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Finally! WE are only hours away from the 2025 edition of the Mushroom fM Holiday Countdown! The people have chosen and now the fun is about to begin!

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From this Saturday at 12 AM Eastern—that’s 6 PM Saturday in NZ, 4 PM in Sydney, and 5 AM in the UK—and repeated every four hours throughout the day—we’re
featuring the described movies Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009), Clash of the Santas (2008), and Click and Collect (2018).
Got questions, comments, or ideas for future described movies?
Email me at anthony at mushroomfm dot com (written this way to reduce spam).

Voting in the Mushroom FM Holiday Countdown is closed for another year, and now the preparation begins! We want to thank all who have voted this year, and if you haven't voted, you are still welcome to our virtual event. Simply inform the Fun Guys on the day of the event, and we can add you to one of our four virtual tables. And speaking of our virtual tables, you'll be able to find out where you're sitting when the seating plan goes live. That's also where you'll be able to keep track of your table's cracker score. What does this mean? More about it in my next post!

The "Juke In The Back" focuses on the " soul that came before rock n' roll," the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.

It's official! The final day to have your say in the Mushroom FM Holiday Countdown is here! You have till 11:59 PM North aMerican Eastern time tonight to head over to our voting page, pick your top ten holiday favourites either from our database or by writing them in, and press that Submit button! Please be kind to the elves and don't wait till the last minute to vote, so they can record your vote properly before the deadline.

After you've enjoyed The Variety Vault with Paul Merrell, Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4 PM, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac, smart speaker or tablet and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from the first quarter century of Rock with occasional nods to other decades and genres.
A single year is still the focus this week as I conclude the top 100 of 1965, 60 years ago, that I began 3 weeks ago. I've gotten from #100 to #14 and I'll pick up the countdown at #13 and get to #1. What do you think it will be? You may be surprised.

Today is Jane Austen's 250th birthday. So why not show your pride and your prejudice, not to mention your sense and your sensibility and yield to the power of persuasion by heading over to our Countdown voting page right now and picking your top ten holiday-related tunes? Voting closes at 11:59 PM Eastern time in North America on Wednesday, December 17th. That's tomorrow! But why put off tomorrow what you can do today?

We've got a good thing going with lots of votes coming in, but if you haven't voted yet, do it now, or at least soon!

It's hard to believe, but the Mushroom FM Holiday Countdown is now just days away, and that means that there are even fewer days to get your vote in before the elves go into Countdown preparation mode! Again, we want to take time to say thank you to those who have already voted! Do check your spam for our invitation, but if for some reason you don't have an invitation, don't worry! You'll be able to find your virtual table when we publish our virtual seating plan closer to the date of the Countdown.

This week on Deep Dive we hear, through an encore programme, the talents of singer and american musician Buddy Holly. We learn that it's raining in my heart, hear about all my love and heartbeat.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is Tuesday morning in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday which is in the evening in Eastern Australia. Tuning in is easy. Just tell that SmartSpeaker of yours to play Mushroom FM, and you will be there faster than Rudolph and his mates can pull Santa's sleigh. Yes, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas.

Where I live, in the northern hemisphere, the days are actually getting shorter, but the good news is that voting in our Mushroom FM Holiday Countdown is open 24/7 till 11:59 PM North American Eastern time on Wednesday, December 17th. You could cast your vote while enjoying your morning coffee, make your voice heard with your lunch, or have your say after supper! But do it soon! The days are quickly ticking down!