Navidaddy - December 2: Santa's Boy
A little country fun with Del Reeves and his rendition of Santa's Boy. I like his "doodly do" parts quite a bit. Lots of fun! Are you Santa's Boy?
Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
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December 1: This Year's Santa Baby – Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music 2011: Navidaddy
Navidaddy - December 1: This Year's Santa Baby
As I mentioned in the Introduction, this year's Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music theme of "Navidaddy" — a play on words combining the Spanish phrase for Christmas along with being a Daddy — will feature songs that reference babies or children in the titles, given that Amy & I are about to become proud parents to our first son (due date: December 21).
We're all pretty familiar with Eartha Kitt's rendition of "Santa Baby" from 1953. However, did you know that it had a sequel? The next year Kitt recorded today's song, This Year's Santa Baby, as an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the original. It failed. Miserably. That would probably be the reason why you really don't hear it today. This makes it a great candidate to kick off our 25 Days event!
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Introduction – Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music 2011: Navidaddy
Returning once again for our 11th season is Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music, a tradition we share via the TannerWorld Junction discussion forums, SteveandAmySly.com, Facebook, and Twitter.
For those who are just joining us, here's what Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music is all about. Starting December 1 through December 25, I'll be posting new music each day that you can download, no strings attached. It's all FREE, FREE, FREE! Songs will be in MP3 format — so you can listen via any media player or your iPod. It's just like an audio advent calendar, except that you won't have to fight with your dumb sister over who gets to open the next little door!
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Theme Park Thursdays: Non-Wendy's Frosty
Theme Park Thursdays feature photos from one of our theme park adventures in the past.
Snowman Sis (2009)
It's Christmas in July! Why else would I post a photo of my sister wearing a set of Snowman Mickey Ears? This was shot in the Emporium on Main Street USA at WDW's Magic Kingdom during a December 2007 trip.
I'm not sure which is more creepy… the hat itself or the expression on Karen's face!
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December 25: A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's – Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music 2010: Culinary Christmas
Culinary Christmas - December 25: A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's
Featured Foods: Pudding, pumpkin pie
Our journey through a Culinary Christmas has come to an end, and what do we end up with? Pudding and pumpkin pie!
We may all know the classic song "Over the River and Through the Woods" but probably not in the way that it's performed today by Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters. The song is expanded and modified to have more of a Christmas theme in this 1951 recording of A Merry Christmas At Grandmother's. I thought the journey to eat food with loved ones was a fitting way to wrap up our theme of this year's Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music.
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A Snowy Christmas Eve Walk
We got snow on Christmas Eve here in Chicago, so Amy and I took a walk around the neighborhood. Here are some things we observed — when we weren't throwing snowballs at each other…
Pretty lights
It's almost Christmas!
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"White Christmas" at the Music Box Theatre 2010
Amy & I continued our 4-year Christmas tradition of watching White Christmas at the Music Box Theatre as part of their annual Christmas Show.
Music Box Theatre in Chicago
It's a fun time where they not only show the movie, but also have a visit from Santa, group caroling, and all-around Chicago holiday fun. (For those interested, recap posts from our Christmas show visits in 2008 and 2009.)
Steve & Amy in blurry, cameraphone self-portrait at event
The Music Box has been putting on a double billing of White Christmas/It's A Wonderful Life for 27 years and it seems to be getting more and more popular.
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December 24: We Wish You A Merry Christmas – Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music 2010: Culinary Christmas
Culinary Christmas - December 24: We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Featured Foods: Figgy pudding
My favorite version of We Wish You A Merry Christmas is performed by John Denver & The Muppets, and we featured that track back in 2002. During the song, Miss Piggy confuses the reference to "Figgy pudding" as "Piggy pudding" and has a little conniption. It's all quite delightful.
However, since we've already used that version, I present to you this track by Roger Whittaker. There are no pigs mentioned, but he sure does make a big deal about figgy pudding. You hear it a lot… and even in a round! Personally, the stuff sounds amazingly gross.
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View-Masterville – A Christmas Village Theme
Once upon a time there was a small, rural town by the name of Sawyerville. With all the main industries long gone, to help their tax base they attempted to refocus their promotional ventures towards tourism.
Welcome to View-Masterville!
Noting Hollywood's creatively-bankrupt strategy of making every possible movie in 3D to produce inflated ticket prices, the town's Chamber of Commerce thought they could do something similar.
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December 23: Good King Wenceslas – Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music 2010: Culinary Christmas
Culinary Christmas - December 23: Good King Wenceslas
Featured Foods: Feast of Stephen
The Glad Singers are back with their cheery tunes and made-up lyrics for popular Christmas songs. We first encountered them when they rewrote the words to "Joy to the World" during 2006's Under the Tree, A to Z theme. Today they jump in with their take on Good King Wenceslas. I just love the way that pronounce the title!
Why is this song included in our Culinary Christmas? Why, it features the "Feast of Stephen", of course!
