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Tell us when the appropriate time is to get those Christmas lights on the house.

Every now and then, I get an email that is worth sharing.  Everyone knows I don't have much of a sense of fashion.  I wear jeans and polo shirts for the most part and I keep the colors pretty basic.  The email I received this morning delves into the fashion aspect of the dating world.  Here it is:

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How important is fashion sense on the dating scene?  Let us know in our poll!

I'm one of those people that believe Christmas decorations should not be put up until after Thanksgiving.  I enjoy the holidays, but I also like for them to have a special feeling.  I think we lose some of that when we start seeing stores display Christmas merchandise after the day after Halloween.  Some retailers have had their displays up for weeks already.  Apparently, I'm not alone.

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According to a new survey, 78% of Americans say stores should wait until Thanksgiving to play Christmas music, and 75% say they shouldn't put up their decorations until then either.  What do you think?

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I was talking about this on the air this morning and there was so much response that I decided to post it here too.  My friend's young son called her "the B-word," so she said he couldn't go trick-or-treating for Halloween. Is that too harsh? Should she let him go? Or should she be consistent and make her threats of punishment have merit?

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My friend's young son called her "the B-word," so she said he couldn't go trick-or-treating for Halloween. Is that too harsh? Should she let him go? Or should she be consistent and make her threats of punishment have merit?

In a recent survey, 24% of parents said sometimes they'd really rather travel without their kids.  What do you think?

For the last 10 years, six of those in Sedalia, I have played the National Anthem each morning before the show.  It is generally not something I point out nor do I put a lot of pomp and circumstance around it.  I just play it.  Last week, a friend of mine contacted me to tell me that she used my show as a history lesson.

It seems her cousin who is in 6th grade didn't know what our National Anthem was.  He had heard it before my show, but never knew the meaning behind it.  I count this as a pretty big failure on several levels, and I started to think of all the different ways I've heard the song done.

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There have been some beautiful renditions of 'The Star Spangled Banner' over the years, both by bands as well as singers.  Whitney Houston and Riccochet's versions are two of my favorites.  Jose Feliciano recently revived his 1968 performance of the piece at an NLCS game.

What did you think?  Should the National Anthem be sung traditionally or with a little bit of flair?

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