I haven't had much holiday cheer up lately, and I'm running out of time. But what better time than now? Some of these songs have left the realm of old holiday specials, and joined the regularly played Christmas tunes. Which is cool.
1. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - From the Dr. Seuss classic, How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
2. The Who Song (Welcome Christmas) - This one is on the Christmas stations all the time, also from How The Grinch Stole Christmas
3. Christmastime is Here - From A Charlie Brown Christmas.
4. We're a Couple of Misfits - Rudolph and Hermey the gay dentist elf, from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
5. Frosty the Snowman - From the cartoon of the same name, by Jimmy Durante.
6. Heat Miser/Snow Miser Song - From The Year Without a Santa Claus, one of the Christmas specials that filled enough of the logic gaps in the Santa story to keep me believing for a couple more years.
Happy Monday!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Blast from the Past: Christmas Specials!
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Blast from the Past,
Christmas Songs,
Holiday Cheer
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I love the Rudolph special. It's especially appropriate this year, with the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Rudolph was not allowed to participate in the reindeer games unless he hid his flaming nose. In the end, though, it was counterproductive to Santa's objectives to discharge a reindeer with a desperately needed specialty skill. It should be a lesson to all of us.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Jill! I've been compared to Hermey for so long, I guess I never saw deeper than his story. But you're right!
ReplyDelete...and not to mention that male reindeer shed their horns in the winter... Santa's sleigh is actually pulled by a bunch of butch lesbians. Santa has always been progressive...
ReplyDeleteHahahaha!
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