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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.
The music of Christmas
By Kevin Fischer
Thursday, Nov 29 2007, 05:15 PM
It was a hot summer night in 1976.
I was in the audience to see the late Paul Lynde in some forgettable musical comedy at what was then called the Performing Arts Center. As the lights went down and the curtain went up, the orchestra launched into a medley of Christmas songs……..this, while the temperature outside hovered around 90.
At the end of the overture, Lynde walked onstage and told a somewhat stunned crowd that he loved Christmas music and found it to be so beautiful that he found it strange it wasn’t played all year round.
Diana Weiss over at St. Fiacre’s Garden also loves Christmas music and admits she listens to it throughout the year.
There is an incredible amount of Christmas music to be enjoyed. It’s not surprising some radio stations start playing it so early. People want to hear it, yes, even weeks before Thanksgiving.
Starting tomorrow and for the next 25 days, I will highlight a Christmas song or some Christmas music along with a video every day leading right up until Christmas. I’ll also share the stories behind these songs. Consider them my musical Christmas card to you readers.
