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There's just over a week left to get your votes in for our Mushroom FM Holiday Countdown this year! You could even do it today, which would be especially appropriate as the not-so-great and not-so-powerful Bing has told me that today is Christmas Card Day! When your vote has been validated by our elves, they send you an exquisitely hand-crafted artisanal invitation to the big event, which I think would make anybody's day, whether it's Christmas Card Day or not.

Wow! The first actual weekend of actual December is actually almost upon us! Can you believe it? Black Friday's over and the real run-up to the holidays has begun! Why not take some time this actual weekend to actually vote in the Mushroom FM Holiday Countdown? You now have less than two weeks to vote for your top ten holiday tunes. If you have already voted, thank you so much for helping to make the season bright for all our Mushroom friends, and if you haven't voted, there is still time and we'd love to hear your Countdown picks!

Mushroom FM is a place where no elf is left on the shelf, and that goes double for our Holiday Countdown and Christmas Party! Elves are involved at every stage of the process, from counting your votes to arranging the seating in our lovely Portobello Hall to awarding Crackers on the big day itself! So, if you haven't done so yet, give and elf some elf-esteem and cast your vote for your top ten holiday tunes! Get all the Countdown details at https://mushroomfm.com/countdown2025!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to let you know that Come by the Hills is launching itself with reckless abandon into the festive season this week! I'll also be playing some Scottish tunes in honour of St. Andrew's Day today, and of course I'll be discussing this year's holiday countdown here on Mushroom FM. As if that weren't enough, I have a new musical discovery to share: a sister-duo from Sweden called First-aid Kit! So, come and hang out, mull up that wine and mince up those pies, and let's get festive!

Another festive season is upon us, and therefore, it's time to cast your vote in our annual Mushroom FM Holiday Countdown, taking place this year on Saturday, December 20th! This ten-hour live event can't happen without listeners such as yourself, and that's what makes it special! Every year we ask you to pick your top ten holiday tunes, and when the votes are all counted and checked twice, we spin the top 100 songs as chosen by you! This is one of our most enduring traditions at Mushroom FM, and we'd love you to be a part of it!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to let you know about the upcoming episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM! This week, I've got songs about fairs, songs about hares, songs about soldiers, a birthday request, and a whole lot more. It's a veritable musical stew, which is lovely on days like the one we're having around here: chilly, windy and rainy. So, grab a bowl and a spoon and get ready!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to let you know about the next episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM! This week, I've got songs in honour of Remembrance Day, (Veterans' Day in the US,) a couple of Halloween left-overs, and I'll be remembering the wreck of the edmund Fitzgerald, which took place fifty years ago this week.

Catch Come by the Hills live from the 7th Floor on Sunday at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern. AT the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

Hello! Sara Hillis here to give you the heads-up on this week's episode of Come by the Hills, the Folk and Celtic music show on Mushroom FM. Due to belated, unexpected and very welcome birthday celebrations for my husband, I'm unable to present the show live this week. Instead, we'll be revisiting the thirtieth anniversary of the year I was introduced to Celtic music which I commemorated on November 3, 2024. Enjoy!

Hello! Sara Hillis here with some scary news! ON tonight's episode of Come by the Hills, we'll be journeying into the realm of the uncanny! Yes, it's our annual Halloween--or is that Hilloween?--special! I've got strange tales of ghostly encounters, meetings with beings from other worlds and even a song inspired by the golden age of British Hammer horror movies. It'll be frighteningly folky fun!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to let you know that this week's episode of Come by the Hills is an encore presentation from October 20, 2024. I hope you'll enjoy it!

Catch Come by the Hills on Sunday at 8:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern!