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Merry Christmas December 25, 2025 at Boracay Island, Philippines
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Merry Christmas December 25, 2025 at Boracay Island, Philippines
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This week in 1978, The Village People single “Y.M.C.A.” went to #1 on the Australian charts (December 25)
The song from their “Cruisin’” LP, written by Jacques Morali (also the record's producer) and singer Victor Willis, went on to become the group's biggest hit.
It is one of fewer than 40 singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide.
The song eventually went to #1 around the world in countries like Australia, the UK, Canada, France, Switzerland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Finland and Ireland.
The song started a cultural dance phenomenon around the world with dancers using their arms to spell out the letters of YMCA.
The dance is done in many contexts including at sporting venues, school dances, parties, and special occasions like wedding celebrations.
"Y.M.C.A." is #7 on VH1's list of "The 100 Greatest Dance Songs of the 20th Century."
In 2020, "Y.M.C.A" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In its official press release, the Library noted that "back in its heyday, 'Y.M.C.A.' was a hit around the world, going to #1 on the charts in over 15 countries, and its ongoing popularity is evidence that, despite the naysayers, disco has never truly died."
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Singer George Michael passed away on this day in 2016 (December 25)
As a member of 80s sensations Wham!, and later as a solo artist, Michael is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, with sales of over 120 million records worldwide.
He was an 80s icon, and for people growing up in this era, he provided many of the soundtrack songs of their lives, like "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Careless Whisper", "Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do)", “Last Christmas”, “I Want Your Sex”, “Faith” and “Freedom!”
He achieved seven #1 songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight #1 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100, along the way winning two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, and four MTV Video Music Awards.
In 2015, he was ranked 45th in Billboard's list of the "Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time".
In the early hours of Christmas Day 2016, Michael passed away from heart issues at the age of 53.
George Michael was leading creative force throughout his career in music production, songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation, and had a profound effect on 80s music…
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is one of the most shocking and unforgettable novels of the 20th century, a book that dives into the darkest corners of violence, free will, and morality.
First published in 1962, it follows the life of Alex, a teenage gang leader in a dystopian future who lives for chaos, brutality, and Beethoven’s music. Told in his own slang-like language called Nadsat, the novel throws readers straight into a world that feels both alien and disturbingly familiar.
The first part of the story is filled with Alex’s violent nights on the streets, but the real heart of the novel begins when he is captured by the authorities. Instead of being punished traditionally, Alex is forced into an experimental treatment called the Ludovico Technique — a method that conditions him to feel unbearable sickness at the thought of violence or even his beloved Beethoven. On the surface, it looks like he has been “reformed,” but in truth, his ability to choose has been stolen.
This is where Burgess asks his central question: what makes us truly human? Is it better to be evil by choice or good by force? Alex, once a monster of free will, becomes a mechanical puppet — the “clockwork orange” of the title, something organic turned into a machine.
What makes the book so powerful is how uncomfortable it makes us. We hate Alex for his cruelty, yet when his free will is stripped away, we can’t help but feel his loss. Burgess reminds us that morality only has meaning if it is chosen, not imposed.
A Clockwork Orange is not an easy read, but it is a daring, provocative one. Decades later, it still forces us to confront the tension between freedom and control, chaos and order. It asks: if we lose the power to choose, even wrongly, do we lose what makes us human?
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December 26, 1973, marked the premiere of "The Exorcist," a horror film based on William Peter Blatty's book and screenplay, starring Linda Blair. It was the first horror film nominated for Best Picture.
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Eurythmics singer/songwriter Annie Lennox was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1954 (December 25)
She first came to our attention in the late 1970s as the singer of the new wave band the Tourists, who had a hit with the Dusty Springfield cover "I Only Want to Be with You".
Then she exploded into the rock stratosphere with fellow Tourist Dave Stewart in Eurythmics.
Eurythmics had a string of massive hits, like "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", and went on to sell an estimated 75 million records worldwide.
Post-Eurythmics, Lennox had a successful solo career.
The duo have won an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1984, the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1987, the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999, and in 2005 were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
Lennox has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by VH1 and one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone.
As of June 2008, including her work with Eurythmics, Lennox had sold over 80 million records worldwide.
In 2020 both Lennox and Stewart were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2022, the duo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, raising money and awareness for HIV/AIDS as it affects women and children in Africa.
She founded the SING Campaign in 2007 and founded a women's empowerment charity called The Circle in 2008.
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On this day in 1976,the Kansas single “Carry On Wayward Son” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #87 (December 25)
The epic song from the LP “Leftoverture” went on to peak at #11 in the US, and was the band’s first Top 40 single.
Guitarist and songwriter Kerry Livgren said, “It's an autobiographical song. Parallel to my musical career I've always been on a spiritual sojourn, looking for truth and meaning. It was a song of self-encouragement. I was telling myself to keep on looking and I would find what I sought."
Kansas guitarist Rich Williams recalled, “When it came out, there was nothing like it. [It has] so many musically interesting parts.
It wasn't rubber-stamped; it was unique to itself. It's a great sing-along. It had a lot of things going for it.
When we recorded it, we knew we had a great song.
...we didn't realize what it would turn into. It's become part of rock-&-roll culture.
But then it seemed like a fluke. It was the right song at the right time.”
It also went to #5 in Canada, and hit #51 in the UK and #58 in Australia.
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On this day in 2025, the Chris Rea single “Driving Home for Christmas” was in the UK Singles Chart again at #30 (December 25)
The first version of this perennial Xmas favourite was originally released as the B-side to his single "Hello Friend" in 1986, then in October 1988 it was released as the fourth single from his first compilation album “New Light Through Old Windows”.
The song had it’s genesis almost a decade earlier in 1978, when his record company wouldn't pay for a train ticket for him to get from London to his home to Middlesbrough so his wife drove down to pick him up in her old Austin Mini.
On the way back up, it started snowing and they kept getting stuck in traffic and Rea said: "I'd look across at the other drivers, who all looked so miserable.
"Jokingly, I started singing - We're driving home for Christmas... then, whenever the street lights shone inside the car, I started writing down the lyrics."
"It's one of those moments that songwriters get - sometimes you can spend years and years writing. That one was five to 10 minutes.
When you have a successful song, you don't remember thinking about it - it just comes out."
Regularly charting in the UK in December, “Driving Home for Christmas” peaked at #10 in 2021.
Sadly, Chris Rea passed away just days ago.
R.I.P.
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"Here's looking at you, kid" – Humphrey Bogart, who was born on this day in 1899.
The legendary American film icon was known for roles in Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and The African Queen, starring alongside his wife, Lauren Bacall. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.
In this photo, Marilyn Monroe sits alongside American actor Humphrey Bogart and actress Lauren Bacall, taken at Ciro's nightclub in Los Angeles. Discover more iconic photographic art prints in our Hollywood Photo Archive collection:
Lola Ultimo T-70 / 1981
On a Lola chassis with a 620-horsepower 8,200cc Chevrolet Corvette engine, Mchelotti’s aerodvnamic Lola prototype featured an ample glass area providing excellent visibilitv, aside from the thick B-pillar. The passenger area was in a steel structure with aluminum plugging. The front and rear ends were made of a single piece of resin strengthened with fiberglass.
The Lola Ultimo powered by a Chevrolet V8 mid-engine was ordered by a Canadian and was belatedely shown on the Geneve Auto Salon in 1981.
The Blue Mosque, officially the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul.
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Einstein's letter to children for Christmas, written in 1935 🎄
It gives me great pleasure to picture you children joined together in joyous festivities in the radiance of Christmas lights. Think also of the teachings of him whose birth you celebrate by these festivities. Those teachings are so simple – and yet in almost 2000 years they have failed to prevail among men.
Learn to be happy through the happiness and joy of your fellows, and not through the dreary conflict of man against man! If you can find room within yourselves for this natural feeling, your every burden in life will be light, or at least bearable, and you will find your way in patience without fear, and will spread joy everywhere.
With warm wishes,
Albert Einstein
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From Amigo and Cypher. 
This is how you prepare mulled wine: just gently heat a bottle of red wine with cinnamon sticks, cloves... (don't boil it, or the alcohol evaporates).
It takes about 20 minutes and costs around 10 euros for a full batch (using an affordable bottle of wine plus basic spices and fruit you probably already have at home).
Mulled wine traces its roots back to ancient Rome, where soldiers spiced and heated wine to fend off the winter chill as they conquered Europe, spreading the cozy habit from the Mediterranean all the way to chilly northern regions like Germany, Austria, and Scandinavia.
Today, it's a beloved winter staple across cold-climate Europe: think steaming Glühwein mugs at bustling German and Austrian Christmas markets, fortified glögg with almonds and raisins in Sweden and Denmark, or vin chaud warming up French holiday fairs, perfect for sipping outdoors amid twinkling lights and snowy vibes.
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