{"id":467086,"date":"2025-12-23T17:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/467086\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:52:23","slug":"houstons-favorite-holiday-music-dec-23-2025-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/467086\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston\u2019s favorite holiday music (Dec. 23, 2025) \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-530383 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HMCC-Featured-Image-Dark-Blue-2025-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"A mint green skyline against a dark blue background with the words Houston Matters with Craig Cohen in white\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday\u2019s show: We learn about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texasobserver.org\/nowhere-to-go-texas-boarding-home-system\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">problems with group homes<\/a> for elderly or disabled people across the state, which is the subject of an investigation from the Texas Observer.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Also this hour: The holidays may bring realizations about the health of aging family members in your life. We <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2024\/12\/18\/509113\/when-is-it-time-to-intervene-in-the-care-of-an-elder-loved-one\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">get some advice<\/a> on how to handle that situation with care.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in this month&#8217;s installment of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/topics\/shows\/houston-matters\/the-bigger-picture\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Bigger Picture<\/a>, we consider what the new Knives Out movie, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14364480\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wake Up Dead Man<\/a>, has to say about religious leadership and guidance.<\/p>\n<p>And listeners share some of their favorite holiday songs in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2020\/12\/18\/387952\/houston-matters-mix-tape-vol-4-favorite-songs-for-the-holidays\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Houston Matters Holiday Mixtape<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday\u2019s show: We learn about problems with group homes for elderly or disabled people across the state,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":215937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[73452,41736,16304,68131,212488,212489,172401,7709,4345,16305,212490,425,53,50,365,3996,358,212491,32418,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-467086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-elder-abuse","9":"tag-elder-care","10":"tag-full-show","11":"tag-group-homes","12":"tag-holiday-gatherings","13":"tag-holiday-gathersin","14":"tag-holiday-music","15":"tag-holidays","16":"tag-houston","17":"tag-houston-matters","18":"tag-houston-matters-mixtape","19":"tag-local","20":"tag-movies","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-religion","23":"tag-shows","24":"tag-texas","25":"tag-texas-observer","26":"tag-the-bigger-picture","27":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115770160618185951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}