Friday, December 25, 2020

36-Xmas

A bonus short set for your Christmas Day, this time featuring songs that use the abbreviation Xmas in place of Christmas. I don't think people meant any offense in using this shorthand, but some took it to be a symbol of the removal of Christ from Christmas. But isn't an X a symbol used in the first century to represent Christ? Granted, a lot of folks probably don't know that though. Anyhow, here's a short selection of Xmas tunes for you to celebrate the big day with, all sourced from Santa's big sack at The Internet Archive. Enjoy!

MEGA

Update-5 Jan 2023-Added a tracklist for searchability.

1. Mark Warnow-Dick Todd, Hit Parade Orchestra And Chorus-All Around The Xmas Tree
2. Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocal-How I Hate To See Xmas Come Around
3. Mickey Carter And The Riff-Tones-I Want A Boy Friend For Xmas
4. J.B. Summers With Doc Bagby's Orchestra-I Want A Present For Xmas
5. Little Willie Littlefield-Merry Xmas
6. Sonny Thompson And Orchestra-Not On A Xmas Tree
7. Alexander Wertinsky Through The Courtesy Of Mischa Balanoff And His Zvuki Rodini-Rozhdestvo V Strane Rodnoy (Xmas In My Homeland)
8. Sonny Walikis And His Squeezebox-White Xmas
9. Pearl Five-Xmas Tree Song









8 comments:

  1. Thank you, Ernie! The shares have been great this season (and hopefully less work for you). Merry Christmas!!

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  2. Haven't we seen Sonny Wakilis and His Squeeze Box around here before?

    I heard long ago that the "X" represents the cross, which doesn't seem appropriate on Christ's date of birth.

    Hope you are having a great day! We have a foot of snow.

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  3. Great work as always. Merry Christmas, Ernie!

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  4. I've read the the "X" is (was) a Greek representation of "Christ", so it's okay. Except to those who desire to be offended.

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  5. Your gifts are well received! Thank you for your work- Your use of the IA was impressive, and brought us many moments of joy this season- Steve in PA

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  6. Thanks for your comments, folks! I appreciate you thinking about me on your Christmas day.

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  7. Merry Christmas, Ernie! Thank you so much for all of these, and for all of the music you've so generously shared. Please know that you have brought me so much joy at my busiest and most exhausting time of year, when it's easy to feel jaded and discouraged. I'm looking forward to listening to them all. You are the best!

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