Have Yourself a Merry Beatles’ Christmas
by The Beatles’ Christmas Messages.
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“Good King Wencelas last looked out
On the Feast of Stephen, Ho!
As the slow ray around about
Deep and crisp and crispy.
Brightly show the boot last night
On the mossty cruel.
Henry Hall and David Lloyd,
Betty Grable, too-oo-oo.”
If you haven’t gotten into the Christmas spirit yet, musically speaking that is, or you are looking for something a little more nostalgic-albeit rock and roll nostalgia-to get into the musical spirit of the season, you might want to find a copy of The Beatles’ Christmas message recordings which were recorded for their fan club members from 1963-1969.
I first wrote this essay a few years ago on my blog and updated it again last year. If you are a Beatles’ fan and you never heard of these recordings, you will find this blog post quite interesting.
The first time I heard these messages was back in 1978 while listening to the Dr. Demento broadcast from an FM station in LA. Ever since then I have always listened to these messages around the holidays. They are much easier to find these days then they were back in the early 80s when listened to them again.
I hope you will be able to find them and enjoy listening to them.
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Post Commentgiftarist
On December 11, 2009 at 6:25 am
A very nice post, and yeah I remember the days.
abhishek40914
On December 11, 2009 at 1:39 pm
nice post
Marie Antoinette
On December 11, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Thank you for sharing this, and Merry Christmas!
Lady Sunshine
On December 11, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Enjoyed this post, Jeffery. Loved listening to their Christmas messages. Such silly, fun-loving blokes, lol.
CHAN LEE PENG
On December 11, 2009 at 11:50 pm
They brought us good messages too. Entertaining, fun and interesting read here.
qasimdharamsy
On December 12, 2009 at 3:27 am
nice post Great !!!
Jane Jane
On December 12, 2009 at 8:59 am
great post.
Zappy
On December 12, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Merry Christmas. Very uplifting.
Ruby Hawk
On December 12, 2009 at 11:42 pm
That’s wonderful, You bring back the old days.
LoveDoctor
On December 13, 2009 at 2:08 am
I love the Beatles. Awesome post. keep up the good work:) Many people in the U.S are not in the Christmas spirit yet. Today I was having lunch and the manager at the restaurant was singing and dancing. Then, he turned around and told some customers he wanted to animate those eating at the place since most people were down due to the economic recession. Not too many people shopping either and lots of sales.
Hazel Crowther
On December 14, 2009 at 8:20 am
Lovely idea for an article Thanks for the memories and Merry Christmas.
lillyrose
On December 16, 2009 at 11:40 am
some good tips for the Christmas sing song!