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The Yule Log was created in 1966 by Fred M. Thrower, president and chief executive officer of WPIX, Inc. Inspired by an animated Coca-Cola commercial from a year earlier that showed Santa Claus at a fireplace, he envisioned the program as a televised Christmas gift to those residents of New York who lived in apartments and homes without fireplaces.
Here's the best modern and new Christmas music to refresh your holiday playlist in 2024, featuring hits from Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.
After previously writing songs about non-human objects, he sought to make a Christmas song, capitalizing on increased music purchases during that period. Despite abandoning the idea, he reconsidered it after hearing "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy. He felt it was relatable to informally recorded humorous songs. [1] [2]
In 2004, RCA reissued Christmas with Chet Atkins on CD. In 2019, Real Gone Music released The Complete RCA & Columbia Christmas Recordings , a 2-CD set gathering all the material from Christmas with Chet Atkins as well as Atkins' 1983 release East Tennessee Christmas .
Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas is the 10th studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released on September 30, 2008 by Zoë Records , her second release under this label, and was produced by Carpenter and John Jennings .
The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in October 1993 by Columbia Records and included selections from the four Christmas albums that he had recorded to date: Merry Christmas, Sounds of Christmas, Give Me Your Love for Christmas, and Christmas Eve with Johnny Mathis.
"A Holly Jolly Christmas", also known as "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas", is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and most famously performed by Burl Ives. The song has since become one of the top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century.
James Brown's Funky Christmas is a compilation of the best songs from James Brown's three earlier Christmas albums, 1966's James Brown Sings Christmas Songs, 1968's A Soulful Christmas and 1970's Hey America It's Christmas. This album was also released under the title of 20th Century Masters: The Best of James Brown, The Christmas Collection.