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Growing up in the 80s, a George Michael calendar was one of my favorite gifts at Christmastime. But now a calendar is a reminder that George Michael left us 8 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was looking through some of my earlier posts when George Michael died. The first article<\/a> is stark because I was so shocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second post<\/a>, a year later, was more representative of how I was dealing with a world without George Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Michael wanted to be remembered for his songwriting, and this year we did a lot of celebrating of his musical genius through the 40th anniversaries of “Careless Whisper<\/a>” and “Last Christmas<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this has been a good year of celebrating George Michael’s music. If George had been alive, I highly doubt we would have had “Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped<\/a>,” and yet that was such a gift to be able to have all those friends together talking about all the things we didn’t know about the song and video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am very thankful that Andrew Ridgeley acts as the debonair ambassador for his friend or as he recently said, \u201cHe was essentially my other half. I never conceived of a future without him.\u201d I hope George knew that his legacy would be protected and enhanced by Andrew’s promotion of their music in Wham!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I hear my young child singing “Last Christmas” at this time of the year, I know George Michael will live on through his music for generations to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are all of my fellow Lovelies doing on this day? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure to follow Yours Only George on Facebook<\/a>, X<\/a>, Threads<\/a>, Bluesky<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and Pinterest<\/a>. Join our mailing list<\/a> for the latest news on George Michael.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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