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In case anyone hasn’t seen it, here is a quite wonderfully animated version of “White Christmas” by the Drifters from 1954.

It is, among other things, the song that began the fine old tradition of Jews (in this case Irving Berlin) writing popular Christmas tunes.

Blogger Charles Pierce posts the original version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” as sung by Judy Garland in the movie “Meet Me in St. Louis,” and notes that in 1957 Frank Sinatra replaced the verse “Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow” with “Hang a shining star upon the highest bough”– thereby [...]

You’ve probably seen this story:

Comedian Tim Minchin has lashed out at ITV after his performance was cut from Jonathan Ross’s Christmas special.
Writing on his website, Minchin said he had been asked to compose a song for the show and wrote a “silly, harmless” lyric comparing Jesus to Woody Allen.
He claims the song – which he [...]