Santa's Snowmen / The Happy Crickets

A pair of slightly painful Chipmunks inspired novelty tunes courtesy of Youtube user flotsambay.

Bamburger's Toys for Christmas: Gary Moore (1953) & Wonderama (1957) (tvdays / Youtube)

1950's Christmas (YouTube)

 

 

 

 

Christmas Update for 8.8.11

 

Christmas @ Kickstarter

Christmas Joy: A Classical Music project by fiona joy

 

favecrafts: How to Make an Acorn Themed Pendant and Autumn Mixed Media Canvas

Thanksgiving Greetings vintage postcard @ Postcard Roundup

5 Things To Start Now For Holiday Party Planning @ the kitchn

Santa Saves: Six Back-to-School Bargains for Holiday Giving @ Organized Christmas

Stanislaus National Forest Christmas tree prep starting now @ The Modesto Bee

It's a Wonderful Movie has news of When Angels Sing - Christmas Movie starring Harry Connick, Jr

Holidays to be celebrated this year on Castle @ SpoilerTV
 

Christmas Album of the Day

December Makes Me Feel This Way - A Holiday Album by Dave Koz

Listen @ Spotify

Preview / Buy December Makes Me Feel This Way - A Holiday Album

Christmas Update for 7.29.11

 

Big Christmas music update over at Stubby's House of Christmas (August Burns Red, Chicago, Scott Weiland and more)  

The 10th Annual Charlie Daniels Band & Friends Christmas 4 Kids Benefit Concert is set for Nov 21 @ Music News Nashville

Celebrating Christmas with the Beatles @ Mental Floss

Founder of Portland's Tuba Christmas dies @ KGW.com

Christmas in July at Harrods (Daily Mail) and Selfridges (Guardian.co.uk)

One Pretty Thing's Christmas craft roundups Yesterday \ Today

It's a Wonderful Movie has news of two new Christmas flicks coming to The Hallmark Channel

Boxcars 711 shares a 1948 radio broadcast of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle, based on the only original Holmes mystery to revolve around the holiday

Sign up for the Libera mailing list to get a free track from their upcoming Christmas album.

 

Christmas @ Bandcamp

Free Download:  Birds Fly South - Christmas in the City

 

Spotify Christmas Album of the Day

Electric Fantastic Christmas 2010
Synthpop compilation featuring Soviet, Fred Frost, Atari Cowboy and The Garland Cult

Listen at Spotify

Also check out the EFC comps from 2009, 2008, and 2007

 

Sunday Night Update

Johnny Kay with Al Goodman and his Orchestra on the Diplomat "Night Before Christmas" @ Merry and Bright

The Mistletoe Kiss by Russ Morgan and his Orchestra @ Falalalala

Ernie (Not Bert): Tell Me About Chanukah-Story Of Chanukah and Chanukah Melodies

"Marias Vaggsång" - Malena Ernman and "Merry Christmas My Friend" - ABBA's Björn and Benny @ Swedish Stereo


Make a Holiday Music Compilation from Ripped YouTube Music Videos @ LifeHacker


Magic Words: A Tale for Christmas Time by Emilie Maceroni @ LibriVox

Old Sinner - A Christmas Carol Blog


Yukon Cornelius's Business Card @ Dave Lowe

Top Ten British Christmas Telly – Rich’s Choice @ Bleeding Cool

25 Days of Geek TV Christmas: Day 5 – Batman: The Animated Series


Peter Pan's Christmas Story @ 2719 Hyperion


Xmas Seals 1926-1943 @ Viewliner

Blog Background - Yellow Damask with Snowflakes @ The Background Fairy


Vintage "Wionderful Ways with Eggnog" @ Uncle Atom

Saturday Afternoon Update

G*Mania Stars - Don't Stop Believing (in Christmas) @ This Must Be Pop

Bruce Woodman Presents Christmas Carols With A Latin Lilt @ Ernie (Not Bert)

Camera Obscura - The Blizzard (Jim Reeves cover) & Camera Obscura - Little Donkey @ Peenko

X-Mas Dub Time & The Christmas Massacre of Charlie Brown @ Les Enfants Terribles

The Silvertones – Bling Bling Christmas @ The Musicologist


This Week's Billboard's Holiday Album Chart


Christmas Commercial Countdown, Day 5! @ Bully Says...


The Shadow - The Stockings Were Hung (12-24-39) @ Boxcars 711


Spinoff asks Where Are The Good Holiday Movies?


Christmas - 1940s @ vintage holiday images


DIY Chocolate Dipped Gifts: pretzels, candy canes and marshmallows @ Domestic in the City

Popcorn Balls! 4 Gooey, Crunchy, Festive Flavors @ the kitchn

Saturday Morning Update

Gee Whiz, It's Christmas--Beginning of the End, 1971 @ MY(P)WHAE

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by the Quaker City String Band @ FaLaLaLaLa

Caravelli - Chansons de Noël / Christmas Carols @ Lounge Legends

Heavy Christmas @ Bongobells

The Fourth Day of Mellowmas: Spektormas @ Popdose

Antonio "Huggy Bear" Fargas - It's Christmas @ Dartman's World of Wonder

Amani Starns - Mistletoe and Holly and Isobell Campbel & Mark Lanegan - Time Of The Season @ Christmas A Go Go

Black On White Affair :: Auld Lang Syne @ Aquarium Drunkard

Fia Rua - Lonely This Christmas @ 2 U I Bestow

Garfunkel & Oates @ Too Much Apple Pie

It All Started With Carbon Monoxide's Obligatory Christmas Mix #1


‘Last Christmas’, Alcazar @ Scandipop

Keith Harris & Orville ‘Come To My Party’ @ Out on Blue Six


Christmas Countdown: Best of DC 58, Part 4! @ Random Acts of Geekery

Scott's Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar

A Riverdale Christmas, Day 4 @ Bully Says Comics Oughta Be Fun


Papercraft Nativity @ My Little House

Vintage Postcards @ Clearly Vintage


Flaming Holiday Punch @ serious eats

Overnight Update

A GirlySounds Christmas

The Pete King Chorale And Orchestra-Christmas Time and Santa Claus (Walt Jacobs)-Santa's Own Christmas  and The Merriest of Christmas Pops @ Ernie (Not Bert)

Dream Diary - Christmas All Over @ Brooklyn Vegan


Remember the Night (1940): Barbara Stanwyck's Forgotten Christmas Classic @ The Lightning Bug's Lair

Christmas Commercial Countdown, Day 3 @ Bully Says...


Vintage Christmas Clip Art - Darling Little Mitten Girl @ The Graphics Fairy


Egg Nog Cookies @ Poor Girl Gourmet

Thursday Morning Update

Where it's at is where you are: Christmastime, Approximately via Christmas A Go Go

Christmas Part 7 @ MY(P)WHAE

Eddie Cantor - The Only Thing I Want for Christmas @ Dartman's World of Wonder

Kasio Kristmas and Disco Band - Medley de Noël @ Christmas A Go Go

Yuletide His Antlers…With Tape - Yule Log From Hell 2010 (ep 2)

Jonathan King - Riding A Reindeer @ Out on Blue 6


Snoopy Gingerbread Doghouses!@ X-entertainment

Vintage Postcards @ Clearly Vintage

Angels and Snowballs @ Back Porch Graphics

Wednesday Night Update

Summer Camp: "Christmas Wrapping" (The Waitresses Cover) @ Pitchfork

Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra With The Moon Maids-A Marshmallow World b/w Snowy White Snow And Jingle Bells and The World's Greatest Jazzband Of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart-Hark The Herald Angels Swing @ Enrie (Not Bert)

The Ray Charles Singers - Winter Wonderland (1956) @ Stax O Wax

Christmas & Magazines @ Postcardy

Classic Victorian Santa @ The Graphics Fairy

Great Comics That Never Happened Holiday Special #1: Action Christmas! @ Comics Alliance

Sunday Afternoon Update

Christmas Music

Ernie (Not Bert)

• The Best Of Christmas In July 2006 From Ernie (Not Bert)
• Carols Of Christmas And The Stories Behind Them
• Dino Martinelli Plays Music For Christmas
• John Donnelly & Sons-Sing It Outdoors
• Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra-I Want To Wish You A Merry Christmas
• Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra-Christmas Day With Sammy Kaye
• Sammy Kaye-Christmas Serenade
• The Gregory Orchestra And Chorus-David Frost Introduces A Christmas Record For Oxfam

Big Rock Candy Mountain Tinsel Tickler


Hugo Strasser - Swinging christmas (1973)@ Lounge Legends

Christmas with the Sisters @ Christmas A Go Go!

Christmas Video

The Christmas Carol (as told by Vincent Price) (1949) @ Internet Archive

Christmas e-Books

A Little Book of Christmas by John Kendrick Bangs @ Project Gutenberg

Christmas Arts and Crafts

Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags & Labels @ Living Locurto


Vintage Postcards 1, 2 @ Clearly Vintage


Vintage Winter Clip Art - Sweet Snow Children with Lanterns @ The Graphics Fairy

Black Friday Evening Update

Christmas Music (Free/Sharity)

Mireille Mathieu's Christmas @ Ernie (Not Bert)


A Music Box Christmas @ Merry and Bright!


Christmas releases are filling the "Most Downloaded" chart at NoiseTrade

Christmas Music (Streaming / YouTube)

"Where Will You Sleep This Christmas?" - Gamu Nhengu & the Aberlour Choir

Christmas Music (News and Views)

Singles Roundup @ Stubby's House of Christmas

Christmas Media

Christmas TV Picks: 74 Holiday Shows, Specials and Marathons @ TV Squad

Christmas Arts and Crafts

Free downloadable,printable wrapping paper @ Mae via Little Finds For Christmas


Vintage Christmas Clip Art - Bird with Holly @ The Graphics Fairy


Christmas Advertisements @ vintage holiday images

Black Friday Afternoon Update

Free Christmas Music

Line Material Christmas Records and Sleighlist 2: Santa's Sleigh, God's Christmas Tree & more! @ MY(P)WHAE


The Atlas - Christmas Music


Get Oh, The Story!'s song All I Want For Christmas for free in exchange for one tweet


Hung Stockings @ Big Rock Candy Mountain


Jed Luckless Live at Hundred Year Hall @ Internet Archive via Free Christmas Music


Daily Downloads (Christmas Music from Mogwai, Los Straitjackets, and more) @ Largehearted Boy


Fallen Snow (FOUND's Broken Lock Refit) by Au Revoir Simone

Christmas Music (Streaming,Video)

10 Brand New Christmas Tracks @ Fizzypop

Christmas Art/Design

Holiday Music Begins! @ A Vintage Cottage Home

It's an Ernie (Nor Bert) Holiday!

For the uninitiated - Our friend Ernie (Not Bert) is a yuletide legend among fans of classic Christmas music. Each year he plumbs the seemingly limitless depths of his magical collection of rare and out of print holiday albums and singles, chooses the shiniest and jolliest and rips, re-masters and (best of all for us!) shares them. For many of us into Christmas Sharity,  the holiday season doesn't really begin until Ernie starts sharing.

Here's what Ernie (Not Bert) is already sharing this season (plus make sure you check out his extensive archives!):

• Christmas Around The World-Selections From New Capitol Christmas Albums 1957
• TIME For Christmas (single)
• Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians-'Twas The Night Before Christmas
• Fred Waring And The Pennsylvanians-Christmas Time
• Raymond LeFevre And His Orchestra-Merry Christmas
• Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra-The Christmas Album
• Paul Mauriat Orchestra And Chorus-Joyeux Noel

YuleTube: Christmas Toyshop

From ChristmasToonFuntime

Friday Morning Update

Thanksgiving

FREE Mr. Food Thanksgiving Feasts eCookbook @ The Freebie Blogger

Three Great Ways to 'Punch' Up Thanksgiving Dinner @ Fox

Recirculating gravy fountain @ Instructables

Knife Skills: How to Carve a Turkey @ Serious Eats

What Would TV Do? The Proper Celebration of Thanksgiving @ Buddy TV

Christmas

Jimmy Boyd and The Three Suns @ Hooked on Stereophonic

Burt Rocket: "Santa's Hot Rod" via LargeHearted Boy

Have Yourself a Jimmy James Christmas via planet0fs0und/The Fa'

NBC Decks the Halls With Special Holiday-Themed Series Episodes @ The Futon Critic

Tree Ornaments. Good ones. @ X-Entertainment

Ghosts of Christmas Past: Why Fidelity 99 - Comin' Up Christmas Time

Why Fidelity 99 - Comin' Up Christmas Time by Dinsdalekringle on Mixcloud

First posted on this date in 2007 here's the 99th episode of my old podcast Why Fidelity. Each holiday season I dedicated the show to spotlighting some of the amazing out of print and obscure Christmas music shared by the many generous members of the internet Christmas music community. Unavailable for the last couple of years I'm re-sharing them this season on Mixcloud

Why Fidelity 99 - Comin' Up Christmas Time

1. Jingle Bells - Norman Luboff Choir
2. Sixty Seven Santas - Quinto Sisters
3. If You Can Sing A Happy Song (For Christmas) - The Golddiggers
4. Cancion de Navidad (The Christmas Song) - Hermanos Zavala
5. Up On Holidays - High-On "Pops" Orchetra & Chorus
6. Santa Is On His Way - Li'l Wally & The Harmony Boys
7. Icicles, Holly, Red Berries And Snow - The Caroleers
8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Living Strings
9. Oh! Lutefisk - Stan Boreson
10. Santa's Got A Brand New Bag - The Hollyridge Strings
11. Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? - John Barry
12. A Song and a Christmas Tree (The Twelve Days of Christmas) - Andy Williams
13. Comin' Up Christmas Time - Hanna-Barbera
14. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Ken Thorne Orch.
15. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - The Mike Sammes Singers

Early Monday Update

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Postcards (here and here) @ Clearly Vintage

Apples and Thanksgiving Postcard @ Postcardy

Friends with cookies: hosting a holiday cookie swap @ King Arthur Flour

Early-Bird Thanksgiving Preparation @ delish

Cheap Healthy Good's 2009 Thanksgiving mega-post re-posted

OTR: The Great Gildersleeve - Serviceman For Thanksgiving (11-16-41) @ Boxcars 711

Christmas

BBC Good Food's Christmas Kitchen

Easy Gift: Starry Night Melt-and-Pour Soap @ Organized Christmas

Download: Star and Micey "Memphis Christmas" & "12 Days of Memphis (Christmas)@ LHB

Elf on Broadway Review: North Pole Naïf Tries to Thaw Hearts @ NY Times

Wednesday Morning Update

by Bill Barber

Thanksgiving

Chefs’ Tips for the Thanksgiving Meal @ NY Times

100 Sweet Potato Recipes @ Food Network

Thanksgiving Pies: Pumpkin and Sweet Potato @ Serious Eats

Making Perfect Pies @ Epicurious

Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Side Dishes: Curried Pumpkin Soup with Crème Fraiche @ Craft

Good Food Podcast- sideDish : Turkey as a Side Dish

Christmas

The Edison Company's A Christmas Carol (1910) @ Internet Archive

Antique Christmas Clip Art Image - Wonderful Reindeer @ The Graphics Fairy

Papercraft (via Papercraft Paradise)

• Santa Claus, Bell, and Snowman, Ornaments and Trees @ Canon
• Christmas set @ Kirin