For the first Fun Friday of the new year I found this video that can only make you blink a couple times with a “huh?” then smile and think, “This is the perfect song to end 2020.” HAH! Who knew this orchestra even existed? [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]

One singer. But with a seemingly infinite array of harmonies and outfits! Jacob Collier outdid himself with this gorgeous arrangement. Apparently he posted an Instagram photo of his recording with the statement you musicians will understand: “1 1/2 semitones sharp, so I don’t get bored.” Five and one-half minutes of sheer acapella brilliance. Enjoy! [If you cannot see the …

How many of you can relate to today’s hilarious comparison of Christmas 2019 with Christmas 2020? [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]

Which type of shopper are you? True confessions are not necessary in the comments! From the “It’s a Southern Thing” channel. [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]

Hard to believe it’s less than 30 days before Christmas! Enjoy the full version of this year’s Hobby Lobby advert. It should make you smile. As someone wrote, “It’s an entire Hallmark movie in 1:21.” [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.]

Did you notice that today can be rendered as 11202020? Just thought I’d mention it. Has nothing to do with today’s video–unless you want it to! Aaron Yoder has been the world’s fastest backwards runner. He can run the mile in under six minutes, backwards. How many of you can do that running forward? (No, not back when you were a slim athlete, but today.) All sorts of …

Today’s video is one of those brilliant and clever mashups of video clips matched to a familiar song. According to its creator, not a single clip was sped up or slowed down to match the music. It has the appearance of a master choreographer! Can you name all the movies or dancers in this video? If you get stuck, click the closed-caption feature and all is revealed. I couldn’t help but …

We normally hear this song played by strings. But what if this segment of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” was played at hyperspeed by the brass section? Enjoy today’s breathtaking feast! [If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.] HT: Chawna Schroeder

On March 1 a worship song called “The Blessing” was first introduced to the congregation at Elevation Church near Charlotte, North Carolina (written by members of their staff). A couple weeks later, during the coronavirus lockdown, a group of thirty churches in Pittsburg performed it on Easter Sunday in a virtual choir (you can find that version at this link). The song began to be sung …