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Alexander Armstrong and Tom Odell

Chris and his Breakfast Team elves bring that festive feeling to your mornings, with Pointless host Alexander Armstrong and live Christmas tunes from Tom Odell!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 17 Dec 2013 06:30
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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 014.

  • Avicii

    Hey Brother

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • The Cars

    My Best Friend's Girl

    • The Cars.
    • Elektra.

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Underneath The Tree

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Radio Radio

    • The Very Best Of Elvis Costello.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • The Crystals

    Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

  • Deacon Blue

    You'll Know It's Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Edsel Recordings.
    • 001.

  • Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews

    Baby It's Cold Outside

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.

  • Eartha Kitt

    Santa Baby

  • Leona Lewis

    One More Sleep

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    The Life Of Riley

    • Sense - The Lightning Seeds.
    • Virgin.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Elvis Presley

    Blue Christmas

    • If Every Day Was Like Christmas.
    • RCA.

  • Chris Rea

    Driving Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ For Christmas

    • (Single).
    • WEA.
    • 1.

  • Jim Reeves

    Silver Bells

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.

  • Todd Rundgren

    I Saw The Light

    • My Girl (Original 1992 Film S/Track).
    • Epic.

  • Nina Simone

    Ain't Got No, I Got Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Steely Dan

    FM (No Static At All)

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.

  • Shakin’ Stevens

    Merry Christmas Everyone

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Train

    Mermaid

    • California 37.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Kim Wilde

    Hey Mister Snowman

    • Wilde Winter Snowman.
    • Wildeflower Records.
    • 001.

  • Wings

    Mull Of Kintyre

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Yes

    Owner Of A Lonely Heart

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

Pause For Thought: Christopher Jamison

Pause For Thought: Christopher Jamison

Pause For Thought :

From Benedictine Monk, Father Christopher Jamison:

Μύ

It may be Christmas in the shops but our Advent calendars remind us that it isn't Christmas yet. 'O come o come Emmanuel' goes the carol, sung especially in the week before Christmas. This carol asks God to come and set people free from tyranny, to cheer them up by bringing light into darkness and to open hearts that are closed. These are all things that people long to have in their lives: freedom, light, openness. This beautiful Advent carol invites people to express what they truly long for and to believe that in the birth of Jesus all these longings are met. But people's deepest longings are often hidden by the necessities of daily life. So I want to be more loving and caring to others, but to be honest, my day-to-day concerns are more about eating, shopping, doing my job and getting some exercise. So this year when I sing 'O come o come Emmanuel' I'm asking God to help me to be loving even when I’m doing these more mundane daily activities, so they can become an expression of that desire to be more loving. But that's so hard to do in practice isn't it?Μύ I think that's one reason why it's tempting to make Xmas a once a year attempt at peace and good will. Most of us can just about manage peace on earth for a day. But if I take Advent to heart, then this coming week, when I catch myself being selfish, or the mundane things in life start taking over, I'll shout out to God: come and set me free, come and bring light, come and open my heart. Then Xmas day becomes not a once a year attempt to be good, it becomes the climax of my deepest longing, a new beginning of loving and being loved.

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