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Wednesday, December 24, 2020
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Our holiday
JULI BLOODGOOD, advertising, LGO/BCH
SONG: “Little Drummer Boy”
TV SHOW: Any of the “Gilmore Girls”
Christmas episodes.
MOVIES: Classics like “It’s a Wonderful
Life,” “White Christmas” and “Elf.”
FOOD: Stuffing, pumpkin pie, sweet pota-
toes, leftover turkey!
CHRISTMAS TREE: The Christmas tree
better be real, and we cut it at a tree farm.
RONALD BOND, Wallowa County Chieftain
editor (and honorary LGO newsroom member)
SONG: Mannheim Steamroller’s “God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
FOOD: My mom always made sticky buns
and sausage for breakfast Christmas morn-
ing. Also coffee cake.
CHRISTMAS TREE: Real. Always.
LISA BRITTON, GO co-editor, freelance reporter
FOOD: The homemade pretzels and
fondue we make for Christmas Eve. It’s a
fun tradition and everyone is finally good at
forming the pretzel shape!
CHRISTMAS TREE: Real! We scout
Christmas trees all summer during our
hikes, but those are usually inaccessible due
to snow by the time we venture out to find
a tree. I love the smell a fresh tree brings to
our home.
KARRINE BROGOITTI, The Boss,
LGO/BCH
SONG: Bing Crosby’s “White
Christmas”
TV SHOW: “Emmet Otter’s
Jug-Band Christmas”
MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s
Christmas Vacation”
FOOD: Mashed potatoes and
gravy
CHRISTMAS TREE: Real
and living so they can be
planted after Christmas.
AMY HORN, advertising,
LGO/BCH
SONG: “Redneck 12 Days of
Christmas” by Jeff Foxworthy
and Larry the Cable Guy
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MOVIE: “Fred Claus”
FOOD: My mama’s iced sugar cookie!
CHRISTMAS TREE: Real tree.
JAYSON JACOBY, BCH editor
SONG: Bruce Springsteen and the E
Street Band’s version of “Santa Claus Is
Coming to Town.” This song tops my list
because it exudes the energy that defines a
Springsteen concert, in this case one re-
corded in 1975 before he became a legendary
performer. The song also features a classic
saxophone solo by Clarence Clemons and
makes excellent use of sleigh bells.
TV SHOW: “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
The instant I hear Vince Guaraldi’s jaunty,
jazzy score, I am back in my childhood living
room, watching on a console TV that weighs
almost as much as a Volkswagen Beetle.
MOVIE: “National Lampoon’s Christmas
Vacation.” Among the most quotable movies
ever.
FOOD: Peppermint bark.
CHRISTMAS TREE: Real, and harvested
from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
I prefer grand firs but have dabbled, in the
past, in subalpine firs and Douglas-firs.
DOROTHY KAUTZ, graphic design, LGO
SONGS: “White Christmas” and “I’ll Be
Home for Christmas.” My mother would al-
ways be sing-
ing during
the holidays.
She has been
gone a long
time now
but I can
still picture
her singing
them. As a
kid we would
always sing
“Jingle Bell
Rock” while
drinking hot
chocolate
and going
to cut our
Christmas
tree and go
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sledding. The whole family would go — we
had several pickups loaded with people.
TV SHOWS: “Frosty” and the Charlie
Brown special. I watched them with my kids
every year and now get to watch them with
the grandkids.
MOVIE: “Miracle on 34th Street”
FOOD: I love pies, especially lemon me-
ringue pie and pumpkin pie.
CHRISTMAS TREE: Love the smell of a
fresh-cut tree, but use the convenience of an
artificial.
called “What’s Opera, Doc” (a.k.a. Kill da
Wabbit). It’s an all-time favorite.
MOVIE: “Gremlins”
FOOD: Gravy. It goes on everything and
there’s never enough.
CHRISTMAS TREE: My family got an
artificial tree a few years ago and it’s almost
absurdly convenient, but I grew up getting a
live tree every year and I definitely miss it.
There’s nothing like having a live spruce in
the house. The cleanup, I miss less.
DICK MASON, reporter, LGO
LISA LESTER KELLY, GO co-editor, LGO news
clerk
SONGS: Amy Grant’s “Tennessee Christ-
mas,” Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” and
hymns like “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” and “It
Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
TV SHOW: “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to
Town” (1970 — narrated by Fred Astaire!). I
make my kids watch it with me every year.
MOVIES: “Holiday Inn,” “It’s a Wonderful
Life” and “Christmas Story”
FOOD: My sister Becky’s peanut butter
balls and Cherise Kaechele’s “Christmas
crack.” And the fondue spread we have on
Christmas Day — thanks, Mom!
CHRISTMAS TREE: Real is ideal. Real-
ity is artificial (with a pine-scented candle
nearby).
COREY KIRK, sports editor, BCH
SONG: NSYNC’s “Merry Christmas,
Happy Holidays”
TV SHOW: Every “Friends” Christmas
episode.
MOVIE: “The Santa Clause” with Tim
Allen.
FOOD: Stuffing!
CHRISTMAS TREE: Never had a real
tree.
KALEB LAY, reporter, LGO
SONG : “White Christmas” by Bing
Crosby. Apparently there’s a familial connec-
tion, but given Bing’s reputation that might
not exactly be uncommon.
TV SHOW: It doesn’t have much to do
with the holidays, but whenever my family is
together we watch the Looney Tunes episode
SONG: “White Christmas”
MOVIE: “It’s a Wonderful Life”
FOOD: Fruitcake.
CHRISTMAS TREE: I prefer a real tree
but I feel more comfortable with an artificial
one for safety reasons.
SARAH SMITH, event calender coordinator,
EO Media Group
SONG”: “Let It Snow”
TV SHOW: I love the Futurama episode
“Xmas Story.”
MOVIE: “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” (1983)
FOOD: Gingerbread.
CHRISTMAS TREE: Artificial tree and
real wreaths.
PHIL WRIGHT, LGO editor
SONGS: “Sleigh Ride,” “Silver Bells” and
“Winter Wonderland”
TV SHOWS: Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch
Stole Christmas” and any “Doctor Who”
Christmas special. I probably still would
watch “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
MOVIES: No. 1 favorite is “Scrooged”
(1988). The rest are not in any particular or-
der: “Elf” (2003), “A Christmas Story” (1983),
“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” (1987) and
“Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale” (2010 —
and this one is a horror movie).
FOOD: Peanut butter fudge.
CHRISTMAS TREE: I’m OK with real or
artificial.
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