1 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: Little man Heim steam Roller. Here. The tune is called Patapan. 2 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: I'll tell you cannot you cannot go wrong if Christmas 3 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: music is part of your holiday evening, late afternoon. Everybody 4 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: has their standards and favorites. Manheim steam It's all instrumental. 5 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: I have a bit of an emotional attachment to it. 6 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: It happened to be some of the first Christmas music 7 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: my happenstance. They happen to be listening to upon the 8 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: learning of the death of my father, and I've I've 9 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: had this emotional connection. It was on an airplane, forty 10 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: feet looking out the window. I thought I was looking 11 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: at Heaven. Here is David in More, Oklahoma's we start 12 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: on the Phone's great to have you today, sir. Hello, 13 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas Fresh, same to you, sir. I just wanted 14 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: to let you know when every holiday rolls around, we 15 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: think of you, and you are almost invariably a part 16 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: of our holiday. Whether it's Fourth of July when we 17 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: read the essay that your dad wrote about the Americans 18 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: who risked everything, um you reading the True Meaning of Thanksgiving, 19 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: the True Story of Thanksgiving, and George Washington's proclamation um 20 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: even and at Christmas time especially. I know this is 21 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: the time of you when you get very thankful. And 22 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: you actually introduced us to Mannheim steam Roller and now 23 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: steele a knocked. Is uh a valuable part of what 24 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: we do as a family. And is that not just 25 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: a beautiful version of that song? What what we do 26 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: is we all sit around uh, after we've decorated the 27 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: Christmas tree. By the way, I have eleven Rush babies. 28 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: I've been listening to you since nineteen Yes, sir, since 29 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: ninety nine when I took my baby girl home from 30 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: the hospital. You were on the radio. I promised you 31 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: this is true. You were on the radio and you 32 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: have been inculcating our children ever since. Um, I just 33 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: want to let you know you were such a part 34 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: of our family and we anyway, we sit around the 35 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: tree after we've decorated, we turn off all the lights 36 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: except for the Christmas lights. We listened to Knox as 37 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: we enjoy egg nog or whatever it is that that 38 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: we want to enjoy and we get we just contemplate 39 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: the meaning of Christmas and all the things that we're 40 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: thankful for, and Rush you were right up there. Uh. 41 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: And I know we've never met we've spoken several times, 42 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: you've spoken to my wife on occasion, but we we 43 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: just love you, and I just I believe that I 44 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: know you are very thankful for everything you've received, and 45 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: I also know that it's because the Lord has blessed 46 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: you in proportion to how you have blessed other people 47 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: with your children's books, educating them about the true history 48 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: of America. How you defend our traditions and our principles 49 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,839 Speaker 1: and our values. I'm just I'm so thankful for that, 50 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: and so I just want to wish you a very 51 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: merry Christmas. Well, thank you sir very much. That's uh, 52 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: that's very touching, David, and I appreciate it profoundly. Um, 53 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: It's it's it echoes my thoughts as well about all 54 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: of you. You know, people thanksgiving, people give thanks for 55 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: some of the Christmas time has always been when when 56 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: the sense of gratitude for my good fortune overwhelms me, 57 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: and I I share it with people. But I'm honored. 58 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: I am honored to hold a place, uh in in 59 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: your family's Christmas and holiday celebrations the way you described 60 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: you can't know how that honors me, and I appreciate 61 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: it very much.