On today’s Artist Newsday, we listened to Russ Lee and Emerson Day talk about their Christmas traditions and how God has blessed them during this season! We also talked about a fun New Years Eve special happening next Wednesday the 31st!

Russ Lee shares details on what Christmas is like for his family and the fun things they do including his favorite Christmas movies!
Emerson Day shares what’s on her Christmas list this year along with family traditions and the potential of releasing a Christmas EP in the future!
Chris Tomlin tries to be Santa for his three daughters! He shares what Christmas is like for him and yes… he listens to Christmas music before Christmas.
Matthew West shares what he loves about getting to write music for Jesus! He also talks about what he loves about Christmas!

Tune in during The Morning Thing with Traven Griffith for the best songs of 2025! He will count down the top 30 songs in Christian music to celebrate the New Year! Go to wnzr.fm for more information!

Our lyrics for this week’s song poetry was:

Did you know that your baby boy

has come to make you new?

This child that you’ve delivered

will soon deliver you

“Mary Did You Know?” by Mark Lowry! Congratulations to Denise of Mount Vernon for guessing the sone and artist correctly and taking home a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON DRIVE 12/24 OR 12/25!!! Tune in this Friday for the NZ Top 10 with Daniel!

Thanks so much for listening!

– Gabriella Stanley 🙂