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Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 - Posted by Rich Miller * From Shane MacGowan’s send-off… I can see a better time * Good news! We’re now above $51K in our annual fundraiser to buy Christmas presents for foster kids. That’s more than we raised last year, even though our anonymous Santa didn’t donate the usual $10,000 this year (our Santa had to intervene to resolve an emergency elsewhere, I’m told). I’m so relieved and I’m sure Lutheran Social Services of Illinois is ecstatic. But, we could always use more, so click here if you haven’t yet contributed. Thanks!
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- Linus - Thursday, Dec 18, 25 @ 8:38 am:
I’m loving the Hansard/Pogues clip. What ol’ Shane lacked in teeth, he certainly made up for in Christmas spirit with this song.
- West Side the Best Side - Thursday, Dec 18, 25 @ 9:41 am:
Fairytale of New York is always the first song I play to start the Christmas season music.
- Nick Name - Thursday, Dec 18, 25 @ 11:29 am:
Thank you for the clip from Shane’s funeral. More than two years since he died and I still get broken up over it.
- Capcitynewt - Thursday, Dec 18, 25 @ 11:50 am:
Gas prices continue to drop. Inflation coming in much lower than expected and democrat approval ratings plummeting. Keep it going, dems!
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Dec 18, 25 @ 2:15 pm:
Just re-watched it.
That joyous remembrance is a tribute not just to the departed, but to the culture from which he came.
- West Side the Best Side - Thursday, Dec 18, 25 @ 2:32 pm:
“She turned me into a newt.”
“A newt?” “I got better.”