{"id":1896,"date":"2012-12-24T10:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T15:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2014-05-17T17:17:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T21:17:20","slug":"bah-humbug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/12\/24\/bah-humbug\/","title":{"rendered":"Bah Humbug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You know the best thing to do on Christmas day? Stay home and watch horror movies. May I suggest choosing titles from this <a href=\"http:\/\/horrornews.net\/45630\/top-20-horror-christmas-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\">fine holiday-centric list<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>But if you need a weightier excuse for foregoing Christmas activities than a Bartlebian &#8220;I prefer not to&#8221;, the Wind-up Birds have a suggestion (and the song is available at a &#8220;name your price&#8221; rate).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 300px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=3702528803\/size=grande\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=faaa00\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewind-upbirds.bandcamp.com\/track\/working-christmas-day\">Working Christmas Day by The Wind-up Birds<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or, if you can&#8217;t find it in your heart to be festive this year because some cold, selfish lover stole that heart and then tossed it like so much discarded wrapping paper, Daniel Knox has set his warm baritone to work on a love-torn carol some of you may recall from that foreign land known as &#8220;The &#8217;80s&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last Christmas&#8221; &#8211; Daniel Knox (Wham! cover)<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_yrDE3UWQlow\"><div id=\"lyte_yrDE3UWQlow\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yrDE3UWQlow\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/yrDE3UWQlow\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yrDE3UWQlow\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; You know the best thing to do on Christmas day? 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