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-1.11.11-PM.png\" alt=\"Two depictions of Saint Nicholas working alongside Krampus in chains.\" width=\"761\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-1.11.11-PM.png 761w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-1.11.11-PM-160x100.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two depictions of Saint Nicholas working alongside Krampus in chains.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>St. Nicholas was said to be masterful at both demon taming and expulsion. \u003ca href=\"https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/traditional-stories/early-miracles/come-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blessing the possessed\u003c/a>, book of gospels in hand, was all in a day’s work for Nick. He was so good, he’s even said to have \u003ca href=\"https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/traditional-stories/early-miracles/demons-be-gone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expelled demons\u003c/a> from a Cypress tree in the village of Plakoma. (All he had to do was swing an axe and off they went.) Which is why, for centuries, Santa has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.stnicholascenter.org/around-the-world/who-travels-with-st-nicholas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">depicted\u003c/a> in some parts of the world (particularly Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Bavaria) alongside a chained \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Krampus\u003c/a>. Sure, Santa keeps the bad guy on hand to deal with naughty children, but he keeps that demon-goat restrained so as not to harm the good ones. Totally reasonable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Saved His People From Famine Using Only Psychic Powers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890137\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SantaPostcardPurple-589d25463df78c4758bb1ad8-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"A Victorian Christmas card depicts Santa with large, mesmerizing eyes and fluffy white beard.\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SantaPostcardPurple-589d25463df78c4758bb1ad8-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SantaPostcardPurple-589d25463df78c4758bb1ad8-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SantaPostcardPurple-589d25463df78c4758bb1ad8-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SantaPostcardPurple-589d25463df78c4758bb1ad8-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SantaPostcardPurple-589d25463df78c4758bb1ad8-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SantaPostcardPurple-589d25463df78c4758bb1ad8.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Look into my eyes… You are feeling very, very sleepy…”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When famine was raging in ancient Lycia (the region of southwest Turkey where he lived), St. Nick was determined to save his people from starvation. One night, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/traditional-stories/life-of-nicholas/famine-relief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">psychically located a merchant\u003c/a> in Italy (don’t ask questions) who was about to set sail for Egypt with a ship full of grain. Nicholas appeared to the merchant in a dream and bribed him with three gold coins, magically transferring them into the merchant’s hand while he was sleeping three countries away. (Again, don’t ask questions.) Nicholas told the merchant to bring the grain to Turkey, and sell it there instead. Scared and surprised, the man did as he was told, saved the Lycians, and told all who would listen the magical reason for his unexpected journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Slapped a Priest For Jesus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890139\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890139\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM-800x618.png\" alt=\"St. Nick slapping down the priest Arius for talking smack about Jesus, in art by Alexander Boguslawski.\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM-800x618.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM-160x124.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM-768x593.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM.png 892w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Nick slapping down the priest Arius for talking smack about Jesus, in art by Alexander Boguslawski. \u003ccite>(StNicholasCenter.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_97685']The most \u003ca href=\"https://charlotteriggle.com/st-nicholas-and-arius-at-the-council-of-nicea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">controversial\u003c/a> moment in St. Nick’s backstory occurred when he was naughty in Nicea. Three hundred bishops and 1,700 other holy men had met in the Greek city to discuss the scriptures. When a priest named Arius was given the floor, much of the crowd was angered by his assertion that Jesus Christ was not equal to God the Father. Nicholas was apparently the most enraged of all, because he promptly approached Arius and slapped him across the face. Embarrassed by the outburst, the other bishops threw Nick in a dungeon. He didn’t stay in there for long. After a number of the holy men dreamed of Nick in his jail cell that night, accompanied by both Jesus and Mary, they decided to free him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>God bless us, everyone! (Except for child picklers, obviously…)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake, and he’s the only home invader to be regularly greeted by cookies and a beverage. No wonder. According to many legends, the life of St. Nicholas was awash with heroic acts, miraculous saves and the kind of fiery temper we’re accustomed to admiring in our action heroes. Here are five legends that’ll make you see Santa in a whole new light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Saved Three Sisters From Slavery\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 744px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13890135\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Winschsantabiplane___Gallery.jpg\" alt=\"A Victorian depiction of Santa in a biplane, throwing gifts towards children standing at an open window.\" width=\"744\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Winschsantabiplane___Gallery.jpg 744w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Winschsantabiplane___Gallery-160x96.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa hurling gifts at kids from his festive… biplane?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Picture it: Turkey, 280 A.D. You’re a beautiful young Roman-Greek girl, the eldest of three sisters, and you wanna get hitched. But there’s a problem: your dad is poor as hell and your boyfriend’s family won’t agree to a marriage unless you have a dowry. In fact, \u003cem>no\u003c/em> families in the region will let their sons marry unless the bride shows up with a big ol’ bag of cash. Even worse than that, poor, unmarried women usually get forced into a life of (probably sexual) slavery. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, the prospect of this is so devastating that all you and your sisters and dad do all day is lie around and cry about it. Then one night, a bag of gold gets pitched through your window and magically lands in a stocking that’s been hung to dry over the fireplace. You’re saved! You can marry your beau! Then, on two subsequent nights, more bags of gold arrive for your sisters. They’re saved too! Then your dad figures out where the gold came from—the new bishop in town. Turns out the holy man inherited great wealth in his teens, after his parents died of the plague. When your dad tries to tell him thanks, the humble bishop replies, “You must thank God alone for providing these gifts in answer to your prayers for deliverance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That bishop was a young St. Nicholas, and is the reason Santa’s now expected to fill every stocking on Earth each Dec. 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Saved Three Boys From Being Eaten\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890134\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890134\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM-800x502.png\" alt=\"Four classic depictions of St. Nicholas saving three boys from being pickled in a barrel.\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM-800x502.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM-160x100.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM-768x482.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.56.00-AM.png 821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four classic depictions of St. Nicholas saving three boys from being pickled in a barrel.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since the ninth century, numerous sources and paintings have suggested that St. Nick resurrected three murdered boys whose flesh was to be sold as meat. (I know, I know—there was a famine or something.) The children were apparently tricked by an evil innkeeper, and chopped up and pickled in a barrel. When the innkeeper tried to pass off the meat as ham in order to sell it, St. Nicholas realized evil was afoot, cried out to God, and raised the children from the dead. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1948, Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier immortalized the gory incident in their cantata \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wXSm0OpYR4&t=113s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Saint Nicholas\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. The seventh movement sees the parents of the murdered boys sitting down and getting ready to unwittingly eat their own offspring, when Nicholas intervenes. After instructing them, “O do not taste, O do not feed on sin,” St. Nick revives the boys with the following words: “Timothy, Mark and John / Put your fleshly garments on!” (Catchy!) The boys arrive just moments later, holding hands and singing, “Alleluia to their King!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No word on what happened to that damn cannibal innkeeper, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Was an Exorcist\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890142\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 761px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13890142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-1.11.11-PM.png\" alt=\"Two depictions of Saint Nicholas working alongside Krampus in chains.\" width=\"761\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-1.11.11-PM.png 761w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-1.11.11-PM-160x100.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two depictions of Saint Nicholas working alongside Krampus in chains.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>St. Nicholas was said to be masterful at both demon taming and expulsion. \u003ca href=\"https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/traditional-stories/early-miracles/come-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blessing the possessed\u003c/a>, book of gospels in hand, was all in a day’s work for Nick. He was so good, he’s even said to have \u003ca href=\"https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/traditional-stories/early-miracles/demons-be-gone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expelled demons\u003c/a> from a Cypress tree in the village of Plakoma. (All he had to do was swing an axe and off they went.) Which is why, for centuries, Santa has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.stnicholascenter.org/around-the-world/who-travels-with-st-nicholas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">depicted\u003c/a> in some parts of the world (particularly Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Bavaria) alongside a chained \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Krampus\u003c/a>. Sure, Santa keeps the bad guy on hand to deal with naughty children, but he keeps that demon-goat restrained so as not to harm the good ones. 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One night, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/traditional-stories/life-of-nicholas/famine-relief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">psychically located a merchant\u003c/a> in Italy (don’t ask questions) who was about to set sail for Egypt with a ship full of grain. Nicholas appeared to the merchant in a dream and bribed him with three gold coins, magically transferring them into the merchant’s hand while he was sleeping three countries away. (Again, don’t ask questions.) Nicholas told the merchant to bring the grain to Turkey, and sell it there instead. Scared and surprised, the man did as he was told, saved the Lycians, and told all who would listen the magical reason for his unexpected journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Slapped a Priest For Jesus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13890139\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13890139\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM-800x618.png\" alt=\"St. Nick slapping down the priest Arius for talking smack about Jesus, in art by Alexander Boguslawski.\" width=\"800\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM-800x618.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM-160x124.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM-768x593.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-11.38.02-AM.png 892w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Nick slapping down the priest Arius for talking smack about Jesus, in art by Alexander Boguslawski. \u003ccite>(StNicholasCenter.org)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/11/12/933843001/the-cider-sipping-mitten-wearing-guide-to-2020-holiday-movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR compiled a list\u003c/a> of all the new holiday movies arriving on our screens for 2020’s festive season. And there were 89 of them. \u003cem>EIGHTY-NINE\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, in the vast and endless sea of Christmas rom-coms, it’s almost impossible to tell one apart from another. Which might be why a weird sub-genre exists in which the Christmas rom-com tacks on a supernatural element. Because nothing livens up eggnog and longing glances over the fire like throwing a dead guy and some time travel into the mix. Here are five that are streaming right now. (There will be spoilers. And also cynicism.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Family Man\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, 2000, HBO\u003cbr>\n\u003cb>Supernatural something:\u003c/b> A parallel universe\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnouJoQs52c\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Family Man\u003c/em> is basically a vicious two-hour assault on anyone who doesn’t want to have kids. Nicolas Cage plays Jack, a successful, womanizing businessman who gets sent to a parallel universe by Don Cheadle. (I sat through two hours of this crap and never once figured out who or what Don Cheadle is supposed to be.) Anyway, Cheadle (Magic man? Angel? Demon?) meets Jack, Jack goes to sleep in his shiny New York apartment wearing tiny manties, and when Jack wakes up, he’s in the suburbs (where everything is wood-paneled for some reason), wearing regular old boxer shorts. (\u003cem>Oh, the humanity!\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his new life, Jack is married to his college girlfriend Kate, living in New Jersey, and selling tires for a living. He also has two loud children, a big dog and a life-advice-giving Jeremy Piven who lives up the street. (\u003cem>The horror!\u003c/em>) I think the people who made \u003cem>The Family Man\u003c/em> want us to think this is better than Jack’s old life. The problem is, it patently isn’t. It’s a nightmare. This is the only movie in history that has ever successfully made me sympathize with The Man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Knight Before Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, 2019, Netflix\u003cbr>\n\u003cb>Supernatural something:\u003c/b> A time-traveling knight\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JtwROpSVWc&t=11s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Knight Before Christmas\u003c/em> is basically a romantic remake of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104187/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Encino Man\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Sure, there’s a 14th-century knight instead of a caveman, and snow instead of sunshine, and a romance-starved schoolteacher instead of Pauly Shore. But other than that? It’s goddamn \u003cem>Encino Man\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you’re too young to know what \u003cem>Encino Man\u003c/em> is, here. Have this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xkTN1Z1rTQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Link the caveman and Cole the knight do a lot of the same crap, including but not limited to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>learning about life from TV,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>lighting fires in inappropriate places,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>spitting out food they don’t like,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>hoarding food they do like,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>picking up and imitating American slang,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>being babe magnets.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>I was genuinely surprised when the knight didn’t have a triumphant dance routine at the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A Christmas Prince 3: The Royal Baby\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, 2019, Netflix\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Supernatural something:\u003c/strong> A curse\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK0zCsxBG3U\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s going to sound like I’m being hyperbolic when I say this, but I promise you, I am not. \u003cem>A Christmas Prince 3\u003c/em> is the most boring movie in the history of the world. (Even in the country of Aldovia where this is set, a nation that doesn’t even exist.) It’s about baby showers (\u003cem>meh\u003c/em>) and lost international treaties (\u003cem>yawn\u003c/em>) and a very non-eventful blizzard. The extremely dull premise is not helped by the fact that the prince here is basically what would happen if someone built a human man out of dry toast. (White bread, naturally.) Why in \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>’s good name did anyone make three of these?! I can’t. I just… I can’t and you shouldn’t either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Last Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, 2019, HBO\u003cbr>\n\u003cb>Supernatural something:\u003c/b> Ghost boyfriend\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CEIcmWmtA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protagonist in \u003cem>Last Christmas\u003c/em> is a total asshole. Whether she’s killing her friend’s pet fish, outing her sister at the dinner table (!) or getting her boss’ small business broken into, she’s so awful it is impossible to care about anything she does, no matter how much acting her eyebrows do. (Even while George Michael’s delightful greatest hits are playing in the background!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day a bland archetype of a Handsome Man shows up and tries to make her less of an asshole. He takes her ice-skating, gently touches her heart transplant scar, and sings pop songs with her. Later she finds out that Handsome Man is, in fact, dead and—here comes the extra twist!—he’s the guy her heart transplant came from. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/11/12/933843001/the-cider-sipping-mitten-wearing-guide-to-2020-holiday-movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR compiled a list\u003c/a> of all the new holiday movies arriving on our screens for 2020’s festive season. And there were 89 of them. \u003cem>EIGHTY-NINE\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, in the vast and endless sea of Christmas rom-coms, it’s almost impossible to tell one apart from another. Which might be why a weird sub-genre exists in which the Christmas rom-com tacks on a supernatural element. Because nothing livens up eggnog and longing glances over the fire like throwing a dead guy and some time travel into the mix. Here are five that are streaming right now. (There will be spoilers. And also cynicism.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Family Man\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, 2000, HBO\u003cbr>\n\u003cb>Supernatural something:\u003c/b> A parallel universe\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/OnouJoQs52c'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/OnouJoQs52c'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>The Family Man\u003c/em> is basically a vicious two-hour assault on anyone who doesn’t want to have kids. Nicolas Cage plays Jack, a successful, womanizing businessman who gets sent to a parallel universe by Don Cheadle. (I sat through two hours of this crap and never once figured out who or what Don Cheadle is supposed to be.) Anyway, Cheadle (Magic man? Angel? Demon?) meets Jack, Jack goes to sleep in his shiny New York apartment wearing tiny manties, and when Jack wakes up, he’s in the suburbs (where everything is wood-paneled for some reason), wearing regular old boxer shorts. (\u003cem>Oh, the humanity!\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his new life, Jack is married to his college girlfriend Kate, living in New Jersey, and selling tires for a living. He also has two loud children, a big dog and a life-advice-giving Jeremy Piven who lives up the street. (\u003cem>The horror!\u003c/em>) I think the people who made \u003cem>The Family Man\u003c/em> want us to think this is better than Jack’s old life. The problem is, it patently isn’t. It’s a nightmare. This is the only movie in history that has ever successfully made me sympathize with The Man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Knight Before Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, 2019, Netflix\u003cbr>\n\u003cb>Supernatural something:\u003c/b> A time-traveling knight\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/-JtwROpSVWc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/-JtwROpSVWc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>The Knight Before Christmas\u003c/em> is basically a romantic remake of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104187/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Encino Man\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Sure, there’s a 14th-century knight instead of a caveman, and snow instead of sunshine, and a romance-starved schoolteacher instead of Pauly Shore. But other than that? It’s goddamn \u003cem>Encino Man\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you’re too young to know what \u003cem>Encino Man\u003c/em> is, here. Have this.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1xkTN1Z1rTQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1xkTN1Z1rTQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Link the caveman and Cole the knight do a lot of the same crap, including but not limited to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>learning about life from TV,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>lighting fires in inappropriate places,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>spitting out food they don’t like,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>hoarding food they do like,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>picking up and imitating American slang,\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>being babe magnets.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>I was genuinely surprised when the knight didn’t have a triumphant dance routine at the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A Christmas Prince 3: The Royal Baby\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, 2019, Netflix\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Supernatural something:\u003c/strong> A curse\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/RK0zCsxBG3U'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/RK0zCsxBG3U'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s going to sound like I’m being hyperbolic when I say this, but I promise you, I am not. \u003cem>A Christmas Prince 3\u003c/em> is the most boring movie in the history of the world. (Even in the country of Aldovia where this is set, a nation that doesn’t even exist.) It’s about baby showers (\u003cem>meh\u003c/em>) and lost international treaties (\u003cem>yawn\u003c/em>) and a very non-eventful blizzard. The extremely dull premise is not helped by the fact that the prince here is basically what would happen if someone built a human man out of dry toast. (White bread, naturally.) Why in \u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>’s good name did anyone make three of these?! I can’t. I just… I can’t and you shouldn’t either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Last Christmas\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, 2019, HBO\u003cbr>\n\u003cb>Supernatural something:\u003c/b> Ghost boyfriend\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/z9CEIcmWmtA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/z9CEIcmWmtA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The protagonist in \u003cem>Last Christmas\u003c/em> is a total asshole. Whether she’s killing her friend’s pet fish, outing her sister at the dinner table (!) or getting her boss’ small business broken into, she’s so awful it is impossible to care about anything she does, no matter how much acting her eyebrows do. (Even while George Michael’s delightful greatest hits are playing in the background!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day a bland archetype of a Handsome Man shows up and tries to make her less of an asshole. He takes her ice-skating, gently touches her heart transplant scar, and sings pop songs with her. Later she finds out that Handsome Man is, in fact, dead and—here comes the extra twist!—he’s the guy her heart transplant came from. 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"content": "\u003cp>Rejoice, rejoice. While being home for the holidays might seem like a redundant concept this year, you don’t have to spend them in total isolation. Here are 12 ways to give yourself the gift of a little escapist pleasure at the end of this unprecedented year while supporting the Bay Area’s heavily impacted performing arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889792\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Mac gets saucy with the holidays. \u003ccite>(Little Fang Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Don We Now Our Gay Apparel\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://sfcurran.com/shows/taylor-mac-holiday-sauce-pandemic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCurran Theatre \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans of full-spectrum spectacle need look no further than the works of MacArthur Fellow Taylor Mac, whose shows embody an expansive vision of queer abundance (and abundant queers). A regular visitor to the Bay Area, Mac first presented \u003cem>Holiday Sauce\u003c/em> on the Curran stage in 2018, a sumptuous romp through holiday memories and songs. All proceeds of this year’s virtual offering will go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.openhousesf.org\">Openhouse\u003c/a>, a local community resource for LGBTQ+ seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Livestream Dec. 12 at 7pm only. On demand until Jan. 2. $10. Info and tickets\u003ca href=\"http://sfcurran.com/shows/taylor-mac-holiday-sauce-pandemic\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.stellartickets.com/events/the-golden-girls-live/the-golden-girls-live-the-christmas-episodes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Girls LIVE: Christmas Episodes\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSF Oasis\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A beloved San Francisco holiday tradition, \u003cem>Golden Girls LIVE: Christmas Episodes\u003c/em> offers nostalgia, drag hilarity, and genuine heart all wrapped up in a Betty White-channeling bow. Co-starring Heklina (Dorothy), Matthew Martin (Blanche), D’Arcy Drollinger (Rose) and Holotta Tymes (Sophia) as our quirky quartet, this year’s episodes will be streamed live from SF Oasis headquarters, complete with a virtual sing-along and VIP meet-and-greet with the cast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 17-20, times vary. $30-$50. Info and tickets \u003ca href=\"http://www.stellartickets.com/events/the-golden-girls-live/the-golden-girls-live-the-christmas-episodes\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.nctcsf.org/events/A-Mighty-Queer-Virtual-Variety-Show\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>A Mighty Queer Virtual Variety Show\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>‘\u003cbr>\nNew Conservatory Theatre Center\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poets, performance artists, drag stars and circus acts alike appear on the New Conservatory Theatre Center’s virtual stage. Wrangled by Epic Party Theatre’s Richard A. Mosqueda, and hosted by operatic drag diva Dusty Pörn, this festive holiday sampler will fill you with holiday cheer. With Azuah, SevanKelee Lucky 7 Boult, Baruch Porras Hernandez, SNJV, and aerialist Joey The Tiger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 13–Jan. 3, on demand. $10-$40. Info and tickets \u003ca href=\"http://www.nctcsf.org/events/A-Mighty-Queer-Virtual-Variety-Show\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889789\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist-800x582.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist-768x559.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Claus (Glen Micheletti) is here to save Christmas for you. \u003ccite>(JW Darwin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Home Alone\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.getsantaclaus.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Get Santa Claus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGlen A. Micheletti\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worried about how the kiddies are going to get Santa their wishlist this year? Let expert magician and professional Santa Claus Glen A. Micheletti help. Like so many other performers, Santa Glen has developed ways to bring his act online, and offers personalized virtual visits for individual family units, large family “gatherings” and company ho-ho-holiday parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Rates start at $150 for one screen. Custom pricing and packages available for groups. Info and bookings\u003ca href=\"http://www.getsantaclaus.com\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/get-tickets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Jewelry Box\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Playhouse\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re one of the thousands of Bay Area denizens who’ve seen Brian Copeland’s \u003cem>Not a Genuine Black Man\u003c/em>, this holiday prequel is for you. A richly detailed portrait of Oakland city life as seen through the eyes of a six-year-old child on a quest to earn the perfect Christmas gift for his mother. Copeland’s performance is filmed live onstage at San Francisco Playhouse, and streamed on demand through Christmas Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nov. 28–Dec. 25, 7pm. $15-$100. Info and tickets \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/get-tickets\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"https://cltc.org/tickets/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Christmas Carol\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCity Lights Theater Company\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose’s City Lights Theater Company has been finding all kinds of creative ways to keep active, as this solo performance of Charles Dickens’ \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em> proves. Adapted and performed by prolific Bay Area actor and director Mark Anderson Phillips, this virtual tour de force will be mandatory viewing for those who enjoy their classics with a twist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 15–Jan. 5, on demand. $10-$30 (or part of season pass). Info and tickets\u003ca href=\"https://cltc.org/tickets/\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889791\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889791\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cast of ‘A Christmas Carol’ at A.C.T. in 2018. \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tradition, Tradition\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"https://secure.act-sf.org/events\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Christmas Carol: On Air\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAmerican Conservatory Theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This beloved staple of Bay Area holiday tradition gets a socially distanced makeover in the form of a radio play adaptation, helmed by Peter J. Kuo (who also directed this summer’s successful Zoom production of\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885920/alls-fair-game-in-love-and-warcraft\"> \u003cem>In Love and Warcraft\u003c/em>\u003c/a>). Starring the redoubtable James Carpenter as Ebenezer Scrooge, this tale of Christmas spirit(s) continues to stand the test of time and circumstance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 4–31, 6pm listening parties and on demand. $40–$60. Info and tickets\u003ca href=\"https://secure.act-sf.org/events\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.koshercomedy.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">28th Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Buckle up \u003cem>bubbeleh\u003c/em>. While gathering in restaurants in person may still be out of the question, there’s nothing stopping you from ordering up a few plates of Chinese food and hanging out with Lisa Geduldig and friends for the 28th annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy show—the Christmas show by and for Jews. Featuring the award-winning talents of Judy Gold and Alex Edelman, and optional participant breakout rooms for schmoozing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 24–26, times vary. Livestream. $25-$50. Info and tickets \u003ca href=\"http://www.CityBoxOffice.com/KungPao\">here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfballet.org/productions/nutcracker-online/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nutcracker Online\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Ballet\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first U.S. company to perform the “full” version of \u003cem>Nutcracker\u003c/em>, in 1944, the San Francisco Ballet hosts an annual, all-ages fantasia that attracts some 75,000 audience members per year. This year, sugar plum lovers will be able to view a classic performance choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, \u003ca href=\"https://video.kqed.org/video/great-performances-san-francisco-ballets-nutcracker-preview\">and filmed by KQED in 2007\u003c/a>. Features the luminous Yuan Yuan Tan as the Snow Queen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nov. 27–Dec. 31. $49 for 48-hour access. Info and tickets \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfballet.org/productions/nutcracker-online/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13816058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13816058\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Kitka does its annual 'Wintersongs' tour around the Bay Area\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-1180x663.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540-520x292.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/Kitka-in-the-woods-e1511990404540.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kitka does its annual ‘Wintersongs’ tour around the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Photo: Tomas Pacha/Kitka )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Winter Wonderland\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.kitka.org/wintersongs2020\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wintersongs 2020\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nKitka\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get into the fun tradition of counting down to Christmas with Kitka’s gift of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101868688/live-performance-kitka-sings-wintersongs-of-eastern-europe\">Wintersong\u003c/a>. Each day until Dec. 31, this all-woman vocal ensemble—who specialize in excavating the traditional music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans—will release one new song online for all to enjoy, free of charge (donations accepted).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Through Dec. 31. Free. Info and songs \u003ca href=\"http://www.kitka.org/wintersongs2020\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"https://theatreworks.org/simplegifts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Simple Gifts\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nTheatreWorks Silicon Valley\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Tim Bond took over the artistic leadership of TheatreWorks in July, he stepped into a season beset by unanticipated challenges from the pandemic shutdown of live theatre. With \u003cem>Simple Gifts\u003c/em>, he offers a welcome respite from the chaos, with a carefully chosen cast performing music from a diverse array of holiday traditions such as Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, Noche Buena, Diwali and Las Posadas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 10–28. Times vary. $10+. Info and tickets\u003ca href=\"https://theatreworks.org/simplegifts/\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://manualcinema.com/christmascarol\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Christmas Carol\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nManual Cinema\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Tis the season to get Scrooged, and Manual Cinema’s original take on Dickens’ classic is poised to be one of this year’s most memorable. Created by Chicago-based Manual Cinema, who infuse their multimedia projects with elements of live performance, this daring adaptation includes shadow puppets, live actors, projections, immersive sound design and original music. Co-presented with Cal Performances for three nights (and other organizations from Dec. 3-20).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 17-19, times vary, livestream. Info and tickets\u003ca href=\"https://calperformances.org/events/2020-21/at-home/manual-cinema-a-christmas-carol/\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Rejoice, rejoice. While being home for the holidays might seem like a redundant concept this year, you don’t have to spend them in total isolation. Here are 12 ways to give yourself the gift of a little escapist pleasure at the end of this unprecedented year while supporting the Bay Area’s heavily impacted performing arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889792\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/TaylorMac_HolidaySauce_credit_LittleFang-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Mac gets saucy with the holidays. \u003ccite>(Little Fang Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Don We Now Our Gay Apparel\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://sfcurran.com/shows/taylor-mac-holiday-sauce-pandemic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCurran Theatre \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans of full-spectrum spectacle need look no further than the works of MacArthur Fellow Taylor Mac, whose shows embody an expansive vision of queer abundance (and abundant queers). A regular visitor to the Bay Area, Mac first presented \u003cem>Holiday Sauce\u003c/em> on the Curran stage in 2018, a sumptuous romp through holiday memories and songs. All proceeds of this year’s virtual offering will go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.openhousesf.org\">Openhouse\u003c/a>, a local community resource for LGBTQ+ seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Livestream Dec. 12 at 7pm only. On demand until Jan. 2. $10. Info and tickets\u003ca href=\"http://sfcurran.com/shows/taylor-mac-holiday-sauce-pandemic\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.stellartickets.com/events/the-golden-girls-live/the-golden-girls-live-the-christmas-episodes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Girls LIVE: Christmas Episodes\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSF Oasis\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A beloved San Francisco holiday tradition, \u003cem>Golden Girls LIVE: Christmas Episodes\u003c/em> offers nostalgia, drag hilarity, and genuine heart all wrapped up in a Betty White-channeling bow. Co-starring Heklina (Dorothy), Matthew Martin (Blanche), D’Arcy Drollinger (Rose) and Holotta Tymes (Sophia) as our quirky quartet, this year’s episodes will be streamed live from SF Oasis headquarters, complete with a virtual sing-along and VIP meet-and-greet with the cast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 17-20, times vary. $30-$50. Info and tickets \u003ca href=\"http://www.stellartickets.com/events/the-golden-girls-live/the-golden-girls-live-the-christmas-episodes\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.nctcsf.org/events/A-Mighty-Queer-Virtual-Variety-Show\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>A Mighty Queer Virtual Variety Show\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>‘\u003cbr>\nNew Conservatory Theatre Center\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poets, performance artists, drag stars and circus acts alike appear on the New Conservatory Theatre Center’s virtual stage. Wrangled by Epic Party Theatre’s Richard A. Mosqueda, and hosted by operatic drag diva Dusty Pörn, this festive holiday sampler will fill you with holiday cheer. With Azuah, SevanKelee Lucky 7 Boult, Baruch Porras Hernandez, SNJV, and aerialist Joey The Tiger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 13–Jan. 3, on demand. $10-$40. Info and tickets \u003ca href=\"http://www.nctcsf.org/events/A-Mighty-Queer-Virtual-Variety-Show\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889789\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist-800x582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist-800x582.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist-768x559.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/SantaGlen_photocredit_courtesyoftheartist.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Claus (Glen Micheletti) is here to save Christmas for you. \u003ccite>(JW Darwin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Home Alone\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.getsantaclaus.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Get Santa Claus\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGlen A. Micheletti\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worried about how the kiddies are going to get Santa their wishlist this year? Let expert magician and professional Santa Claus Glen A. Micheletti help. Like so many other performers, Santa Glen has developed ways to bring his act online, and offers personalized virtual visits for individual family units, large family “gatherings” and company ho-ho-holiday parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Rates start at $150 for one screen. Custom pricing and packages available for groups. Info and bookings\u003ca href=\"http://www.getsantaclaus.com\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/get-tickets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Jewelry Box\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Playhouse\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re one of the thousands of Bay Area denizens who’ve seen Brian Copeland’s \u003cem>Not a Genuine Black Man\u003c/em>, this holiday prequel is for you. A richly detailed portrait of Oakland city life as seen through the eyes of a six-year-old child on a quest to earn the perfect Christmas gift for his mother. Copeland’s performance is filmed live onstage at San Francisco Playhouse, and streamed on demand through Christmas Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nov. 28–Dec. 25, 7pm. $15-$100. Info and tickets \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/get-tickets\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"https://cltc.org/tickets/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Christmas Carol\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCity Lights Theater Company\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose’s City Lights Theater Company has been finding all kinds of creative ways to keep active, as this solo performance of Charles Dickens’ \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em> proves. Adapted and performed by prolific Bay Area actor and director Mark Anderson Phillips, this virtual tour de force will be mandatory viewing for those who enjoy their classics with a twist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 15–Jan. 5, on demand. $10-$30 (or part of season pass). Info and tickets\u003ca href=\"https://cltc.org/tickets/\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13889791\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13889791\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/ACT_AChristmasCarol2018_photocredit_KevinBerne.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cast of ‘A Christmas Carol’ at A.C.T. in 2018. \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tradition, Tradition\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘\u003ca href=\"https://secure.act-sf.org/events\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Christmas Carol: On Air\u003c/a>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAmerican Conservatory Theater\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This beloved staple of Bay Area holiday tradition gets a socially distanced makeover in the form of a radio play adaptation, helmed by Peter J. Kuo (who also directed this summer’s successful Zoom production of\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885920/alls-fair-game-in-love-and-warcraft\"> \u003cem>In Love and Warcraft\u003c/em>\u003c/a>). Starring the redoubtable James Carpenter as Ebenezer Scrooge, this tale of Christmas spirit(s) continues to stand the test of time and circumstance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 4–31, 6pm listening parties and on demand. $40–$60. Info and tickets\u003ca href=\"https://secure.act-sf.org/events\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.koshercomedy.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">28th Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Buckle up \u003cem>bubbeleh\u003c/em>. While gathering in restaurants in person may still be out of the question, there’s nothing stopping you from ordering up a few plates of Chinese food and hanging out with Lisa Geduldig and friends for the 28th annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy show—the Christmas show by and for Jews. Featuring the award-winning talents of Judy Gold and Alex Edelman, and optional participant breakout rooms for schmoozing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dec. 24–26, times vary. Livestream. $25-$50. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s that time of year again, when a sizable percentage of beloved musicians refuse to release any new material unless it’s bogged down in festive tropes. I know what you’re all (probably? maybe? not at all?) wondering: Do 2019’s primary contenders for “new Christmas classic” have any staying power? Well, that depends on how many seasonal mentions the singers can cram into a single track. Let me introduce you to a little game I’m going to call… Christmas Cliché Bingo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bingo card combines all of the key elements from the two contemporary songs that dominate every festive season: Mariah Carey’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All I Want For Christmas is You\u003c/a>” and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fairytale of New York\u003c/a>” by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. Feel free to print it out, play along, and use it for drinking game-related purposes throughout the festive season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871309\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Song Bingo\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas Song Bingo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[NB: The “Non-Gift Wishlist” square applies to every mention of wanting something for Christmas that isn’t a physical present.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s do this!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Liam Payne, “All I Want (For Christmas)”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871326 alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ex-One Direction singer has the distinction of only ticking three boxes on the cliché card, thanks to his bold decision to write a seasonal song about clinging desperately to an unhealthy relationship for reasons that remain entirely unclear.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The complete and total absence of sleigh bells.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Almost none. You will probably never hear this again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9vsr9i_AFM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Alessia Cara, “Make it to Christmas”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871331 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alessia Cara’s seasonal single is basically a jauntier version of Liam Payne’s. She too is clinging to a relationship for arbitrary seasonal reasons, except she’s added a soupçon of familial guilt to make the whole thing even more unreasonable.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The lyrics “Don’t know what I’ll say to dad when he sees the empty chair / Don’t wanna hear my mom say ‘Told you so’” are so brazenly manipulative, it’s astonishing.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Only in department stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLrmP9GBd3c\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Kelly Rowland, “Love You More at Christmas Time” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871323 alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the song equivalent of a warm bowl of rice pudding. No one is particularly excited about it, but no one is mad at it either. Feel free to shrug your way through it nonchalantly.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> No idea. I’ve already forgotten how it goes.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Only at your auntie’s house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dw9uSWdUqI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Ne-Yo, “Just Ain’t Christmas”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871330 alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want a song that makes you feel seasonal, sexy and sad simultaneously, this is the one for you. Ne-Yo also has the distinction of being the first artist on this list to describe a human woman as if she’s a metaphorical gift.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> First Christmas song of 2019 you can grind to.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Only in The Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-k8TJqs6o8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Little Mix, “One I’ve Been Missing” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871327 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a heartfelt ballad about looking forward to spending the holidays with your boo. Because you spend all year away from your boo. Seems quite specific to being in a touring band, but you do you, Little Mix.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The ’60s girl group vibes on the chorus.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity: \u003c/strong>A couple of years… but only in the U.K.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=HN6GHQroP1I&feature=emb_logo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Jonas Brothers, “Like It’s Christmas”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871324 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All you need to know is that it’s enough of a hand-clap-infused bop that all the clichés become somehow more tolerable.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nBest Bit:\u003c/strong> The actual sense of joy peppered throughout.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Totally dependent on how long Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas appear happy in their marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Bb8wRx_T4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lea Michele, “Christmas in New York”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871328 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lea Michele’s ode to New York sounds less like a real tribute to the city, and more like a checklist of tourist crap she’s crossing off from a brochure. If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if someone wrote a song for the holidays with the express aim of licensing it for a plethora of regional advertising, wonder no more.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The shoutout to Thanksgiving at the start is okay I guess?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Will be used on every New York tourist board commercial, every winter, until the end of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DudygHca9AY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Taylor Swift, “Christmas Tree Farm” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871322 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that really matters here is that if you encored this track with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “Welcome to New York” and Swift’s 2007 \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taylor_Swift_Holiday_Collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Holiday Collection\u003c/em>\u003c/a> EP, you’d have a full bingo card. The song is fine, but whatever.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The “You-hoo-hoo!” part at the end that sounds like the chorus to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuXNumBwDOM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ME!\u003c/a>”\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Probably. But only because it’s Taylor Swift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3rDTAdM2o\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Katy Perry, “Cozy Little Christmas” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871329 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it okay to rhyme “whisky” with “frisky,” and “stressin'” with “caressin'”? Of course not. \u003cem>And\u003c/em> this Christmas single scores almost a complete card in Cliché Bingo. But it’s also the only one that’s been stuck in my head all week, so… Goddamnit, Katy Perry, you win.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The plinky piano.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Amazon Music subscribers had exclusive access to this a full year ago, but now this earworm has been unfurled on the rest of the world, expect to be cursing it annually for a long time to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg8Gk1iXEIs\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s that time of year again, when a sizable percentage of beloved musicians refuse to release any new material unless it’s bogged down in festive tropes. I know what you’re all (probably? maybe? not at all?) wondering: Do 2019’s primary contenders for “new Christmas classic” have any staying power? Well, that depends on how many seasonal mentions the singers can cram into a single track. Let me introduce you to a little game I’m going to call… Christmas Cliché Bingo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bingo card combines all of the key elements from the two contemporary songs that dominate every festive season: Mariah Carey’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All I Want For Christmas is You\u003c/a>” and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fairytale of New York\u003c/a>” by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. Feel free to print it out, play along, and use it for drinking game-related purposes throughout the festive season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871309\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Song Bingo\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas Song Bingo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[NB: The “Non-Gift Wishlist” square applies to every mention of wanting something for Christmas that isn’t a physical present.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s do this!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Liam Payne, “All I Want (For Christmas)”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871326 alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-5-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ex-One Direction singer has the distinction of only ticking three boxes on the cliché card, thanks to his bold decision to write a seasonal song about clinging desperately to an unhealthy relationship for reasons that remain entirely unclear.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The complete and total absence of sleigh bells.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Almost none. You will probably never hear this again.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/C9vsr9i_AFM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/C9vsr9i_AFM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Alessia Cara, “Make it to Christmas”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871331 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-10-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alessia Cara’s seasonal single is basically a jauntier version of Liam Payne’s. She too is clinging to a relationship for arbitrary seasonal reasons, except she’s added a soupçon of familial guilt to make the whole thing even more unreasonable.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The lyrics “Don’t know what I’ll say to dad when he sees the empty chair / Don’t wanna hear my mom say ‘Told you so’” are so brazenly manipulative, it’s astonishing.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Only in department stores.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/QLrmP9GBd3c'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/QLrmP9GBd3c'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Kelly Rowland, “Love You More at Christmas Time” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871323 alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-2-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the song equivalent of a warm bowl of rice pudding. No one is particularly excited about it, but no one is mad at it either. Feel free to shrug your way through it nonchalantly.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> No idea. I’ve already forgotten how it goes.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Only at your auntie’s house.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/_Dw9uSWdUqI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/_Dw9uSWdUqI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Ne-Yo, “Just Ain’t Christmas”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871330 alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-9-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want a song that makes you feel seasonal, sexy and sad simultaneously, this is the one for you. Ne-Yo also has the distinction of being the first artist on this list to describe a human woman as if she’s a metaphorical gift.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> First Christmas song of 2019 you can grind to.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Only in The Club.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/k-k8TJqs6o8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/k-k8TJqs6o8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Little Mix, “One I’ve Been Missing” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871327 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-6-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a heartfelt ballad about looking forward to spending the holidays with your boo. Because you spend all year away from your boo. Seems quite specific to being in a touring band, but you do you, Little Mix.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The ’60s girl group vibes on the chorus.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity: \u003c/strong>A couple of years… but only in the U.K.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/HN6GHQroP1I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/HN6GHQroP1I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Jonas Brothers, “Like It’s Christmas”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871324 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-3-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All you need to know is that it’s enough of a hand-clap-infused bop that all the clichés become somehow more tolerable.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nBest Bit:\u003c/strong> The actual sense of joy peppered throughout.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Totally dependent on how long Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas appear happy in their marriage.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/d_Bb8wRx_T4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/d_Bb8wRx_T4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lea Michele, “Christmas in New York”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871328 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-7-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lea Michele’s ode to New York sounds less like a real tribute to the city, and more like a checklist of tourist crap she’s crossing off from a brochure. If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if someone wrote a song for the holidays with the express aim of licensing it for a plethora of regional advertising, wonder no more.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The shoutout to Thanksgiving at the start is okay I guess?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Will be used on every New York tourist board commercial, every winter, until the end of time.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/DudygHca9AY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/DudygHca9AY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Taylor Swift, “Christmas Tree Farm” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871322 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-1-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that really matters here is that if you encored this track with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “Welcome to New York” and Swift’s 2007 \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taylor_Swift_Holiday_Collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Holiday Collection\u003c/em>\u003c/a> EP, you’d have a full bingo card. The song is fine, but whatever.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The “You-hoo-hoo!” part at the end that sounds like the chorus to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuXNumBwDOM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ME!\u003c/a>”\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Probably. But only because it’s Taylor Swift.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/mN3rDTAdM2o'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/mN3rDTAdM2o'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Katy Perry, “Cozy Little Christmas” \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871329 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/xmas-song-bingo-FINAL-8-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it okay to rhyme “whisky” with “frisky,” and “stressin'” with “caressin'”? Of course not. \u003cem>And\u003c/em> this Christmas single scores almost a complete card in Cliché Bingo. But it’s also the only one that’s been stuck in my head all week, so… Goddamnit, Katy Perry, you win.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Best Bit:\u003c/strong> The plinky piano.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Longevity:\u003c/strong> Amazon Music subscribers had exclusive access to this a full year ago, but now this earworm has been unfurled on the rest of the world, expect to be cursing it annually for a long time to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/sg8Gk1iXEIs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/sg8Gk1iXEIs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ah, December. The most magical time of year… unless the relentless onslaught of the holly-daze leaves you cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I gave up counting how many Christmas-themed theater shows are currently running in the Bay Area, from the old standby \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em> to fanciful mashups such as \u003cem>Christmas in OZ\u003c/em> and Peaches Christ’s \u003cem>Femlins\u003c/em>. (Not to mention at least eight versions of \u003cem>The Nutcracker\u003c/em>.) And while these clearly beloved classics and comedies appeal to a specific, doubtlessly enthusiastic audience, for the non-denominational arts lover in December it can be difficult to find secular alternatives. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happily, they do exist. Here are just a few standouts to get you started on your mistletoe-free theater spree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871098\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-800x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-800x570.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-1020x727.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-1200x855.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King.jpg 1658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Aaron Oh, Will Livingston, and Caitlin Evenson in Shualee Cook’s ‘An Invitation Out,’ presented by Quantum Dragon Theatre. \u003ccite>(Morgan Finley King)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘An Invitation Out’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Shualee Cook, Quantum Dragon Theatre\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s only theatre company dedicated to the production of science fiction and fantasy plays presents the West Coast premiere of Shualee Cook’s \u003cem>An Invitation Out.\u003c/em> Billed as a “science fiction comedy of manners,” this social-media inspired futuristic comedy is set in an online virtual reality, where one can assume and shed identities with the click of a button. But can anything convince them to “unplug” and rejoin the world of the Outdwellers? Anchored by a nine-person cast of Bay Area stalwarts, and directed by Kieran Beccia, this play delves into the questions that make us human—while wrapped in neo-Victorian/cyberspace glamour. (\u003cem>Runs Dec. 14-29; \u003ca href=\"http://www.quantumdragon.org/an-invitation-out\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-805x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Ernst as Niels Bohr in 'Copenhagen,' by Michael Frayn, presented by Indra's Net Theater.\" width=\"640\" height=\"954\" class=\"size-complete_open_graph wp-image-13871097\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-805x1200.jpg 805w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-160x239.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-800x1193.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-768x1145.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Ernst as Niels Bohr in ‘Copenhagen,’ by Michael Frayn, presented by Indra’s Net Theater. \u003ccite>(Irene Young)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Copenhagen’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Michael Frayn, Indra’s Net Theater\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From science fiction to scientists, Bay Area Theater is carving out a space for scientific discourse of many kinds, and Indra’s Net Theater is at the forefront. As a company focused on producing plays about hard science, their characters include Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking, and Shrinivasa Ramanujan. This year they’re reprising their successful 2013 production, \u003cem>Copenhagen\u003c/em>—a play about a secret meeting between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg to discuss the viability of an atomic bomb. After new information about the historic meeting between Bohr and Heisenberg came to light in 2018, Michael Frayn made some changes to his Tony Award-winning script to reflect the additional material. This is the Bay Area premiere of the newly revised script, and a chance to revisit this ethical dilemma as it plays out in the afterlife. (\u003cem>Runs Dec. 19, 2019-Jan. 12, 2020. \u003ca href=\"http://www.indrasnettheater.com/\">Details here\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871094\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/berkeleyrep_Beckynurse_PamelaReed_credit_KevinBerne-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/berkeleyrep_Beckynurse_PamelaReed_credit_KevinBerne-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/berkeleyrep_Beckynurse_PamelaReed_credit_KevinBerne-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/berkeleyrep_Beckynurse_PamelaReed_credit_KevinBerne-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/berkeleyrep_Beckynurse_PamelaReed_credit_KevinBerne.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pamela Reed in Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s world premiere, ‘Becky Nurse.’ \u003ccite>(Kevin Berne)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Becky Nurse’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Sarah Ruhl, Berkeley Repertory Theatre\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wrestling with the complex reverberations of the Salem Witch trials through the eyes of a present-day descendant of Rebecca Nurse, one of the wrongfully accused and murdered, this world premiere production ties the two together with dark comedy and a magickal reckoning. Written by Sarah Ruhl, an award-winning playwright whose deft and inspired comedies have been produced five other times on the Berkeley Rep stage, and starring Pamela Reed in the titular role, \u003cem>Becky Nurse \u003c/em>will provide a bracing antidote to the “holiday spirit” with its nods to the occult, female power, and the art of speaking out. (\u003cem>Previews from Dec. 12, show runs through Jan. 26, 2020. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/1920/14545.asp\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871096\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/VinegarTom_ShotgunPlayer_MeganTrout_credit_-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/VinegarTom_ShotgunPlayer_MeganTrout_credit_-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/VinegarTom_ShotgunPlayer_MeganTrout_credit_-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/VinegarTom_ShotgunPlayer_MeganTrout_credit_-768x483.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/VinegarTom_ShotgunPlayer_MeganTrout_credit_-1020x641.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/VinegarTom_ShotgunPlayer_MeganTrout_credit_-1200x754.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/VinegarTom_ShotgunPlayer_MeganTrout_credit_-1920x1207.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/VinegarTom_ShotgunPlayer_MeganTrout_credit_.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Trout as Alice in ‘Vinegar Tom,’ by Caryl Churchill, presented by Shotgun Players. \u003ccite>(Robbie Sweeny)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Vinegar Tom’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Caryl Churchill, Shotgun Players\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of the occult and female power, Caryl Churchill’s exploration of witchy women \u003cem>Vinegar Tom\u003c/em> gets the Shotgun Players treatment this month on the Ashby Stage. Directed by Ariel Craft, with music direction by Daniel Alley and original music by songwriter Diana Lawrence, this audacious nod to Brechtian “epic theater” examines the ruling power’s propensity to demonize its challengers—one witch trial and contemporary ballad at a time. Celebrate the continuation of the Bay Area’s spontaneous Caryl Churchill revival with the fourth play of hers to be produced this year on area stages, with a fifth to open at Magic Theatre next April. (\u003cem>Runs Dec. 6, 2019-Jan. 5, 2020. \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/2FPuyCJ\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AASC_DevinACunninham_FunmiLola_crdit_LanceHuntley-960x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Devin A. Cunningham and Funmi Lola in the African-American Shakespeare Company's annual presentation of 'Cinderella.'\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-complete_open_graph wp-image-13871095\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AASC_DevinACunninham_FunmiLola_crdit_LanceHuntley-960x1200.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AASC_DevinACunninham_FunmiLola_crdit_LanceHuntley-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AASC_DevinACunninham_FunmiLola_crdit_LanceHuntley-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AASC_DevinACunninham_FunmiLola_crdit_LanceHuntley-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AASC_DevinACunninham_FunmiLola_crdit_LanceHuntley.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Devin A. 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This year’s action-packed weekend of shows also includes an activity-filled afternoon tea with a meet-and-greet opportunity with the cast, and treats for all. Directed by Sherri Young. (Runs Dec. 20-22. \u003ca href=\"http://www.african-americanshakes.org/productions/cinderella/\">Details here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ah, December. The most magical time of year… unless the relentless onslaught of the holly-daze leaves you cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I gave up counting how many Christmas-themed theater shows are currently running in the Bay Area, from the old standby \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em> to fanciful mashups such as \u003cem>Christmas in OZ\u003c/em> and Peaches Christ’s \u003cem>Femlins\u003c/em>. (Not to mention at least eight versions of \u003cem>The Nutcracker\u003c/em>.) And while these clearly beloved classics and comedies appeal to a specific, doubtlessly enthusiastic audience, for the non-denominational arts lover in December it can be difficult to find secular alternatives. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happily, they do exist. Here are just a few standouts to get you started on your mistletoe-free theater spree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13871098\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-800x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-800x570.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-1020x727.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King-1200x855.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/QuantumDragon_James-Aaron-Oh-as-FlyByNiteSOA-Will-Livingston-as-Wridget-Caitlin-Evenson-as-Flutterbye99__credit-Morgan-Finley-King.jpg 1658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Aaron Oh, Will Livingston, and Caitlin Evenson in Shualee Cook’s ‘An Invitation Out,’ presented by Quantum Dragon Theatre. \u003ccite>(Morgan Finley King)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘An Invitation Out’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Shualee Cook, Quantum Dragon Theatre\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s only theatre company dedicated to the production of science fiction and fantasy plays presents the West Coast premiere of Shualee Cook’s \u003cem>An Invitation Out.\u003c/em> Billed as a “science fiction comedy of manners,” this social-media inspired futuristic comedy is set in an online virtual reality, where one can assume and shed identities with the click of a button. But can anything convince them to “unplug” and rejoin the world of the Outdwellers? Anchored by a nine-person cast of Bay Area stalwarts, and directed by Kieran Beccia, this play delves into the questions that make us human—while wrapped in neo-Victorian/cyberspace glamour. (\u003cem>Runs Dec. 14-29; \u003ca href=\"http://www.quantumdragon.org/an-invitation-out\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-805x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Ernst as Niels Bohr in 'Copenhagen,' by Michael Frayn, presented by Indra's Net Theater.\" width=\"640\" height=\"954\" class=\"size-complete_open_graph wp-image-13871097\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-805x1200.jpg 805w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-160x239.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-800x1193.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young-768x1145.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/IndrasNet_Robert-Ernst_0339HiResPRINT_by-Irene-Young.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Ernst as Niels Bohr in ‘Copenhagen,’ by Michael Frayn, presented by Indra’s Net Theater. \u003ccite>(Irene Young)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Copenhagen’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Michael Frayn, Indra’s Net Theater\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Written by Sarah Ruhl, an award-winning playwright whose deft and inspired comedies have been produced five other times on the Berkeley Rep stage, and starring Pamela Reed in the titular role, \u003cem>Becky Nurse \u003c/em>will provide a bracing antidote to the “holiday spirit” with its nods to the occult, female power, and the art of speaking out. 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Directed by Ariel Craft, with music direction by Daniel Alley and original music by songwriter Diana Lawrence, this audacious nod to Brechtian “epic theater” examines the ruling power’s propensity to demonize its challengers—one witch trial and contemporary ballad at a time. Celebrate the continuation of the Bay Area’s spontaneous Caryl Churchill revival with the fourth play of hers to be produced this year on area stages, with a fifth to open at Magic Theatre next April. (\u003cem>Runs Dec. 6, 2019-Jan. 5, 2020. \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/2FPuyCJ\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/AASC_DevinACunninham_FunmiLola_crdit_LanceHuntley-960x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Devin A. 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This year’s action-packed weekend of shows also includes an activity-filled afternoon tea with a meet-and-greet opportunity with the cast, and treats for all. Directed by Sherri Young. (Runs Dec. 20-22. \u003ca href=\"http://www.african-americanshakes.org/productions/cinderella/\">Details here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>You don’t have to be a Christian or given to holiday season kitsch to appreciate the annual \u003ca href=\"http://www.christmascreche.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christmas Crèche Exhibit\u003c/a> at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a couple thousand years now, the nativity scene has inspired artists all over the world to depict the magic of the Christmas story: Baby Jesus in a Bethlehem manger, surrounded by his parents, Mary and Joseph, the three wise men, shepherds, a host of farm animals and sometimes local villagers, too. It’s an ancient tradition, as open to individual interpretation as there are humans on earth. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It started with just a few people, with a few nativities, from a few places, in one room, and it’s grown to now, where we have it for five days and 10,000 people come every year as a tradition,” says Marguerite Gong Hancock, co-director and co-founder, here all 32 years the church has been putting on this show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13871058\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40347_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-24-13-AM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"This nativity scene from Ethiopia is painted on goat skin.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40347_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-24-13-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40347_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-24-13-AM-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40347_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-24-13-AM-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40347_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-24-13-AM-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40347_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-24-13-AM-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40347_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-24-13-AM-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This nativity scene from Ethiopia is painted on goat skin. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These days, people come by the busload from senior centers and elementary schools all over the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Families and book clubs add lunch nearby and make a day of it in Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exhibit now takes over the whole building, from the sanctuary to the basketball court. There are 50 countries represented, with more than 250 nativities in every media imaginable: paint, porcelain, crystal, driftwood, goat skin, tagua nut, recycled bicycle wheels, auto parts, et cetera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a whole range, things that are from artists who may be internationally known to things that are made by school children,” Gong Hancock says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13871059 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"This nativity scene from Ecuador is carved out of tagua nut.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This nativity scene from Ecuador is carved out of tagua nut. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Straining to remember whether this pastiche reflects the stories told in biblical texts? Better to relax and accept this genre gives wide berth to artistic imagination and cultural diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of people apply to feature their nativity scenes every year, but only ten percent or so are chosen. Gong Hancock and her co-curator try to contain the deluge with an annual theme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the theme is “Star of Wonder, Star of Night,” referencing the popular Christmas carol, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEGHk9LXQSk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>We Three KIngs\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Of course, that’s a broad theme. To further subcategorize, the church’s seven rooms each focus on a color, media or geographic region, like Asia, or South America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13871060\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut.jpg\" alt='This nativity scene, constructed from bicycle parts, is called \"\"The hopes and fears of all the gears.\" ' width=\"1920\" height=\"1755\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-160x146.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-800x731.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-768x702.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-1020x932.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-1200x1097.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This nativity scene, constructed from bicycle parts, is called “”The hopes and fears of all the gears.” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>Where did this holiday staple begin? Gong Hancock explains, “The story goes that \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/history-of-the-christmas-creche-st-francis-invented-the-nativity-scene.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Francis of Assisi\u003c/a>, in 1223, created the first nativity in Italy, inspired by seeing shepherds in the distance. Over time, people started to make beautiful figurines and statues, and the churches would put them on display. People would tour from church to church to church. So it’s in that spirit that we have gathered nativity scenes and opened wide our doors, so that people can come and enjoy them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also live art, music, and marionette shows daily, as well as craft workshops for children. Is it over the top? Absolutely, but not in the materialistic way Americans have come to love and/or hate. The exhibit is free, the labor is volunteered, and the art is surprising and delightful, regardless of whether Christianity is your jam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The 32 annual Christmas Crèche Exhibit runs December 7-11, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Palo Alto. \u003ca href=\"http://www.christmascreche.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a whole range, things that are from artists who may be internationally known to things that are made by school children,” Gong Hancock says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13871059 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut.jpg\" alt=\"This nativity scene from Ecuador is carved out of tagua nut.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40348_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-25-49-AM-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This nativity scene from Ecuador is carved out of tagua nut. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Straining to remember whether this pastiche reflects the stories told in biblical texts? Better to relax and accept this genre gives wide berth to artistic imagination and cultural diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of people apply to feature their nativity scenes every year, but only ten percent or so are chosen. Gong Hancock and her co-curator try to contain the deluge with an annual theme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the theme is “Star of Wonder, Star of Night,” referencing the popular Christmas carol, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEGHk9LXQSk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>We Three KIngs\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Of course, that’s a broad theme. To further subcategorize, the church’s seven rooms each focus on a color, media or geographic region, like Asia, or South America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13871060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13871060\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut.jpg\" alt='This nativity scene, constructed from bicycle parts, is called \"\"The hopes and fears of all the gears.\" ' width=\"1920\" height=\"1755\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-160x146.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-800x731.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-768x702.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-1020x932.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/RS40346_PHOTO-DEC-06-10-23-06-AM-qut-1200x1097.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This nativity scene, constructed from bicycle parts, is called “”The hopes and fears of all the gears.” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>Where did this holiday staple begin? Gong Hancock explains, “The story goes that \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/history-of-the-christmas-creche-st-francis-invented-the-nativity-scene.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Francis of Assisi\u003c/a>, in 1223, created the first nativity in Italy, inspired by seeing shepherds in the distance. Over time, people started to make beautiful figurines and statues, and the churches would put them on display. People would tour from church to church to church. So it’s in that spirit that we have gathered nativity scenes and opened wide our doors, so that people can come and enjoy them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also live art, music, and marionette shows daily, as well as craft workshops for children. Is it over the top? Absolutely, but not in the materialistic way Americans have come to love and/or hate. The exhibit is free, the labor is volunteered, and the art is surprising and delightful, regardless of whether Christianity is your jam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The 32 annual Christmas Crèche Exhibit runs December 7-11, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Palo Alto. \u003ca href=\"http://www.christmascreche.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Wondering about the best podcasts for trips, long drives or (let’s face it) airport delays?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the holidays fast approaching, chances are you’ll find yourself hitting the road or sky, and in need of binge-worthy audio to entertain you. Never fear: below, we’ve collected seven of the most immersive, compelling and (sorry) \u003cem>transporting\u003c/em> podcast episodes to recently come out of KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cue up these picks on your podcast platform of choice—or scroll to the end to download the Spotify playlist—and you’ll never be bored while stuck in traffic or delayed at the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782405/tunnels-under-san-francisco-inside-the-dark-dangerous-world-of-the-sewers\">Secret Tunnels Under San Francisco? \u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>Bay Curious\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869970\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every episode of \u003cem>Bay Curious\u003c/em> is sparked by audience curiosity about local conundrums–and they’ve received a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of questions about whether there’s a network of mystery tunnels under San Francisco. This dark-and-dirty episode takes listeners to a place it’s likely they will never actually visit; a very real labyrinth that sprawls deep underground—AKA the city’s vast sewer system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to the episode to explore this underworld with the \u003cem>Bay Curious\u003c/em> team. Between lethal gases, fast-flowing rivers of sewage and the risk of getting lost in the darkness, you’ll probably be glad to take this tour \u003cem>virtually\u003c/em> via your headphones, rather than IRL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782405/tunnels-under-san-francisco-inside-the-dark-dangerous-world-of-the-sewers\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secret-tunnels-under-san-francisco/id1172473406?i=1000455577910\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777723/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-the-sound-of-the-swarm-to-keep-her-hives-happy\">Blind Beekeeper Relies on Sound to Keep Her Hives Happy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>The California Report Magazine\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13869926 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think I could be a good beekeeper without being able to see.” This special episode from \u003cem>The California Report Magazine\u003c/em>’s weekly podcast immerses the listener in the world of Aerial: a Bay area nurse who lost her sight after using tampered eyedrops. Navigating her new reality, she found purpose and meaning in the hobby she’d enjoyed since she was a teen: beekeeping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen as Aerial explains how she knows whether her swarm—she calls them “her girls”—are happy, and how to hear their “waggle dance” (the movement bees make to tell others where to find pollen). After experiencing this episode, you’ll never hear bees again the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777723/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-the-sound-of-the-swarm-to-keep-her-hives-happy\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-sound-to-keep-her-hives-happy/id1314750545?i=1000452376183\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102783/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink-one-makeover-at-a-time\">\u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em>‘s Jonathan Van Ness on Turning Red States Pink\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869925\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most engrossing podcast interviews are the ones where you feel you’ve been teleported into the room with the people in question—and this 2018 interview with the infamously personable \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em> star Jonathan Van Ness on KQED’s pop culture podcast \u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em> is no exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a conversation that ranges from raucous to heartfelt and intimate, Van Ness talks to hosts Emmanuel Hapsis, Jamedra Brown-Fleischman and Carly Severn about growing up gay in a small town, dealing with online trolls, the healing power of figure skating and a particularly controversial moment from \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em>’s second season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102783/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink-one-makeover-at-a-time\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink/id1041117499?i=1000407027183\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/42/joy-may-16th\">Joy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nfrom \u003cem>Truth Be Told \u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869927\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it OK to feel joy when it feels like the world is burning? In the first episode of KQED’s advice show made by people of color for people of color, host Tonya Mosley brings us to her hometown of Detroit, Michigan—the “epicenter of pleasure in the midst of turmoil,” as she calls it. Mosley sits down with her grandmother Ernestine Mosley and \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> bestselling author Adrienne Maree Brown for some hard questions, deep laughs, and much-needed affirmations about why it’s not only OK to feel joy, but it’s absolutely necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And stay tuned: \u003cem>Truth Be Told\u003c/em> returns for a second season in early 2020!\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/42/joy-may-16th\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joy-episode-1/id1462216572?i=1000438248776\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11780279/native-american-occupation-at-alcatraz-50-years\">‘We’re Still Here’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom\u003cem> The Bay\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869928\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this episode of\u003cem> The Bay\u003c/em>, KQED reporter Alice Woelfle follows along with Native people from across the West Coast in a ceremonial canoe journey around Alcatraz Island. First, we hear the building of a tule boat, then the sound of paddle hitting the water as members of different tribes, territories, communities and families embark on their paddle around the island before returning to shore to be greeted by Ohlone elders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The paddle commemorated the 50-year anniversary of the occupation of Alcatraz, a movement which lasted 19 months and brought widespread visibility for American Indian civil rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11780279/native-american-occupation-at-alcatraz-50-years\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/were-still-here-canoe-journey-to-alcatraz-to-remember/id1350043452?i=1000453734022\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13859970/rightnowish-miko-marks-and-the-oakland-rollers\">Oakland’s Rollerskating Country Singer\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>Rightnowish\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/oakland-rollers-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/oakland-rollers-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/oakland-rollers-800x450-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/oakland-rollers-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where do country singing and roller skating collide? On a small cul-de-sac on the southern side of Lake Merritt in Oakland, according to musician Miko Marks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as I put these skates on, I feel like I’m a kid again,” Marks says in this episode of \u003cem>Rightnowish\u003c/em>, KQED’s new arts and culture podcast hosted by Pendarvis Harshaw. After nearly a decade of touring the nation as a country singer, Marks’s love for roller skating completely transformed her sense of play—and her music. Put on your skates (and your headphones!) and listen to the full episode to hear more about Marks’s new sound and new take on life with wheels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13859970/rightnowish-miko-marks-and-the-oakland-rollers\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oaklands-rollerskating-country-singer/id1482187648?i=1000455674283\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54326/childhood-as-resume-building-why-play-needs-a-comeback\">Childhood as ‘Resume-Building’: Why Play Needs A Comeback\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>MindShift\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869973\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/DSC5859-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember when you were a kid and there was a designated time just for playing? 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Between lethal gases, fast-flowing rivers of sewage and the risk of getting lost in the darkness, you’ll probably be glad to take this tour \u003cem>virtually\u003c/em> via your headphones, rather than IRL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782405/tunnels-under-san-francisco-inside-the-dark-dangerous-world-of-the-sewers\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secret-tunnels-under-san-francisco/id1172473406?i=1000455577910\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777723/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-the-sound-of-the-swarm-to-keep-her-hives-happy\">Blind Beekeeper Relies on Sound to Keep Her Hives Happy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>The California Report Magazine\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13869926 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/RS39379_beekeeper2-qut-1020x679-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think I could be a good beekeeper without being able to see.” This special episode from \u003cem>The California Report Magazine\u003c/em>’s weekly podcast immerses the listener in the world of Aerial: a Bay area nurse who lost her sight after using tampered eyedrops. Navigating her new reality, she found purpose and meaning in the hobby she’d enjoyed since she was a teen: beekeeping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen as Aerial explains how she knows whether her swarm—she calls them “her girls”—are happy, and how to hear their “waggle dance” (the movement bees make to tell others where to find pollen). After experiencing this episode, you’ll never hear bees again the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777723/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-the-sound-of-the-swarm-to-keep-her-hives-happy\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blind-beekeeper-relies-on-sound-to-keep-her-hives-happy/id1314750545?i=1000452376183\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102783/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink-one-makeover-at-a-time\">\u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em>‘s Jonathan Van Ness on Turning Red States Pink\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom \u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869925\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/Jonathan-Van-Ness-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most engrossing podcast interviews are the ones where you feel you’ve been teleported into the room with the people in question—and this 2018 interview with the infamously personable \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em> star Jonathan Van Ness on KQED’s pop culture podcast \u003cem>The Cooler\u003c/em> is no exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a conversation that ranges from raucous to heartfelt and intimate, Van Ness talks to hosts Emmanuel Hapsis, Jamedra Brown-Fleischman and Carly Severn about growing up gay in a small town, dealing with online trolls, the healing power of figure skating and a particularly controversial moment from \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em>’s second season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102783/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink-one-makeover-at-a-time\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/queer-eyes-jonathan-van-ness-on-turning-red-states-pink/id1041117499?i=1000407027183\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/42/joy-may-16th\">Joy\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nfrom \u003cem>Truth Be Told \u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869927\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/EventBrite_TBT.R-1920x960-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it OK to feel joy when it feels like the world is burning? In the first episode of KQED’s advice show made by people of color for people of color, host Tonya Mosley brings us to her hometown of Detroit, Michigan—the “epicenter of pleasure in the midst of turmoil,” as she calls it. Mosley sits down with her grandmother Ernestine Mosley and \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> bestselling author Adrienne Maree Brown for some hard questions, deep laughs, and much-needed affirmations about why it’s not only OK to feel joy, but it’s absolutely necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And stay tuned: \u003cem>Truth Be Told\u003c/em> returns for a second season in early 2020!\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/42/joy-may-16th\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joy-episode-1/id1462216572?i=1000438248776\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11780279/native-american-occupation-at-alcatraz-50-years\">‘We’re Still Here’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFrom\u003cem> The Bay\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13869928\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_2671-1-1020x765-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this episode of\u003cem> The Bay\u003c/em>, KQED reporter Alice Woelfle follows along with Native people from across the West Coast in a ceremonial canoe journey around Alcatraz Island. 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On a small cul-de-sac on the southern side of Lake Merritt in Oakland, according to musician Miko Marks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as I put these skates on, I feel like I’m a kid again,” Marks says in this episode of \u003cem>Rightnowish\u003c/em>, KQED’s new arts and culture podcast hosted by Pendarvis Harshaw. After nearly a decade of touring the nation as a country singer, Marks’s love for roller skating completely transformed her sense of play—and her music. 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Free play—the kind of play where kids independently choose the activities and the rules—may be a thing of the past, according to this \u003cem>MindShift\u003c/em> episode. “We’re just seeing an out-of-balance life for kids,” says Scott Bedley, a fourth grade teacher, about the pressure for students to succeed academically from a very young age. “There is a learning value behind play if you just allow it to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Head back to the classroom with the \u003cem>MindShift\u003c/em> team to explore what play looks like today, and why it’s in need of a major comeback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54326/childhood-as-resume-building-why-play-needs-a-comeback\">Listen at kqed.org\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/childhood-as-resume-building-why-play-needs-a-comeback/id1078765985?i=1000448438239\">Listen on Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Also available on NPR One, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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