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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. -- J.R.R. Tolkien
November 17, 2025
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1Taylor Swift : The Fate of Ophelia
2HUNTR/X : Golden
3Mariah Carey : All I Want for Christmas Is You
4Olivia Dean : Man I Need
5Alex Warren : Ordinary
6Taylor Swift : Opalite
7Brenda Lee : Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
8Wham! : Last Christmas
9Bobby Helms : Jingle Bell Rock
10Disco Lines : No Broke Boys
11Olivia Dean : So Easy (To Fall In Love)
12Michael Bublé : It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
13sombr : back to friends
14Ariana Grande : Santa Tell Me
15Saja Boys : Soda Pop
16Kelly Clarkson : Underneath the Tree
17Dean Martin : Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
18Andy Williams : It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
19RAYE : WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
20Benson Boone : Beautiful Things
21Sia : Snowman
22Saja Boys : Your Idol
23The Goo Goo Dolls : Iris
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Wed 19 Nov
high: 2 C
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Thu 20 Nov
high: 3 C
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Fri 21 Nov
high: 4 C
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Sat 22 Nov
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crucible

noun (KROO-suh-bul)

A crucible, in the word’s literal use, is a pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted. But crucible is more often encountered in figurative use referring to a difficult test or challenge, or to a place or situation that forces people to change or make difficult decisions.


“The place to find who you are is where you stand.” - George Mumford
- John Stanley Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), born in Hickson, Ontario (d. 1941)
- Frank Fay, American vaudeville comedian and actor (God's Gift to Women, Love Nest), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1961)
- Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer, made technological sound advances in film at MGM, born in Quebec Westmount, Quebec, born in Westmount, Quebec (d. 1971)
- Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, born in Tulare, California (d. 2006)
- Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold Downhill, Slalom, Giant slalom 1956; World C'ship gold x 7), born in Kitzbühel, Austria (d. 2009)
- Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator, born in Ramat Gan, Palestine (d. 2005)
- Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1984)
- Lauren Hutton [Mary], model/actress (American Gigolo), born in Charleston, South Carolina


- Vladimir Lenin defends "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
- Leonids meteor shower peaks at over 150,000 per hour for 20 minutes, a storm so intense that some people think it is the end of the world
- WHHM Television in Washington, D.C., becomes the first African-American public-broadcasting television station
- General Sani Abacha leads a military coup against Ernest Shonekan's transitional administration and returns the Nigerian government to military control
- 66th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Auburn
- Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer, made technological sound advances in film at MGM, born in Quebec Westmount, Quebec, born in Westmount, Quebec (d. 1971)
- Libby Newman, American artist, born in Rockland, Delaware (d. 2023)
- Sumner White, US yachtsman (Olympic gold 1952), born in New York City (d. 1988)
- Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk singer ("Sundown"; "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald"), born in Orillia, Ontario (d. 2023)
- Ryan Braun, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Los Angeles, California

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