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Bing Crosby was allegedly a cantankerous SOB, but my god, his voice and all of his Christmas songs...

 

Also, Frank Sinatra and his stuff is iconic to me.  Plus I laugh because he recorded one of the songs twice (I forget which one off the top of my head now -- but soon my wife will saturate me with Christmas music until Dec 24), but the second version of said song was dour AF.  I admit that I hear the second version of the song, multiple times, annually, and I kinda chuckle to myself about how Sinatra was cynical, sad, and likely sippin' on lots of booze during it's remake.

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This was my parents favorite. Bassa Nova Noel. Always makes me think of them this time of year

 

 

 

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On 11/30/2024 at 1:08 PM, Another Fan said:

It’s not my favorite genre of music but there’s usually a lesser known Christmas song of the season that hits home for me.

 

This one did it last year

 

 


this is one of my favorites too!  

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On 11/30/2024 at 9:57 AM, Simon said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You got some great stuff here that I'd missed somehow.

 

But for "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas", your version is fine, but I gotta give flowers to the original Gayla Peevey version.  She was 10 years old when she recorded this fine tune in 1953.  Then her non-stage-parents said "we want a kid who can be a kid" and "Nope'd" out of show biz for her.  Especial props to the gleeful way she announces "Mom says a hippo would eat me up but then...teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian"

 

 

 

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I have so many Christmas favorites, but Montgomery Gentry's cover of Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas to the Family" reminds me of so many of the Christmases or other holidays as a kid, especially with my mother's family.  My mom was a city girl who married a farmer, but it was her relatives who were much more redneck than any of my Dad's relatives.

 

Merry Christmas to the Family

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10 hours ago, Beck Water said:

But for "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas", your version is fine, but I gotta give flowers to the original Gayla Peevey version.  She was 10 years old when she recorded this fine tune in 1953.

 

Normally I'd be right there with you, but this cover is done by one of my favorite bands; a favorite in part because of their lead vocalist, Rachel Price.

 

Here's a sampler pack, if you're interested:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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