Monday, March 16, 2026

Tannenbaum One

This is the first of several records I'm gonna share with you featuring a 'Living Christmas Tree' performance. I was digging through my remaining shares and realized several of them had this theme running through them so I've gathered them together and am going to share them one at a time over the next few days. Back during the season this would probably have been a Super Saturday series of records, but here in the off-season I don't have the drive or shares to post more than one thing a day. The Living Christmas Tree appears to be a tradition among choirs at Christmas where they build a bunch of risers and stand on them to form the shape of a Christmas tree. I'm sure it looks cool and all, but I don't think the effect comes across on record. Thankfully they always include a picture of the performance on the album cover so you can image what they must have looked like as you listen. I, personally, would be scared to death if I had to sing while standing on a rickety structure high off the ground with flaming candles and flammable polyester choir robes all around. This first installment comes from a church not more than 30 miles away from my condo, so it's safe to say these folks could be neighbors of mine. This is Northside Baptist Church-The Living Christmas Tree (Hope Recordings CR-14 (Northside Baptist Church, St. Petersburg, Florida), Stereo). I've shared plenty of other Living Christmas Tree records with you in the past, let me see if I can drop some links in here for you. Here's one, here's another, and another. Oh, here's number four.

1. Marilyn Dunne-Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2. Bill Salisbury & Children-Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
3. Steve Boalt-The Christmas Song
4. The Certain Sounds-White Christmas
5. The Moon Sisters-Keep Christ In Christmas
6. Trio: Dorothy Moon, John & Marilyn Dunne-Christ Is Christmas
7. John Dunne-What Child Is This?
8. Steve Boalt-The Angels Sang
9. Steve Boalt & Choir-O Little Town Of Bethlehem
10. Dorothy Moon, Choir & Orchestra-No Room
11. Melinda Moon, Choir & Orchestra-Silent Night
12. Steve Boalt-In My Heart I Believe
13. Choir & Orchestra-Wise Men Still Seek Him
14. Steve Boalt, Choir & Orchestra-The Story Of Christmas

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8 comments:

  1. BryanMonday, March 16, 2026 10:58:00 AM

    Hi Ernie, yes I have at least 2 of your Living Christmas Tree shares? I will have to see what is in my archive folder from you. I guess it is time to make their own special folder.

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    1. ErnieMonday, March 16, 2026 10:59:00 AM

      I don't know if there are enough of them to warrant their own special folder...

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  2. BusterMonday, March 16, 2026 11:07:00 AM

    I gotta ask - you going to do this year round? Or just until you run out of already processed LPs.

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    1. ErnieMonday, March 16, 2026 11:17:00 AM

      Just until I run out of records recorded last year. I'm recording new stuff for next year at the same time, but have no plans to share any of that before the season starts. The end is nigh, it's not an infinite pile...

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  3. JonathanMonday, March 16, 2026 6:59:00 PM

    Ernie, this is great! You know that I loved being a member of a "Living Christmas Tree" choir for a few years. Ours only had about 4 layers, but I went to one in Edmonton once, the church probably had about 20 layers on the tree. I sat in the balcony nose bleed section of the church (to warch it).

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    1. ErnieMonday, March 16, 2026 7:09:00 PM

      Those multiple risers just look like a death trap to me. :(

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  4. BryanWednesday, March 18, 2026 4:35:00 PM

    Oh Ernie...
    I can only say, this was different. At least, it just held my interest, just...
    02-Bill Salisbury & Children-Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, was the low point, I think...

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    1. ErnieThursday, March 19, 2026 8:15:00 AM

      It's a bit more fun than the others of this type, I think. The different groups makes it more interesting to me.

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