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At 4 PM North American Eastern Time on Christmas eve, we'll be well into Christmas day in New Zealand. it will already be 10 AM. If you'd like some company over Christmas, please feel free to join Jonathan, Bonnie, Heidi, Richard and Richard's partner Nadia as we say hi and bring you some great Christmas tunes and stories. It's all part of the all-holiday line-up the fun guys have put together for you this year on Mushroom Fm. Also remember that Mushroom Escape has special Christmas programming throughout the next few days.

For many of us, radio plays an important part in our lives at this time of year. For those fortunate to be surrounded by those near and ear to us, radio can provide an entertaining soundtrack to the festivities. For those on their own, radio can provide companionship and the comfort of a familiar voice.

Mushroom FM has a block of continuous holiday content that lasts right through Christmas eve and Christmas day. Many of your favourite fun guys will be here with special Christmas programming

Thanks for being a part of another amazing virtual party experience when we counted down the top 100 holiday songs that you voted for.

If you couldn't catch some or all of the fun, we are going to replay the countdown in full on Christmas day between 2 AM and noon Eastern time. We do this so that if the countdown was on at a difficult time zone for you when it aired live, hopefully this replay time will suit you better.

On Sunday 19 December at 9 AM North American Eastern time, 2 PM in the UK, Mushroom FM begins 10 hours of live, interactive programming as we throw our annual and much looked forward to Christmas party. No matter where in the world you are, when you visit the Mushroom FM schedule page, you'll see the schedule displayed in your own time zone, making it easy for you to know when to tune in.

It’s Jonathan Mosen here to tell you about the wonderful songs and stories we have for you this week on the final episode in this series of Small World, the kids’ programme for the whole family, only on Mushroom Escape.

Voting is closing at 11:59 PM Eastern time tonight for our holiday countdown. Every year, we get frantic messages from a listener or two who forgot to vote and really really really wants to. Unfortunately, we can't make exceptions. Once the votes are closed, they are closed. The reason for this is that once listeners have built the chart, work begins immediately on putting the countdown together, so it's ready to go live at 9 AM Eastern this Sunday.

There’s not long left! You have until the end of Friday US Eastern time to vote for your top 10 Christmas songs. The consequences of voting are enormous. You contribute to our top 100 countdown which we play this Sunday, and you also score yourself an invitation to our Christmas party.

Voting closes in Mushroom Fm's holiday countdown and Christmas party this Friday at 11:59 PM North American Eastern time. If you haven't voted yet, it's an accessible process that won't take you too long. Visit http://MushroomFM.com/countdown2021 and be sure that your friends and family do too.

This year, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of this tradition that many people now look forward to. Our aim is that for you, participation is easy, festive and fun. But there's a lot going on behind the scenes.

You have until 11:59 PM North American Eastern time this Friday to cast your votes in Mushroom FM’s holiday countdown and receive an invitation to our Christmas party where we play the top 100 on 19 December.

From a listener’s perspective, you may think that this show would be an easy one for the fun guys to prepare for. After all, the listeners are in charge of what songs make the chart, so that’s the music taken care of, right? Well, it’s not quite that simple.

There’s still time to vote in Mushroom FM’s holiday countdown and to receive an invitation to our Christmas party. But time is running out rapidly with votes closing at the end of Friday 17 December Eastern North American time.

Being able to tune in to hear how the 10 songs you voted for ranked in the countdown, or indeed whether they made it to the countdown at all since we have around 250 songs people have voted for at this point, is a lot of fun. But we add even more to the fun by turning the countdown in to another of Mushroom FM’s famous social media events.