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Archive for December, 2006

Sy Mann – Switched on Santa (1970)

Friday, December 8th, 2006

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This one has a lifetime slot in my Christmas top ten.

Sy Mann – “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

Song ID: Manfred Mann – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (song, 1968)

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

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Merry Christmas from a flaming skull.

Manfred Mann – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”

“The Snow Man” (1933)

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

The Big Cartoon Database says this comes from Canada. Beware of snow mice with icicles.

The Mistletoe Singers – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (c. early ’70s)

Monday, December 4th, 2006

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Artwork by George Peed.

The Mistletoe Singers – “The Mostest, Bestest, Merriest Christmas Time”

Christmas Is for Children: Merry Favorites for Santa’s Little Helpers (c. 1959)

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

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“Here is as fine a group of gay holiday songs as you’ll find under any musical Christmas Tree.” (liner notes)

Christmas is for Children – “Ding Aling Dong The Sleighbell Song”

The Living Christmas Tree – The Living Christmas Tree (1972)

Friday, December 1st, 2006

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“What weighs 40 thousand pounds, has three hundred legs, comes to a point at the top and sings??? There’s only one answer to that question, and that is ‘THE LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE’ at the First Baptist Church of Van Nuys, California.

“The C.C. Company, a choir of 150 college and career young adults, begin their rehearsals in September to prepare themselves for a series of performances during the Christmas holiday season. Before the lights of the tree are turned off for the last time, over 20,000 people will have heard their songs of celebration and the witness of their faith in Jesus Christ.” (liner notes)

The Living Christmas Tree – “Sleigh Ride Medley”