Steve Grand: "All I Want For Christmas"

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you

I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow, and I
I just wanna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
There's no sense in hanging stockings
There upon the fireplace
Santa won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day

I just want you here tonight
holding on to me so tight
Boy what can I do?
You know that all I want for Christmas is you.

All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air

And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me
The one I really love
Won't you please bring my baby to me

I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door

I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want
All I want for Christmas is you
is you

Credits
Released December 21, 2015
Vocals & Piano: Steve Grand
All other Instruments (Strings, Bass Guitar, Drums, Sleigh Bells, Tambourine) performed by: Nicholas M. Block
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You can download the song here https://stevegrand.bandcamp.com/

I Long for Tomorrow

December 22, 2015, is the date of the Winter Solstice this year.

In my first life hometown (Lund, Sweden) the length of the day between sunrise and sunset will be only 7 hours and 54 seconds.

After that the the days will keep on getting longer day by day until we reach the Summer Solstice on June 21, 2016, when the length of the day will be 17 hours, 32 minutes and 42 seconds.

Ten more bloody, glorious hours of daylight to sooth our souls! And we are starting our move towards it after tomorrow!

In SecondLife, Tomais and I decided not to change Southern Charm to winter this year. I couldn't stand the thought of darkness and cold in SL too and besides our Royal Gardener Butch Diavolo is indisposed at the time being.

Standard of Beauty Around The World

Clip Description
An international cast of gorgeous male models shows just how drastically the physical attributes of the "ideal man" vary across 12 different countries.

Make sure to read the full article, with more in-depth research and analysis, on BuzzFeed.

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Well, even if I am a happily married man, I think the whole bunch of the them are unnervingly beautiful! So even if there may be slight variations in the ideals, I don't think anyone anywhere would actually kick a single one of them out of their bed, except if they had an exceptionally bad smell...

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"Vanity Shot" by Petr Vanbeeck

If you wish to see more of Petr's photography, please visit his Flickr photostream by clicking his name under the picture.

Showing Today 9AM SLT: The Polar Express

At the Southern Charm outdoors movie theater.

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"Cozy Lil Bunnies" by Anjill Pevensey

If you wish to see more of Anjill's photography, please visit her Flickr photostream by clicking her name under the picture.

BiSL Joins "War on Christmas"

Yesterday the Editor-in-Chief of Bock in SecondLife, the Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm*, and his royal consort Tomais Ashdene, duke of Erat, sent out their seasonal greetings to family, friends and acquaintances.

The greeting on the card is also a proud political statement in which they declare their position in what Faux News (a.k.a. Fox News of America) has dubbed "The War on Christmas".

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This year's card was photographed by Tomais Ashdene, with Bock McMillan ordering about and giving unhelpful advice and suggestions which was for the most part patiently and wisely ignored by the photographer.

*) For a full and correct list of the lairds present titles please see this post.