No family is perfect - Even kids abused by their domineering father
Today's Christmas countdown - A Beach Boys Christmas
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Little Saint Nick -
Cars were a common theme in early Beach Boys songs, notably Little Deuce Coupe, which was the template for this song that envisions Santa's sleigh as a Nordic Hot Rod: candy apple red with a 4-speed stick. Brian Wilson wrote the song with Mike Love.
We Three Kings of Orient Are -
This carol was written in 1857 by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins. He wrote both words and music as part of a Christmas pageant for the General Theological Seminary in New York City.
Melekalikimaka -
The Beach Boys based this song on one of a number of popular Hawaiian songs that Robert Alexander Anderson composed within the Hapa haole genre (that Bing Crosby made famous with the Andrew Sisters in the 40s.) Honolulu, Hawaii-born Robert Alexander Anderson (1894-1995) was a successful businessman who turned his love of songwriting into a very successful second career.
(I Saw Santa) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree -
This song was originally going to appear on the unreleased studio album Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys in 1977.
Another Christmas song they got around to sing in between the verbal abuse from their father
Frosty The Snowman -
Frosty The Snowman was the creation of the songwriters Steve Edward Nelson and Walter "Jack" Rollins, where were looking for a seasonal follow-up to "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," which was a #1 hit the year before. Unlike "Rudolph," which was based on a book written 10 years earlier, "Frosty" was an original story. Like "Rudolph," it was recorded by Gene Autry and also became a seasonal favorite.
There is no place like home for the holiday.
7 days until Christmas
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