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"Wonderful Christmastime" is a 1979 Christmas song by Paul mccartney. It is one of mccartney's best known solo songs, and it enjoys significant Christmas time popularity in the UK and other English-speaking countries. The notable synthesizer riff was played on a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. The song was later added as a bonus track on the CD reissue of Wings' Back to the Egg. Although the song did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, it reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart. The video was ...

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A television sequel, titled The Little Drummer Boy, Book II, premiered in 1976, also on NBC, again sponsored by the AGA, again narrated by Greer Garson, and also currently airing on ABC Family. This time the sequel co-starred Zero Mostel as the voice of Ben Haramad. NBC stopped airing the program after many complaints of Anti-Arabism. In 1968, Rankin-Bass produced a stop motion animated Christmas television special based on The Little Drummer Boy. The film names the drummer boy Aaron and ...

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In 1968, Rankin-Bass produced a stop motion animated Christmas television special based on The Little Drummer Boy. The film names the drummer boy Aaron and expands the song's storyline to include events before the birth of Jesus. It stars the voices of Greer Garson as "Our Storyteller" and Jose Ferrer as Ben Haramad; it also features the Vienna Boys' Choir singing the title song. It aired for many years on NBC (under original sponsorship of the American Gas Association (AGA)) before entering ...

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A Charlie Brown Christmas is the first prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was produced and directed by former Warner Bros. and UPA animator Bill Meléndez, who also supplied the voice for the character of Snoopy. Initially sponsored by Coca-Cola, the special aired on CBS from its debut in 1965 through 2000, and has aired on ABC since 2001. For many years it aired only annually, but is now telecast at least twice during the Christmas ...

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From the 1954 movie "White Christmas" White Christmas is a 1954 Technicolor musical motion picture starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye that features the songs of Irving Berlin, including the titular "White Christmas". The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and co-stars Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. The story is about two World War II US Army buddies, one a former Broadway entertainer, Bob Wallace (Crosby), and a would-be entertainer, Phil Davis (Kaye). This film was enormously popular ...

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"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The version sung by Bing Crosby is assumed to be the best selling single of all time. Following its prominence in in the musical Holiday Inn, the composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In the film, Bing Crosby sings "White Christmas" as a duet with actress Marjorie Reynolds, though her voice was dubbed by Martha Mears. This now-familiar scene was not the moviemakers' initial ...

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This is from one of my favorite Holiday classic TV special's which aired on CBS titled Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember that originally aired on December 2, 1984. The CD Kenny & Dolly "Once Upon a Christmas" was a 1984 Christmas album by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers whichwas also a part of this classic show.

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This is from one of my favorite Holiday classic TV special's which aired on CBS titled Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember that originally aired on December 2, 1984. The CD Kenny & Dolly "Once Upon a Christmas" was a 1984 Christmas album by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers whichwas also a part of this classic show.

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This is from one of my favorite Holiday classic TV special's which aired on CBS titled Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember that originally aired on December 2, 1984. The CD Kenny & Dolly "Once Upon a Christmas" was a 1984 Christmas album by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers which was also a part of this classic show.

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This is from one of my favorite Holiday classic TV special's which aired on CBS titled Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember that originally aired on December 2, 1984. The CD Kenny & Dolly "Once Upon a Christmas" was a 1984 Christmas album by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers which was also a part of this classic show.

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