{"id":128523,"date":"2025-12-22T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=128523"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T21:25:04","slug":"hop-aboard-for-a-festive-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/12\/22\/hop-aboard-for-a-festive-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Hop aboard for a festive ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>UNMC&#8217;s holiday magic continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this year&#8217;s holiday video, Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and\u00a0members of the UNMC family take a festive shuttle ride in \u201cSpreading Holiday Cheer,\u201d a UNMC Strategic Communications production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the Play Button below to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Magic: UNMC-style.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jwWo99FWVhY?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That holiday playlist that Dr. Davies plays in the video? It&#8217;s actually on Spotify under &#8220;Holiday Magic 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click Play to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Holiday Magic 2025\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/24saw0kddxUTJg2YaZo9Gl?si=jdc7q1fkTHmFS5ECjarNVg&amp;pi=-jjPEFrRR4-wH&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And here&#8217;s one more bonus photo from the video shoot. From left are Channing Bunch as DJ Captain Chann, Heidi Kaschke as Jovie from &#8220;Elf,&#8221; Howard Fox as Scrooge and Phil Covington as Buddy the Elf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HolidayVideo2121925-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HolidayVideo2121925-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HolidayVideo2121925-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HolidayVideo2121925-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HolidayVideo2121925-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HolidayVideo2121925-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, 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