HOLIDAY TRADITIONS come and go, and one that has certainly come and gone is the annual airing of “May You Always,” a two minute, forty-two second spoken holiday greeting performed by legendary DJ Harry “The Morning Mayor” Harrison and broadcast regularly on New York’s WCBS-FM 101.1 oldies station.<\/em><\/p>\n Although it hasn’t graced the airwaves in a good twenty\u00a0years or so, in its day “May You Always” garnered a cult following among those who snickered at its shameless sentimentality, as well as those who waited eagerly for its first airing each year to bask in the glow of Harry’s genuinely warm and heartfelt delivery. A user by the name of “Sock Hop Saturday Night” even went so far as to post a recording<\/a> of “the original Amy 45<\/a> (the non-politically correct version)” to YouTube in 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n AS YOU MAY HAVE surmised from last week’s songfest<\/a>, we here at AltiM@c are powerless to leave a perfectly good holiday message unsullied by the spirit of parodies present. In fact, I went so far as to pen and even record my own Apple-flavored version of “May You Always” way back in 2005. But since precious few of you have known me for that long, I feel justified in recycling it for 2014–with a few updated tech references to make it seem all shiny and new. So here’s take #2 on this long-lost holiday classic. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n May You Always<\/strong><\/a> (MYA_2014.mp3, 3.92MB 192kbps MP3 file)<\/p>\n As holiday bells ring out the old year, and sweethearts kiss, Sometime during the New Year, just to prove you can do it,
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\nAnd Mac users struggle through the Yosemite<\/a> and iOS 8<\/a> updates
\nMay I wish you not the biggest and best technology has to offer
\nBut the small victories that make owning all these gizmos worthwhile.<\/p>\n
\nMay you manage to update Adobe Flash Player<\/a> without calling anyone for help.
\nMay you find a little island of time to actually read that “Read Me” file,
\nOr to delete all those duplicate pictures<\/a> from your iPhoto Library.<\/p>\n