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Beloved pastor and bestselling author Max Lucado recently told me that Christmas is a great magnifier of emotions – wherever we are, good or bad, the holiday has a way of amplifying and intensifying our mental state.

That truism came to mind the other day when I heard Mannheim Steamroller’s "Carol of the Bells" – the galvanizing century-old Christmas song. But it didn’t bring me back to childhood on Long Island, but instead 30 years of Decembers in my car or running at lunch listening to the late, great Rush Limbaugh.

The conservative radio icon, who’s been gone for almost three years, signaled the beginning of the Yuletide season by playing Mannheim Steamroller Christmas selections in and out of breaks beginning the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and leading up to his last show before the holiday break.

Rush Limbaugh reacts as he is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by first lady Melania Trump during President Donald Trumps State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Catchy and spirited bumper music was just one of Rush’s many distinctives. It was the........

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