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Fun Roundup of Holiday Videos

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Window shopping at YouTube yesterday, I came across nine fun seasonal clips that I thought I'd share with you. Have a wonderful holiday weekend one and all...

Here's a clever mash of the James Bond Theme and Carol of the Bells...



Here's the first film depiction of Santa in a silent movie from 1898...



Here's Lou Costello singing White Christmas in 1952 and the orchestra's response after...



Here's a Christmas message from the Honeymooners...



Here's Nat King Cole singing The Christmas Song on the Danny Kaye Christmas Special in 1963...



Here's English singer Vera Lynn and the George Shearing Quintet on a British television special in 1977 on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas in the U.K. If you wish, move the bar to 9:17 for Shearing...



Here's Andy Williams and his brothers on one of his holiday specials...



Here's Dean Martin singing I'll Be Home For Christmas in 1967...



And here's Karen Carpenter singing Merry Christmas Darling in London in 1978 on Bruce Forsyth's Big Night, a TV show starring Forsyth, a British TV host (hence, Karen Carpenter's tag at the end of the song)...

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This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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