More in the Christmas Mood

My name is Timothy Campbell, and I am an Oklahoma City native. I have been attending grad school in Europe, first in Germany and now in Poland, since 2002, and for this reason, this is my fifth straight Christmas away from home. I try to communicate with my family...

The Jingle Always Brings a Smile

My future wife Sherry and I (both OKC born) were traveling on a narrow country highway in Alabama, 10 years ago (1996), when the BC Clark Jingle just popped into my head. It was one of those quiet moments when the conversation paused, and she glanced my way and I had...

The Jingle Made Me Homesick

Like all native Oklahomans, the BC Clark jingle means “Christmas” to my family. My first Christmas living outside of Oklahoma, my sister sent me a package containing holiday cheer – candy, little gifts, a tree ornament, etc, and a cassette of the BC...

Christmas is here!

The BC Clark jingle has always been like a person yelling “Christmas is here!” Now when the GM plant closed down this year (2006) my dad had to find a new job. We ended up moving to California leaving behind our family, friends and basically everything we...

A Lot in Common with the Jingle

I was born and raised in Oklahoma and the B.C. Clark jingle and I have a lot in common. This Thanksgiving Day, while in route to my in-laws, we heard the jingle on radio, and once we arrived, I let everyone know that the Christmas shopping season has begun, because we...

What a Small World

Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 2005 I was in the Jerusalem Falafel restaurant in Chiang Mai, Thailand, of all places, where I struck up a conversation with a beautiful American girl with red hair. When we arrived at the compulsory part about where we were both from, I...
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