CiJ 2025-Day 18

The eighteenth day of July. Nothing too special about this day, I don't think. Lemme check and see if this is some official day. National Tropical Fruit Day, National Caviar Day and National Sour Candy Day, that's what it says. I don't know who gets to make these things up, but there you go. For our purposes, it's just another day in July for some Christmas song sharity. The highlight of the share today is a little off-Broadway ditty by Ceil Cabot (her coin is upper left on the cover above) from a show sponsored by Julius Monk at his Upstairs At The Downstairs club in NYC. There was a short series of these LPs released at some point in I believe the sixties, of which I think two had Christmas-related tracks. I've shared them out before, but I spotted a new copy of this one at some point recently so I'm bringing it to you again. The song in question is called Seasons' Greetings and it covers a lot of holidays, not just Christmas. Everything else today is icing on the cake, I promise. Enjoy!

1. St. Mary's Choir-Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head (In Remembrance...)
2. Jamestown High School A Cappella Choir 1990-1991-James A. Bogey, Conductor-Christmas Oratorio: Glory To God In The Highest (Songs Of '91, 1991)
3. John Gart At The Conn Electronic Organ With The Minute Men-The Parade Of The Animals (Organ On The March, 1959)
4. Kenneth Bloomquist Conducting The Michigan State University Wind Ensemble-Holiday In Montreux (Significant New Literature For Concert Band-The Best Of '79, 1978)
5. Ceil Cabot With William Roy And Carl Norman At Plural Pianos-Seasons' Greetings (Julius Monk Presents "Pieces-Of-Eight")
6. Jim Borden-A La Nanita Nana (Jim Borden Sings Folk Songs-Christmas Carols, 1964)
7. Northern Illinois University Wind Ensemble-Stephen Squires, Conductor-Christmas March (Alfred Young Concert Band Music (1988), 1988)
8. Jenson Publications And Purifoy Publishing-Good News, Good News (Choral Celebration Vol. VI, 1984)

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