An at-his-peak Elvis Presley doing “Blue Christmas” in his famous 1968 Comeback Special:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOjNco06VoY
And one of the most familiar and wonderful pieces played around Xmas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4rSocVAD6c
And an older Brenda Lee singing her Xmas hit:
And this famous one from Spike Jones (WARNING IT COMES ON LOUD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLen-QfxJAM
AND for the heck of it a non-Christmas bit..one of my favorites from the Jack Benny Show, taped before my time but still musical hilarity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwZ-TvvceIQ
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.