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It's our Biggest Christmas issue ever. Actually, it's also our first Club Leadership 2022-2023
Christmas issue ever but the season tends to inspire harmless exaggeration.
We spent November participating in club events , and If you're a Triumph
owner, you've already been invited for an event scheduled for February 10,
2023. Check out page 8. Now, let's jump right into December.

We're ready to celebrate, to remember, to spend time with family, and with Please Take Note of the Following
friends, old and new. There are a variety of holidays that take place in President- Todd Fontechia,
Submissions
December, but there's no doubt that Christmas takes center stage for many NashvilleBritishCarClub@gmail.com
people. While there are some holiday customs that are uniquely American, Articles submitted for publication must be
the melting pot that is our country has also assimilated the holiday traditions WORD documents. If you do not have access to
of many other countries and put them to good use. Some, however, stay WORD, please submit your article within the
firmly rooted from whence they came. body of an email.
For our purposes, as a British car club, this issue has a special focus on the Images (what used to be called photos) should
things that make up a traditional British Christmas, some of which have not be high-res, 300 dpi , jpeg files. Please submit Vice-President & Car Show Chair, Russ Welty.
transferred across the pond. I hope you'll enjoy discovering some things about them as individual attachments to email. Treasurer- JD Damon
the holiday season that you may not have known. Then, don't forget the Include appropriate caption information.
Secretary-Dave Bishop
Scottish tradition of greeting the first footer on New Year's Eve as you hum I mages, unless identified with the name of the
Auld Lang Syne. photographer via a photo credit, are inserted
We have a feature story from JD and Cindy Damon, recently returned from either by common license, are in the public Officers at Large
their first visit to England. In 16 days, the Damons experienced only a single domain, or used under the Fair Use Doctrine
day of rain--almost impossible to believe. Stuart Naylor was in the home with no intention of violating copyright
country in November and sent us a teaser photo of one of the cars he saw protections.
while visiting family and friends. There will be more from him in the first issue Some articles in the magazine are the product of
of our New Year. aggregate news stories and research. All articles
Nostalgia and vintage toys are always part of the holidays. While his are subject to editing. Opinion pieces are Len Melanson
workshop is not at the North Pole, Lou Stans shares with us the story of his published as the opinion of the author alone.
1936 lathe, used to keep his E-type in perfect running order. Boys/toys, Nashville British Car Club assumes no liability
Men/tools--Lou proves it's possible to have fun while doing serious things. for any of the material found within the pages of Chip Hanback Paul Sanguinet t i
MOTORI NG.
We're also welcoming a new columnist in this issue. Sharon Stewart brings us
Track Rat s, designed to appeal to the vintage racing fans in the club. Please submit stories, images, and story ideas
to the editor at Twasbrilag@aol.com
On a personal note, my family has always added a bit of a darker twist to the
season of the solstice (I remember, clearly, the year my father put a soft, MOTORI NG is an online, digital publication,
Ken Springer Barry Whitehead
plastic cockroach in the tip of my Christmas stocking; I was in my 40s, he in his
late 70s, and he laughed like a kid when I shrieked as I pulled out not a plum. )

Thus, for me, the holidays don't begin until two things happen: First, I watch
the 1954 version of Whit e Christ mas and ponder why anyone would have
cast Bing Crosby, 51, as the romantic lead for Rosemary Clooney, 26, ( There
are apparently Christmas miracles in Hollywood casting decisions. ) even as I
enjoy watching Danny Kaye and an impossibly thin Vera- Ellen, 33, dance the
film away. [No, White Christmas, the song, did not debut in White Christmas --
that took place with Crosby singing and Fred Astaire dancing in Holiday Inn,
released in 1942. ) Second, I have to crank up my favorite holiday song , that
just happens to be by Nashville Boy Made Good, Ray Stevens. His I'm Giving
Guilt for Christ mas video (at right) is one of his better efforts, albeit with an
odd accent, and depending on how your season goes, you may want to add
it to own list for next year.

Wishing you a peaceful and happy season, however, you plan to celebrate.
MOTORING will return in 2023 . Cherie
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