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Season's greetings!

Sara Hillis here to let you know how happy I am to have the honour of launching Mushroom FM on its annual sleigh ride of Christmas goodies this year! Yes, at midnight and noon eastern on Christmas Eve, join me for a journey through one of the most beloved collections of holiday music by one of the most beloved musical acts of all time! Yes, it's Christmas with The Carpenters and it's back for another year! So get out the hot cocoa and curl up by the fire and have some holiday cheer on me!

It’s December 25th, and I’m super excited to be able to spend three hours of my Christmas with everyone! The Country Christmas Special has always been my favorite show to do each year, and this year I’ve got a few new ideas in store for everyone.

Along with good old classic country Christmas tunes, I’ve got some new ones on the playlist. Has Bruce been naughty or nice this year? Will he be receiving coal or something else in his stocking?

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

From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies It’s a Wonderful Life from 1946, A Christmas Carol from 1984 and Santa’s Workshop from 1932.
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol.

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.

This week on deep dive we celebrate Christmas Aussie style. We hear about Christmas where the gum trees grow, learn that in Australia Santa does not travel in a sleigh, and eat too much for Christmas.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 8 AM Tuesday in eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Wednesday Eastern, which is 10 PM in eastern Australia. Simply instruct your smart speaker to play mushroom FM and you will be there.

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.