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Kathy's avatar

Got To Get You Into My Life and my fav album is Rubber Soul. Merry Christmas.

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

Wow. You just brought back a blast of memories for me. My parents didn't have many records, but one of them was Rubber Soul. I listened to it over and over, sitting right in front of the stereo speaker on the orange-and-yellow shag carpet in my bedroom.

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Kathy's avatar

Now i feel old…..officially. I still have all of my Beatles albums with the exception of Yellow Submarine. My cousin swapped a Jimi Hendrix album for that. I don’t know who got the better deal him or me. I also have all my Led Zeppelin albums and Black Sabbath.

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

I'm a fan of 'Hey Bulldog!' -- Still, I think you might have gotten the better deal. -- Dave

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Mary's avatar

My parents had 2 albums when I was growing up…(Ireland in the 60s).

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Kathy! Congratulations! You're one of our random winners of Patrick's book 'Strawberry Fields.' YAY! Can you email me at mel@strongsenseofplace.com so we can get the audiobook to you? — Mel

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Elizaebeth's avatar

Ok, my favorite Beatles' songs are definitely tied: "Blackbird" and "Here Comes The Sun". But my kiddos went through a phase where they could not fall asleep without listening to "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"...on repeat. After years of wanting to tear my ears off whenever I heard it, I am now weirdly nostalgic.

I'm not sure how I feel about beef broth cocoa. I'm definitely gonna have to try that.

Nineteenth-century Kindle delights me, both for the books, and for miniatures!

Holiday movie haiku: Not sure if the details tempt me to watch any of them, or serve as a warning....

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

The miniatures! I want to try making tiny books. They're so cute!

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Amber O’Bryant's avatar

Here Comes the Sun or Hey Jude, depending on my mood :)

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patherkal@gmail.com's avatar

It's hard to pick a favorite but Blackbird can live as an ear worm for days - must be a top pick!

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Andrea Cuene's avatar

I wanna hold your hand

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Andrea! Congratulations! You're one of our random winners of Patrick's book 'Strawberry Fields.' YAY! Can you email me at mel@strongsenseofplace.com so we can get the audiobook to you? — Mel

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Mary's avatar

Lucy in the sky with diamonds (for my niece ). Thanks for the recommendations!

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Amy's avatar

A Day in the Life. Have a wonderful and merry Christmas!

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Jana's avatar

My favorite Beatles song is Let it Be, but I also love Michelle so much that I named my daughter after it. And SHE now has one tattoo that says Let It Be and one that is an album: Rubber Soul. How fun is that?!

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Jenn Rodriguez's avatar

Yellow Submarine is great and my son likes Love Me Do

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Rhonda Sanchez's avatar

While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Norwegian Woods

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Hope W's avatar

I love “Within You Without You” or any Beatles song which features the sitar. My husband lived in the southwest Czech Republic from 1993-96. We would love to listen to Strawberry Fields together. Thanks & happy holidays! Hope

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Hope! Congratulations! You're one of our random winners of Patrick's book 'Strawberry Fields.' YAY! Can you email me at mel@strongsenseofplace.com so we can get the audiobook to you? — Mel

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Hope W's avatar

Thank you so much!!! :)

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Julie's avatar

Oh, this is hard, because I love many of the Beatles' songs. If I had to choose it would probably be a tossup between Here Comes the Sun and Got to Get You Into My Life.

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Andrea Randall's avatar

Obladi Oblada (ooh my spellchecker didn’t like that!) - I remember sitting on the rug in my primary school classroom, learning to sing this song with my classmates, while our nun-teacher gave it her all! Joyous.

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anna elizabeth's avatar

Heare comes the Sun! I was really lucky to see the Beatles themed Cirque du Soliel in Vegas -- so cool

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Rose's avatar

Eleanor Rigby.... the loneliness is palpable and something i try to embrace, resting from social gatherings

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Darlene White's avatar

Blackbird! Not a song I knew well until my three year old grandson became obsessed with it. We listened all the time and it will always remind me of him. And I’m still not sure how that even happened that he knew and fell in love with that song!

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