25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” by Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin’s version of “Rudolph” goes way off the usual course; at one point he just starts naming famous New Yorkers.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)” by John Denver
I thought we could use a cheerful number in the middle of the countdown, and I think I got mixed up.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Little Drummer Boy” by Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra
Why wasn’t there a sitar player at the first Christmas? Maybe there was and the drummer drowned them out?
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “12 Days of Christmas” by Bob and Doug McKenzie
Bob and Doug rattle off a Canadian version of the 12 Days of Christmas.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Sexy Christmas Baby Mine” by Morphine
In this day and age, people get really confused when you say in a cheerful voice “my 13 year old has gotten really into Morphine!”
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Carol of the Bells” from “A Claymation Christmas Celebration”
My middle kid is obsessed with “Carol of the Bells,” but even he’s a little stunned by this one.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Jingle Bells” by John Waters
The cover says “Please don’t listen to this record.” Don’t say he didn’t warn you!
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “White Christmas” by Charles Osgood
Thanks, Charles Osgood, for spending one more Sunday morning with us.
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Santa Lost A Ho” by The Christmas Jug Band
This is purely about words, with absolutely no other connotations. What on earth are you suggesting, reader?
25 Days of Holiday Songs 2024: “Angels We Have Heard On High” by The Rondelles
A bouncy, upbeat version of a holiday standard, from a band that deserves another listen.