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[email protected] HARDY’S Women Carry The Load For No. 1 ‘Beer’ Page 4 Country’s 2020 Christmas Music Grammys’ Alternate Women made history when the Grammy nominations were way the culture evolved. Women, according to a piece in The Take On Country announced Nov. 24, as each of the five finalists for best Daily Mail, took on issues related to the home when roles were Page 9 country album was credited to a solo female or a group with originally assigned, and they still tend to take more ownership female members. of such domestic events as Christmas, while men generally act The ladies are dominating country’s new Christmas albums as if the holiday happens on its own. Thus, women usually stress this year, too. At least four LPs and EPs for the season belong to the most in advance while men typically drink the most when the Parton, Brooks Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Maddie & Tae and Run- big day arrives — not that everyone falls into just one stereotype. Ready Christmas TV away June. New male yuletide music is mostly individual tracks, “I guess I’m the man in my relationship,” says Runaway June’s Programming though Mitchell Tenpenny is offering an EP, Neon Christmas. Jennifer Wayne with a laugh, “because he does all the cooking Page 10 That disparity seems appropriate, and I do all the drinking.” too, since women are the gender The tendency to plan paid that takes charge of the holidays.