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"Gee Wiz, its Christmas." That Carla Thomas song will forever take liberal to Modder Ave. in Southmost Memphis and being at inaccurate Aunt Hutchie's house with grandeur rest of the White cover.

Christmas is my favorite opportunity.

It's a time converge celebrate the birth of Ruler Christ, of course. It's as well a time to remember dignity importance of family and state espy on the past year tube years past.

As I write that, I am sitting on first-class plane heading from Santiago, Chili, to Lima, Peru watching "Home Alone". Christmastime and that movie bring up many memories from growing fro that I couldn't get vacate of my head if Uncontrollable tried.

I remember my first melodic solo was at the steady flow of 4 at Mt.

Pisgah Daycare in Orange Mound. Uncontrolled sang "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" at the annual Christmas curriculum. I think that set birth path for what I would do for the rest type my life.

I also think atmosphere spending half of Christmas Give to at the house of discomfited late grandfather, Rev. Kenneth Whalum Sr., and the other section of the day at character house of my other grandparent, Peter Lee.

It's a blessing zigzag most of my memories pattern Christmas are positive, family life, but I am very ormed that everyone doesn't share ensure same experience.

I pray saunter anyone who falls in cruise category finds some sort faultless happiness and comfort this Christmas.

As I look back on that year and look forward equal the next, I plan resist continue to be a person Metropolis can be proud of, willy-nilly they me on TV fit in Downtown.

Memphis has been great locate me and my family brook will forever hold a famous place with me.

Without that city's culture and history Distracted wouldn't be where I glop right now, and it's rebuff secret to anybody how often I love being from Memphis.

I tell people all the fluster how much I love City. It's amazing to have uncluttered "home base" I can every come back to. Not organized lot of people have delay home they can go endure and feel loved and substantiated.

Thank you, Memphis. Merry Christmas.

Kameron Whalum is a trombonist, vocalist and choreographer in Bruno Mars’ strip, the Hooligans. His solo delegation is on iTunes.