Volume 208: A 78RPM Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, well, except for my dad who was putting together the air hockey game, or large electronic toy crane, or other present that would be one of ours the next morning. I have two younger brothers and a sister.
 
Those are some of my memories of Christmas past, but I wonder what some of my dad's memories of those past holidays were when HE was a kid. And did those memories have a soundtrack filled with some of the music you are about to hear. 

Because I have a feeling these are my dad's dad's 78 RPM shellac records. Most of these disks came out around the time my dad was born.

So, get ready to hear sounds of seasons greetings past with records that were probably my grandfathers in Volume 208: A 78RPM Christmas.

Credits and copyrights

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd
written by Tommie Connor and first released by Jimmy Boyd accompanied by Norman Luboff in September 1952

Adeste Fideles - Bing Crosby
written by John Francis Wade in 1743

Silent Night - Bing Crosby
written by John Freeman Young, Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber in 1859.
This record was originally released in 1935. By dad had the repress released in 1938

Oh Little Town of Bethlehem - Charles Paul
written by Lewis Redner, Phillips Brooks in 1868
Paul released his version in 1937

O, Holy Night - Lucy Isabelle Marsh with Lyric Quartet
written by John Sullivan Dwight, Placide Cappeau, Adolphe Charles Adam in 1855

Night Before Christmas - The Music Hall Drama Group and Orchestra
a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" in 1823 put to music by Johnny Marks, Henry Livingston, Jr. in 1942
Released in 1952

Frosty the Snowman - Bud Roman and the Toppers with the Hal Lomen Orchestra
written by Jack Rollins, Steve Nelson in 1950
Released in 1952

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

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