Daily Detour with Dan Roberts

Ep28-๐Ÿคถ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿพ What You Don't Know About Christmas ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท

December 25, 2020 Dan Roberts Season 1 Episode 28
Daily Detour with Dan Roberts
Ep28-๐Ÿคถ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿพ What You Don't Know About Christmas ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
Show Notes Chapter Markers

Good News  Lonely Grandma receives over 1,000 Christmas Cards!
Virtual Christmas  How many Americans are celebrating this year.
Showbiz  Why Dolly Parton leaves her decorations up through most of January.
Things you didn't know about the movie A Christmas Story.
Interview  Listener Julie (there's gotta' be a better nick-name for her) wraps up her week on the podcast by sharing her Christmas traditions, which are probably a lot like yours. She also talks about how Christmas is different this year.
Plus  Dan explores how the holidays are celebrated around the globe, focusing on the things that are unique to certain countries, and unfamiliar to the USA.
Bonus  Dan's friend Vern Lawton (drums) and his friends Amy Denio (accordion), Dave McClelland (bass), Rick Riday (keyboards) and Jude Contreras (guitar) play a jazzed-up version of the Little Drummer Boy.

Merry Christmas!

Other holiday instrumentals used in this episode:
Music: We Wish You a Merry Christmas (metal version) by Alexander Nakarada, and
Silent Night by Alexander Nakarada.
(www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Shameless Plug
Daily Detour merch is for sale at Tee Public.
There are also fun, cozy Christmas shirts there. And coffee and travel mugs that are perfect for sipping hot cocoa on cold winter nights. All with original artwork from Dan Roberts.

Dig Deeper: Danโ€™s website has all kinds of audio, video and pics to check out.

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Good News
A Very Virtual Christmas in the USA
Let it Snow Asbestos
Showbiz-Dolly Parton's Decorations
A Christmas Story Fun Facts
Listener Julie's Holiday Traditions
Christmas Around the World
The Little Drummer Boy (instrumental)