#Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/19/2025: "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi cover) by Trisha Yearwood

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/19/2025 #Quote by: Lori Cartwright, speaking to @ctinsider.bsky.social’s Tracey O'Shaughnessy

(The next-to-last quote in #QOTDChallenge2025 has just been posted! You can send in a guess via DM.)

#Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/18/2025: "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy" (Buck Owens cover) by Drew and Ellie Holcomb

(Here's Quote #8 in #QuoteChallenge2025! Feel free to submit a guess by DM.)

2nd #Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/17/2025: "Run Run Rudolph" (Chuck Berry cover) by Hunter Hayes

1st #Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/17/2025: "Counting Down The Days" by #BradPaisley

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/17/2025 #Quote by: Patrick Schlott, an electrical engineer from #Williamstown, #VT, speaking to @mynbc5.bsky.social's Jack Thurston #QOTDChallenge2025

#Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/16/2025: "Save A Little Christmas For Me" (2025) by Mickey Guytona

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/16/2025 #Quote by: the late Richard N. Hughes of WPIX-TV #QOTDChallenge2025

(The second half of #QOTDChallenge2025 begins now, and everyone is still free to join in. Here's Quote #6!)

#Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/15/2025: "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Jake Shimabukuro with Justin Kawika Young

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/15/2025 #Quote by: designer Joe Doucet #QOTDChallenge2025

(We're at the halfway point of #QOTDChallenge2025! Here's Quote #5.)

#SundaySong, 12/14/2025: "New England Morning" (1985) by Will Ackerman, from the first collection in the Windham Hill series "A Winter's Solstice", for victims of gun violence in Rhode Island this weekend, and in Sandy Hook, #CT 13 years ago today

#SaturdaySong, 12/13/2025: "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (1963) Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke! This is from his first album, "Songs I Like", with the Ray Charles Singers backing him up.

#Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/12/2025: "Give Love On Christmas Day" (Jackson 5 cover) by Eric Benet

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/12/2025 #Quote by: Sandi Duncan and Peter Geiger #QOTDChallenge2025

(The fourth quote is here in #QOTDChallenge2025!)

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/11/2025 #Quote by: @nytimes.com film critic Caryn James #QOTDChallenge2025

#Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/11/2025: "Underneath The Tree" (2013 Kelly Clarkson cover) by Canadian jazz singer Jill Barber, from her first holiday collection, "A Holly Jolly Jill Barber Christmas"

#Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/10/2025: "Christmas Is Different" by Straight No Chaser with Hunter Hayes

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/10/2025 #Quote by: Monica (Courtney Cox) and Joey (Matt LeBlanc), from NBC's "Friends" #QOTDChallenge2025

(It's a bit behind schedule, but here's Quote #2 in #QOTDChallenge2025!)

#Christmas2025 #SongOfTheDay, 12/9/2025: "Coming Home For Christmas" (2025) by the Jonas Brothers, as heard in "A Very Jonas Christmas Movie"

(We're also continuing a tradition of posting new holiday music every weekday during the duration of the Challenge.)

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/9/2025 #Quote by: Melissa Bell, CEO of Chicago Media #QOTDChallenge2025

(Here's a link to our first quote in #QOTDChallenge2025! We'll post it separately here a little later today.)

(We regret the lack of advance notice - as usual - but we're about to start #QOTDChallenge2025! Just be the first to respond in a DM with missing words to each day's quotes, and whoever does best at this wins some chocolate.)

#SongOfTheDay, 12/8/2025: "I've Gotta Be Me" (1968-69 Steve Lawrence cover) by Sammy Davis Jr. [AC: #1 / Pop: top-15]

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/8/2025 #Quote by: multifaceted entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. (1925 - 1990), born 100 years ago today, speaking to Jim Tilmon for the @wttw.bsky.social program "Our People"

6th and final #SundaySong, 12/7/2025: "Deeper In Love" (1983) by Tavares [R&B: top-10 - the group's last]

5th #SundaySong, 12/7/2025: "More Than A Woman" (1977 Bee Gees cover) by Tavares [R&B, pop: top-40] Both versions appeared on the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, but this was the only one to be released as a single.

4th #SundaySong, 12/7/2025: "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" (1976 album version) by Tavares [R&B: top-3 / Pop: top-15]

3rd #SundaySong, 12/7/2025: "It Only Takes A Minute" (1975) by Tavares [R&B: #1 / Pop: top-10]

2nd #SundaySong, 12/7/2025: "Remember What I Told You To Forget" (1974-75) by Tavares [R&B: top-5 / Pop: top-25]

1st #SundaySong, 12/7/2025: "She's Gone" (1974-75 Hall and Oates cover) by Tavares Lead vocals: Antone Laurence "Chubby" Tavares (6/2/1944 - 11/29/2025) [R&B: #1 / Pop: top-50]

5th and final #SaturdaySong, 12/6/205: "I Leave You In Peace" (2024) by Steve Cropper and the Midnight Hour, from "Friendlytown", the second of his two albums with Roger C. Reale on lead vocals

4th #SaturdaySong, 12/6/2025: "If It Wasn't For Loving You" (2008), from "Nudge It Up A Notch", the first of two collaborative CDs between Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere

3rd #SaturdaySong, 12/6/2025: "Crop Dustin'" (1969), from "With A Little Help From My Friends", the first solo LP by Steve Cropper

2nd #SaturdaySong, 12/6/2025: "Soul Limbo" (1968-69) by Booker T. and the MG's, co-written by its guitarist, Steve Cropper (10/21/1941 - 12/3/2025) [R&B: top-10 / Pop: top-20 / AC: top-40]

1st #SaturdaySong, 12/6/2025: "You Can't Sit Down", parts 1 and 2 (Bim Bam Boos cover) by guitarist Phil Upchurch (7/19/1941 - 11/23/2025) and his Combo (Phil played on the original, too!) [Pop: top-30]

(The two musicians we're showcasing today, both of whom recently passed away at age 84, not only were highly influential guitarists in successful soul bands, but played on over a thousand recordings - each! - as session musicians over the past six decades.)

#SongOfTheDay, 12/5/2025: "Human" (2025) by Brandi Carlile, from "Returning To Myself", our choice for #FavoriteAlbumOf2025 #FavoriteAlbumsOf2025

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/5/2025 #Quote by: chemist and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social professor Omar M. Yaghi #NobelPrize2025: #Chemistry, shared with Richard Robson and Susumu Kitagawa

#SongOfTheDay, 12/4/2025: the title cut to singer-guitarist @waltertrout.bsky.social's "Sign Of The Times", another of our #FavoriteAlbumsOf2025

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/4/2025 #Quote by: Northwest University professor Joel Mokyr, interviewed by @nytimes.com #NobelPrize2025: Economics, shared with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt

#SongOfTheDay, 12/3/2025: "Who Wants" (2025) by Jade Bird #FavoriteAlbumsOf2025: "Who Wants To Talk About Love?"

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 12/3/2025 French physicist and @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social professor Michel Devoret #NobelPrize2025: #Physics, shared with Mary E. Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi

(@nbcnewyork.com's coverage of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting begins at 7PM EST tonight - and national coverage starts an hour later!)