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Christmas Spirit (and JINGLEFEST tickets) Enclosed! Love, Cornbread

I need some help from my Breadhead army.

I got to see the Salvation Army operation in action last week, and decided we had to help these people this Christmas. So I adopted the Cornbread Christmas Kettle and vowed to do my best to get it filled.

YOU KNOW MY MOTTO…GO BIG OR GO HOME! AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO!

On December 13, we undertake Operation Christmas Spirit!

We’re going to have the biggest bellringing that’s ever been undertaken by a group – at 32 WalMart and Sams Clubs in our listening area.

I NEED 200 BREADHEAD VOLUNTEERS TO MAN (OR WOMAN) THE KETTLES!

Cute kids, singing choirs, or clowns are welcome to dress it up! (Annie’s bringing homemade cookies and hot chocolate to hers.)

AS A CHRISTMAS THANK YOU FROM ME TO YOU, YOU’LL GET 2 JINGLFEST TICKETS FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR 2 HOURS AT THIS HISTORIC UNDERTAKING!

If this doesn’t put you in the Christmas spirit nothing will!

See you soon and Ho, Ho, Ho!
CORNBREAD

TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE BIG DAY:

Call Calley Heidelberg at the Salvation Army @ 314-646-3145

Tell her you want to volunteer for Cornbread’s Bellringing Brigade on December 13.

Two hours shifts are available from 10am – 6pm at most metro area WalMart and Sam’s Club locations, so you can volunteer close to home. The first 200 volunteers (age 16 and over) who volunteer for a shift, get a pair of Jinglefest tickets. (Tickets can be picked up at the show on December 10.)

For more information CLICK HERE.

If you are unable to volunteer and would just like to make a donation to CORNBREAD’S CHRISTMAS KETTLE CLICK HERE.

Give the gift of music…This is a list of Country cd’s in stores now!

No more new cd’s from Country artists till after the first of the year…so what I’ve done here is post your favorites that you hear on 92.3 WIL along with their title and date of release. I hope this helps when giving the gift of music.

The one cd that does the most has to be Cornbread’s Adopt a soldier benefit cd…click here for more info.

  • Alan Jackson: Good Time (3/4) (Arista Nashville)
  • Andy Griggs: The Good Life (5/27)
  • Billy Currington: Little Bit of Everything (10/14)
  • Blake Shelton: Startin’ Fires (11/18)
  • Brad Paisley: Play (11/4)
  • Chuck Wicks: Starting Now (1/22)
  • Craig Morgan: Greatest Hits (9/30)
  • Craig Morgan: That’s Why (10/21)
  • Crystal Shawanda: Dawn of a New Day (8/19)
  • Darius Rucker: Learn To Live (9/16)
  • Dierks Bentley: Greatest Hits (5/6)
  • Dierks Bentley: Live From Austin, TX (11/11)
  • Faith Hill: Joy To The World (9/30) (Warner Bros)
  • George Strait: Classic Christmas (10/7)
  • George Strait: Troubadour (4/1)
  • Heidi Newfield: What Am I Waiting For (8/5) (Curb)
  • Jamey Johnson: That Lonesome Song (8/5)
  • James Otto: Sunset Man (4/8)
  • Jessica Simpson: Do You Know (9/9)
  • Jimmy Wayne: Beautiful Thing (8/26)
  • Joe Nichols: Real Things (8/21) (Universal South)
  • John Michael Montgomery: Time Flies (10/14)
  • Josh Gracin: We Weren’t Crazy (4/1)
  • Julianne Hough: self-titled (5/20)
  • Julianne Hough: The Julianne Hough Collection (holiday, at Target) (10/12)
  • Keith Anderson: C’mon (8/5)
  • Kellie Pickler: self-titled (9/30)
  • Kenny Chesney: Lucky Old Sun (10/21)
  • Kenny Chesney: Lucky Old Sun Deluxe Edition (10/14)
  • Kristy Lee Cook: Why Wait (9/16)
  • Lady Antebellum: Lady Antebellum (4/15)
  • Lee Ann Womack: Call Me Crazy (10/21)
  • Little Big Town: A Place To Land (re-issue with bonus tracks) (10/14)
  • Luke Bryan: I’ll Stay Me (Capitol) (8/14)
  • Mark Wills: Familiar Stranger (10/28)
  • Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (5/1) (Epic Nashville)
  • Montgomery Gentry: Back When I Knew It All (6/10)
  • Phil Vassar: Prayer Of A Common Man (4/22)
  • Randy Houser: Anything Goes (11/18)
  • Randy Owen: One To One (11/4) (Broken Bow)
  • Randy Travis: Around The Bend (7/15) (Warner Bros)
  • Rascal Flatts: Greatest Hits (10/28)
  • Reba McEntire: 50 Greatest Hits (10/21)
  • Rebecca Lynn Howard: No Rules (6/17) (Saguaro Records)
  • Sugarland: Love On The Inside (7/29)
  • Taylor Swift: Beautiful Eyes (7/15) (Big Machine) (Wal-Mart exclusive)
  • Taylor Swift: Fearless (11/11)
  • The Lost Trailers: Holler Back (8/26) (BNA)
  • The Zac Brown Band: The Foundation (11/18)
  • Tim McGraw: Greatest Hits 3 (10/7)
  • Toby Keith: 35 Biggest Hits (5/6)
  • Toby Keith: Big Dog Daddy (6/12) (Show Dog Records)
  • Toby Keith: That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy (10/28)
  • Trace Adkins: Live From Austin, TX (10/28)
  • Trace Adkins: X (11/25) (Capitol)
  • Various: Elvis Presley Christmas Duets (10/14)

Join Santa Bread on SAT Dec. 6 to Grant ‘Little Wishes.’

Join CORNBREAD & Newschannel 5 on Saturday Dec. 6 to help grant ‘Little Wishes’ for local foster children.

Cornbread will be at the Kirkwood WalMart from 10am – 12pm for the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition Little Wishes Shopping Day. Stop by and choose a local child’s wish off the Christmas tree. Cornbread will even help you shop!

This year, FACC received a record high request for Little Wishes… a 25% increase! This holiday season there are over 7,000 Little Wishes, ranging from $20 – $200.

You can also grant a little wish online HERE.

Big Dawg Donation House Toy Drive for St. Louis Crisis Nursery

From now through December 15th, look for the Big Dawg Donation House or Collection bin in any Metro Shop ‘n Save location and donate your new, unwrapped toy to help the kids (little dawgs) of Saint Louis Crisis Nursery. This is Shop ‘n Save’s 3rd holiday season collecting toys. With the economy the way it is, we have to work extra hard this year to make certain a less fortunate child has something under the tree. I need your help! Together, we CAN make a difference this holiday season!Shop 'n Save

Click here to vote on my Big Dawg’s Donation House photo contest. Employees of Shop’n Save will be submitting their photos on-line for me and my listeners to vote on. I need each Big Dawg to cast a vote. Remember, a Big Dawg’s Vote Counts!!! I will announce on-air as soon as my Big Dawg Election Center is ready, so listen up.

A Merry Carrie Christmas!


A Merry Carrie Christmas kicks off Monday December 1!

WIL will give away Carrie Underwood tickets every 92 minutes beginning with Cornbread at 9am – then more pairs of tickets every 92 minutes until 5pm. ALL winners of tickets qualify for the grand prize – a meet and greet with Carrie.

Santa will hand the winners their tickets at the Chaifez Arena before the show.

Christmas in Kimmswick

This weekend was our annual girls shopping weekend – aunts & cousins from 3 states came to St Louis to shop and then shop and shop more. We did eat a lot too!

Yesterday, I took them to Kimmswick. After our free Friday breakfast there a few weeks ago, I was reminded how much I enjoy this little Missouri town!

Of course we enjoyed lunch at The Blue Owl – I had a chicken salad baked pie that was amazing followed by white chocolate banana cream pie!!

The milk carton luminaries lining the street leading into town reminded me that we just missed the Christmas Open House on Saturday.

But they are just getting started in Kimmswick! The 2008 Old Fashioned Christmas Festival & Historic House Tour is Friday December 5 – Sunday December 7.

All weekend you can tour the log country and victorian houses decorated in holiday themes, enjoy the strolling carolers, take a carriage ride or meet SANTA!

Mrs. Claus even has an activity cottage where you can decorate cookies, have your face painted or mix a bag of reindeer food. (The activity cottage is located on Elm St. next to the Christmas Haus.)

House tour time & ticket information is HERE.

To see photos & video from Cornbread’s Free Breakfast Friday in Kimmswick, go HERE.

(The photo is of my Abby in a mini “Christmas house” right in front of Annie Girl’s.)

WIL’s Christmas Cash Giveaway

WIL’s Christmas Cash Giveaway

We gave it away in 2008! – Over $100,000 in cash, prizes and gas! And now just in time for the holidays – WIL has thousands of dollars of FREE Christmas Cash…..To win your share of the loot listen for Christmas songs “at work”..weekdays 9 to 5!

When you hear the holiday song end– be caller 12 to win $100 in Christmas Cash! (314-969-9230 or 618-399-9230) Get an unfair advantage with Cornbread weekday mornings at 7:15 – he’ll give you the hours of the day when the songs play or….

if you’re a WIL Loyal Listener click here to get an unfair advantage by seeing when the songs will play each week. Remember, you have to be logged into your account in order to access this secret page!

Putting holiday cheer in the economy with sack-fulls of free Christmas cash for you and your family –92.3 Today’s WIL!

Click here for contest rules – Must be 18 or older to win.


Give Xmas gifts for our soldiers…can you help?

Many of our soldiers will be on the front lines at Christmastime and all you have to do is the shopping…A Soldiers Wish List is doing the rest. Please go to this website http://www.asoldierswishlist.org/events.php to see what items are needed and dropoff points. Please feel free to drop off items here at WIL…I’m trying to fill my office with items needed. The organization will be doing the wrapping and shipping.

God Bless our Soldiers!