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Jethro Tull - "Christmas Song" (2001 Remaster)


Once in Royal David's City stood a lonely cattle shed,
where a mother held her baby.
You'd do well to remember the things He later said.
When you're stuffing yourselves at the Christmas parties,
you'll just laugh when I tell you to take a running jump.
You're missing the point I'm sure does not need making
that Christmas spirit is not what you drink.

So how can you laugh when your own mother's hungry,
and how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong?
And if I just messed up your thoughtless pleasures,
remember, if you wish, this is just a Christmas song.

(Hey! Santa! Pass us that bottle, will you?)
 
I'm a Mean Mary fan...found this video last Christmas...Addam was still out of work and we had no money for presents...It wasn't until later the next year that his carpenter friend, who was training him, opened up all kinds of jobs.

I remember thinking last Christmas, "This will be the last normal Christmas we'll have." It was a quiet day; Addam cooked us a duck roast with wild rice stuffing. We had no money, to buy but my son was helping my friend close up her shop and he brought me home little gifts, she gave him. Anyway, this song was so appropriate for that time....and today as well....

MEAN MARY: "Ding Dong Day (Christmas Lyric Video):
 
Cold weather adjustment- we had to get the air mattress out for the overflow crowd and guess who wound up on it.


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@loreta This one's for you. When I lived in Connecticut, I dated an artist from NYC. He spun records on the side...This was during the time of the big clubs and disco era. He left behind all his LPs and this one is a favorite that I drag out once in a while and play....Hope you like it!

BONNIE POINTER: "Heaven Must Have Sent You (12" Disco Version):
This is regular folks dancing in the 70s...not the flashy stuff you usually see. But it fills me with joy to remember and the song couldn't be more meaningful.
1970s Disco Competition Song: "Born to be Alive": (overall we were still a thin population)
 
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