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rsdsharp

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9. Not quite the same thing, but your post triggered a memory.

Reply to Higherarky (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 21, 2022, 02:11 PM

Dec 2022

Many years ago, my wife and I and 14 others were an an American Express tour in China. One night the group had dinner in a restaurant in Shanghai. It was a nice restaurant, and there was a string quartet. Near the end of the meal, apparently in honor of the westerners, they began playing Western music — Christmas music — in August, with the temperature and humidity in the 90s.

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Who remembers this Christmas classic from the 60s? [View all] BigmanPigman Dec 2022 OP

Me! Diamond_Dog Dec 2022 #1

It's on Apple TV+ right now. Kablooie Dec 2022 #2

Really? I still have it saved on my DVR BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #3

Yep. Kablooie Dec 2022 #4

That would have been cool to show to my class BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #5

This whole... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #6

I used to have a regular gig at a German restaurant in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Higherarky Dec 2022 #7

Not quite the same thing, but your post triggered a memory. rsdsharp Dec 2022 #9

. Higherarky Dec 2022 #10

Just watched it last night Easterncedar Dec 2022 #8