Christmas With Mother Goose (Four Color #172 - 1947) Festive Highlights

 

 

The Job of Joseph - Christmas Newspaper Serial - George W. Cornell (1972)

 The Job of Joseph by George W. Cornell

 

Five part AP syndicated series published over Christmas week of 1972

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Festive Tidbits: Vintage "Santa" Christmas Cards

 

Here's a little Christmas in July action with a selection of vintage cards featuring everybody's favorite (which were previously shared on Twitter)...

Vintage Christmas Jukebox Day 5

 

Eleven more holiday treats from Christmases Past. 

Here's the Complete Playlist 

 Funny Little Snowman - Bobby Sabatino

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters

 Remember Suite Christmas - Deanna Lee

Getting That Christmas Feeling Sherry Lyn & Dialtones

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Joe Brown

I Got A Cold For Christmas (1954) - The Ames Brothers

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (1949) - Ray Smith

 Christmas Boogie - The Davis Sisters

Christmas Tree ~ The Voices of Walter Schumann, Bill Lee (Soloist) (1954)

Mele Kalikimaka (1950) - Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

Christmas Time Is Here - Billy Scott

Vintage Christmas Jukebox Day 4

 Vintage Christmas Jukebox Day 4

Here's another collection of vintage holiday tracks, some familiar, some relatively obscure, for your festive enjoyment.

Here's a link to the Playlist featuring all of today's tunes 

  I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Graham Donald

  Hole In The Stocking - Denise Regan

 Santa Claus Boogie - The Voices

  The Christmas Turkey - Shad And Mike

 How Lovely is Christmas - Bing Crosby

 Rock Around the Christmas Tree ~ Big Bud (1955) 

 Tony Raymond – “The Infant King” (UK Oriole) 1962 

 Too Fat For The Chimney - Teresa Brewer

 Arthur Godfrey – “Pine Cones And Holly Berries” (Contempo) 1963 

  - A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's House - Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters

 Merry Christmas Polka (1949) - The Andrews Sisters 

 

 Kenny And Corky - Nuttin' For Christmas / Suzy Snowflake 

 Kenny And Corky - Nuttin' For Christmas / Suzy Snowflake 

Vintage Christmas Music YouTube Jukebox Day Three

 

Poppy The Puppy - Gene Autry

Grandfather Kringle - Burl Ives 

Snow Coach - Russ Conway

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Santa's A Hippie - Don Sneed & Co.

Santa You're A Hippie - Gus Schwartz 

 A Marshmallow World = Bing Crosby

 Santa Claus, Jr. ~ Eddie Cletro with The Frontiersmen

White Christmas  - The Ravens 

Santa Claus Baby - The Voices

 Christmas Dinner - Ralph Emery

 

Vintage Christmas Music YouTube Jukebox Day Two

Complete YouTube Playlist Here

 I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas ~ Phil Reed (1947) 

 Rita Faye -  I Fell Out Of A Christmas Tree 

 ROCK N ROLL POLY SANTA CLAUS - LILLIAN BRIGGS 

Jingle Rock · Tommy Lee & The Orbits

 Camarata Chorus Jungle Tree 

 Ralph Emery Christmas Can't Be Far Away 

 Mike Sammes Singers - Deck The Halls 

 Billy Beau - Santa's Coffee 

 Little Angels – “I’ll Be A Little Angel” (Warwick) 1961 

 Look Out The Window (The Winter Song) (1951) - The Heartbeats 

Vintage Christmas Music YouTube Jukebox Day One

 

Here's a small collection of vintage Christmas tunes form YouTube, many of which I've shared on Christmas50s60s on Twitter. I'll be making this a new series here on the blog. I hope you'll enjoy these songs and albums, some familiar and many obscure.

Full Playlist Here 

Ella Fitzgerald – “Jingle Bells” (Verve) 1960

(Before You Know It) Christmas Will Be Here ~ Elton Britt and The Beaver Valley Sweethearts (1952)

John Barry 7 – “Get Lost Jack Frost” (UK Columbia) 1960

Music City Singers - Favorite Songs of Christmas

Cam Cobern Trio It's Christmas Once More

Cam Cobern Trio If Santa Claus Were President

Mark Anthony Mama's Twistin' With Santa

Nat King Cole The Happiest Christmas Tree

 Bud Logan Old Mr Winter Here You Come Again 

 Dee Irwin & Little Eva The Christmas Song 

Rare Vintage Christmas TV from "Free The Kinescopes!"

 

Vintage TV Youtuber "Free The Kinescopes!" offrers an ever expanding plethora of rare early TV recordings from the 1940s and 1950s, including a few of interest to those of a festive mindset.

Time For Reflection - DuMont Network - December 1949 or 50

Jack Benny Program (Dec. 18, 1960)

The Guy Mitchell Show - December 23, 1957 (ABC)

The Plymouth Show with Lawrence Welk (December 24, 1958)

Life Is Worth Living: The True Meaning of Christmas (Dec. 14, 1954, DuMont Network)

And a bit of  New Year's cheer...

Jack Benny Program (December 27, 1953)

Free the Kinescopes! is frequently updated with fun and fascinating new programs so make sure to check it out.

Festive Tidbits: More Archie Comics at Christmas

 Festive Tidbits: More Archie Comics at Christmas

From my Pinterest Board  Christmas Comics - Archie & Pals

Christmas30s40s Archive (2016 - Part one)

 

Since social media companies come and go and no one really looks through the back issues of the average Twitter account anyway,  I'll be posting highlights of my, now five year old, @Christmas30s40s account.

Christmas 1947 Brings a Goldwyn Package (Greenbriar Picture Shows)

Christmas on Film: Junior Miss (1945) - Comet Over Hollywood

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Christmas in the 1930s  via 

@mymerryxmas

Janet Leigh at Christmas

Christmas Trees in San Antonio