Category: advent bracket

As sometimes happens, your commissioner gets distracted in the holiday season…this time, by a super cute grandson. But we are down to the final matchup, and you have until 9 pm on Christmas Eve to vote your wishes! It’s the Elevation Choir vs Tyler Allen. …

Well, my seeds were exactly right in the top half of the bracket, and exactly wrong in the bottom half of the bracket. So we have upsets! And more votes to complete. Deadline: Saturday at 8 pm PST.

Here we go again, everyone! Advent Caroling Madness kicks off yet another year. I picked a less-well-known carol this year, because, well, it’s been growing on me from my Christmas playlist over the last few years. Normally I have to whittle things down to get …

Basically, on social media I’m known for two things: Lord of the Rings and Advent Caroling Madness. (Ok maybe also how to arrange eggs in a carton and how to break children’s hearts about Santa.) For the 13th time, we are bringing fighting and competition, …

The play-in round was a RAGING success! Don’t listen to those naysayers on Facebook. Ok, they were the only ones who said anything and they said they didn’t like the themed play-in rounds, and they don’t like this song, but I said it was a …

You’d think that since we are in the second decade of Advent Caroling Madness there would be no more new good ideas…but NO! My brain has stormed and I am so excited! I had too many submissions for a 16 team bracket. AND I noticed …

Such an amazing response! 32 submissions! How should that many submissions be dealt with? First, I made sure everyone who submitted a song got their place in the bracket. Then, no person got more than two submissions. That got it down to 28 songs. But …

Here are all the winners of our voting over the years! 2013 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles Angels We Have Heard On High Pentatonix (1 seed) Joy to the World Aretha Franklin (1 seed) Original Christmas Song Breath …

Windham Hill and Adam Sandler watch their valiant, improbable runs come to an end. Celine Dion, the plucky 15 seed with a stunning voice and a boring arrangement, takes on Take 6 in the finals. Get your votes in by 7 pm PST on Christmas …

My last minute entry, Take 6’s Hark the Herald Angels Sing, is the highest remaining seed…and it’s a 5! I can’t decide which is the biggest surprise for sure, but it’s probably Windham Hill. My seeds were hugely wrong compared to your voting. Vote fast! …