OK Solberg: 00:00

Wanna again welcome you out of The 4:05 Coffee Break. Guys ready for Christmas, get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water, hot mug of cocoa for Gary, and let's see what's happening.

OK Solberg: 00:10

Spring wheat $5.57 a bushel, 550lb steer calf $4.08. A butcher hog in Iowa 66¢ a pound, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings $2.42 a pound. But guys, there's more, much more.

OK Solberg: 00:30

Okay. This episode was supposed to air last week, last Wednesday. But if you remember, do you remember last Wednesday? The power was out. Oh, we had a real stem winder of a storm. Someone told me 81 mile per hour gusts clocked in Malta, Montana. Trees were blown down. Shingles tore off.

OK Solberg: 00:55

It reminded me of the winter storm in 1964, but it didn't last as long. So if you heard this one, it's only because you listened on the Internet because it didn't air on KMMR because the weather outside was frightful. So here we go. Besides, I think it's better now than then.

OK Solberg: 01:17

Christmas is a coming and the geese are getting fat. Are you ready for Christmas? I certainly am not totally ready. Yet it's only a week away. I better start cracking. No. It isn't a week away. It's only a couple days away. I'm reading off the script. Now I can say this. I always enjoy listening to Christmas music and KMMR has been playing some good songs for the season.

OK Solberg: 01:41

Why just the other day I heard this song played on KMMR, Please Come Home for Christmas. Dynamite song, it's one we know and love but often we just hear the melody and it carries us away and we don't listen to the lyrics that closely. You know that many Christmas songs are happy and joyous. Well, sure.

OK Solberg: 02:07

Like, let's say, Joy to the world. Joy to the world, the lord is come. Let earth receive our king. Spot on. And that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.

OK Solberg: 02:23

And a perfect time for our bible verse. Listen, for unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 So joy to the world is a joyous song. Deck the halls is a joyous sound song, isn't it?

OK Solberg: 02:43

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fall la la la la la la Tis the season to be jolly. It's shouting joy. Hark, the herald angels sing. Oh, that's another joyous one. And peaceful.

OK Solberg: 02:57

It's a peaceful joyous Christmas song. Hark, the herald angels sing. Glory to the newborn king. Peace on earth and mercy mild. Gently joyous and peaceful with mercy.

OK Solberg: 03:13

We all desire that. We sure do. How about jingle bells dashing through the snow in one horse open sleigh or the fields we go laughing all the way. It's so joyous. They're laughing.

OK Solberg: 03:28

Now the Christmas song I just heard that I was talking about earlier puts us into the Christmas mood for sure because we hear it every year. Please come home for Christmas. Yet, have you paid attention to the lyrics? Have you? Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news.

OK Solberg: 03:51

Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues. What? That isn't joyous. No. It isn't.

OK Solberg: 04:01

But did you realize the Christmas season is a very hard time for many people? It's hard for many and they aren't the bah humbug types. They're the ones that are all alone. Yes. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus.

OK Solberg: 04:17

Yes. Christmas is the time gifts are given. Sure. Christmas is the time for mistletoe and holly, but it ain't no fun when you're all alone. Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news.

OK Solberg: 04:32

Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues. My baby's gone. I have no friends to wish me greetings once again. I'm sorry, but man, that sucks to sit all alone with no phone calls, no Christmas cards, and no conversation. So this episode is dedicated to the the ones all alone.

OK Solberg: 04:57

Do you know why people like songs that are blue? Because they can relate to them. Wow. That's me. How did the songwriter know that?

OK Solberg: 05:07

And somehow, it feels a little better when you know someone else feels like you. You know they say misery loves company, so I can feel the misery with you. But what about the rest of you? I give you a challenge. During this Christmas season, take a plate of cookies to a person who is all alone.

OK Solberg: 05:27

Pull out the old teleophone and call someone to tell them you're thinking about them. Don't say you don't know what to say because I'll tell you what you can say. Hi. I don't need to borrow any money and I'm not in trouble. I just wanted to say Merry Christmas.

OK Solberg: 05:44

How you doing? And you know what? If you do that, you'll feel as good as the person who received it. Yeah, Clark. It's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.

OK Solberg: 05:58

So until next time, no Bah humbugging, but reach out to someone. As you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.