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Santa Jr.

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“Santa Claus Jr.”  Johnny Brandon  Laurie Records

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The cat’s pajamas

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Little Miss Jeri Kelly – 1o Year Old Songstress from Picayune, Miss.  “Poor Ol’ Santa Claus” b/w  “Hide and Seek”MPI  (Music Plus Inspiration) Records

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Christmas combs but once a year

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“Yulesville”  Edd “Kookie” Byrnes with Warren Barker & His Orchestra   Actor played “Kookie” on TV’s “77 Sunset Strip”

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Salvation Army jam session

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“Natate JoveM”  Boas Festas

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“Hurrah for Santy Claus”

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“Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” Kapp Records Mexico  From the 1964 Film.   With music by Milton DeLugg.

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“It’s a guitar!”

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The Cousins Celebrate Christmas  Palette Records

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Mitch’s and Ho’s

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Mitch Miller and the Sing-Along Gang  Christmas Songs from the Columbia Record Club

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Oh my God!! He’s taking the kids!

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“Santa’s Surprise”  Parts 1 AND 2!  With Vocals! and FULL Orchestra!  A Record Guild Kiddie Record  (Parents Commended – so you know that its safe and you can be sure that Santa won’t surprise the kid’s TOO much.)

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Just gimme some Moe

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The 3 Stooges “Sing Happy Yuletide Songs with the Music Wreckers” Golden Records (1960)  Larry, Moe and Curly-Joe Wreck the Halls!

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“That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown!”

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“A Charlie Brown Christmas”  Charles Schulz  (Charlie Brown Records)  The 1966 Emmy and Peapody Award-winning, Primetime CBS-TV special that became an annual holiday ritual for kids of all ages.  Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.

The soundtrack by jazz composer Vince Guaraldi has become as well-known as the story itself.  In particular, the instrumental “Linus and Lucy”  has come to be regarded as the signature musical theme of the Peanuts specials. Additionally “Christmas Time is Here” has become a popular Christmas tune. A soundtrack album for the special was released by Fantasy Records and remains a perennial best-seller. (While the soundtrack contains some music that does not appear in the TV special, it also fails to include two musical themes which appear in the special. Both of those missing themes are, however, available on another album by the Vince Guaraldi Trio entitled Charlie Brown’s Holiday Hits.)

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