Acme's tip of the hat to Ole Blue Eyes

There are things about organized religion which I resent. Christ is revered as the Prince of Peace, but more blood has been shed in His name than any other figure in history. You show me one step forward in the name of religion, and I'll show you a hundred retrogressions.


Whatever Happened to Christmas -



Whatever Happened to Christmas was written by Jimmy Webb. Jimmy Webb has told the story of having dinner with Frank Sinatra to discuss the recording of an entire album of Webb songs. But Webb's father was also there, and Sinatra and Webb's father got caught up in comparing memories from their younger days, so the discussion about the album, and for that matter, the album itself, never happened.


I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day -



I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day is a Christmas song, composed by Johnny Marks to the words of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His poem, Christmas Bells, is about hope in dark places and was written in 1864 during the Civil War. It was written as Longfellow dealt with the grief from the wounding of his oldest son at the Battle of New Hope Church in Virginia and the loss of his wife in a tragic fire a few years earlier.


I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm -



It's not really about Christmas, but there's plenty of winter imagery in this frosty tune, what with the snow snowing and the wind blowing, making it a holiday classic with covers from Billie Holiday, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland, and Rod Stewart.


Hark! The Herald Angels Sing -



The words to Hark! The Herald Angels Sing were written by Charles Wesley, the brother of the founder of Methodism, John Wesley. He was inspired by the sounds of London church bells while walking to church on Christmas Day.


I’m not unmindful of a man’s seeming need for faith; I’m for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniels. But to me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle.


Mistletoe And Holly -



The song was co-written by Frank Sinatra, Dok Stanford and Hank Sanicola.

Frank and Dean wishes you a Merry Christmas from TV Heaven (actually from the Christmas edition of Dean Martin TV show.)-

Christmas is in 13 days

Demand Euphoria!