2020 ....Thanksgiving/Christmas ...

[IceWizard]

Merry Christmas from the Crooners

01 - Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!.mp3
02 - Elvis Presley - White Christmas.mp3
03 - Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song.mp3
04 - Dean Martin - Winter Wonderland.mp3
05 - Frank Sinatra - The First Noël.mp3
06 - Perry Como - O Holy Night.mp3
07 - Bing Crosby - Is Christmas Only a Tree!.mp3
08 - Elvis Presley - I'll Be Home for Christmas.mp3
09 - Frank Sinatra - Ave Maria.mp3
10 - Nat King Cole - Jingle Bells.mp3
11 - Louis Armstrong - Christmas In New Orleans.mp3
12 - Frank Sinatra - O Little Town of Bethlehem.mp3
13 - Elvis Presley - Santa Bring My Baby Back.mp3
14 - Nat King Cole - All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth.mp3
15 - Dean Martin - The Christmas Blues.mp3
16 - Frank Sinatra - Winter Wonderland.mp3
17 - Elvis Presley - Silent Night.mp3
18 - Nat King Cole - Take Me Back to Toyland.mp3
19 - Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.mp3
20 - Elvis Presley - O Little Town of Bethlehem.mp3
21 - Louis Armstrong - Winter Wonderland.mp3
22 - Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus.mp3
23 - Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells.mp3
24 - Louis Armstrong - Christmas Night In Harlem.mp3
25 - Bing Crosby - It's a Marshmallow.mp3
26 - Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas.mp3
27 - Frank Sinatra - I'll Be Home for Christmas.mp3
28 - Bing Crosby - Silent Night.mp3
29 - Perry Como - There Is No Place Like Home.mp3
30 - Frank Sinatra - While the Angelus Was Ringing.mp3

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Christmas Crooners - VA -
The Real - Ultimate Collection







CD1

01. Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year.mp3
02. Dean Martin - A Marshmallow World.mp3
03. Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child (Remastered).mp3
04. Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.mp3
05. Jane Monheit, Steve Tyrell - Baby, It's Cold Outside.mp3
06. Barry Manilow - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm.mp3
07. Engelbert Humperdinck - Winter World Of Love.mp3
08. John Pizzarelli, Don Sebesky - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow.mp3
09. Percy Faith & His Orchestra And Chorus - Happy Holiday.mp3
10. Robert Goulet - White Christmas.mp3
11. Frank Sinatra - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear.mp3
12. Mel Torme - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire).mp3
13. Vic Damone - Deck The Halls.mp3
14. Perry Como - Do You Hear What I Hear (Remastered).mp3
15. Gene Autry, Rosemary Clooney - The Night Before Christmas Song.mp3
16. The Ray Conniff Singers - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town.mp3

CD2

01. Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas.mp3
02. Perry Como - (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (1954 Version).mp3
03. Johnny Mathis - We Need A Little Christmas.mp3
04. Eddy Arnold - Jingle Bell Rock.mp3
05. Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane).mp3
06. Louis Prima - Shake Hands With Santa Claus (Mono Recording).mp3
07. Robert Goulet - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.mp3
08. Jim Reeves - Jingle Bells.mp3
09. Jerry Vale - Silver Bells.mp3
10. Andy Williams - O Little Town Of Bethlehem.mp3
11. John Davidson - The First Noel.mp3
12. Roger Whittaker - Ding! Dong! Merrily On High.mp3
13. Burl Ives - Holly Jolly Christmas.mp3
14. Frank Devol & His Orchestra, Bing Crosby - The Secret Of Christmas.mp3
15. Eddie Fisher - Christmas Day.mp3
16. Bobby Vinton - My Christmas Prayer.mp3

CD3

01. Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad.mp3
02. Dean Martin - The Things We Did Last Summer.mp3
03. Elvis Presley - If Every Day Was Like Christmas.mp3
04. Tony Bennett - All I Want For Christmas Is You.mp3
05. Frankie Laine - You're All I Want For Christmas.mp3
06. Harry Nilsson - Remember (Christmas).mp3
07. Charlie Daniels - My Christmas Love Song To You.mp3
08. Don Sebesky - Snowfall.mp3
09. Henry Mancini & His Orchestra And Chorus - Little Drummer Boy.mp3
10. Johnny Mathis - Have A Holly Jolly Christmas.mp3
11. Bobby Vinton - O Holy Night.mp3
12. Benny Goodman And His Orchestra - Santa Claus Came In The Spring (From ''Beat The Band'').mp3
13. Mario Lanza - O Christmas Tree.mp3
14. Eddy Arnold - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S.mp3
15. Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Johnny Mathis - Silent Night, Holy Night.mp3
16. Perry Como - Ave Maria (1968 Version).mp3

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Christmas Classics

01 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear.mp3        Johnny Mathis
02 Grown Up Christmas List.mp3    Natalie Cole
03 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.mp3        Belinda Carlisle
04 Ave Maria.mp3    Barry Manilow
05 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.mp3    America
06 Christmas Carols.mp3    Bing Crosby
07 Away in a Manger.mp3    Tanya Tucker
08 What Child Is This-.mp3    The Moody Blues
09 Silent Night.mp3    Boyz II Men
10 Oh Come All Ye Faithful.mp3        Air Supply
11 Winter Wonderland.mp3    Dionne Warwick
12 O Holy Night.mp3    Reba McEntire
13 Christmas Needs Love to be Christmas.mp3        Andy Williams
14 Christmas Cometh Caroling.mp3    Kenny Loggins
15 The First Noel.mp3        Kenny Rodgers
16 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.mp3        Judy Garland
17 Auld Lang Syne.mp3        Ann Wilson
18 Wonderful Christmastime.mp3    Paul McCartney

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[Charon]

Amazing, Ice Wizard. Just amazing.

[Charon]

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas 2020‘

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house

We were all under quarantine, even the mouse



Both of us were nestled snug in our bed

While visions of Santa danced in our head

And Polly in her face shield and I in my mask

Had just settled in for our night’s sleeping task

When outside the house there arose such a din

That I checked the security camera for a possible break-in

Santa was there with presents to bring in the door

I said “Santa stay out, you can’t come in anymore”!

He said it’s okay I’ve had the test

The one way up the nose cause it’s the best

And tonight before I let the reindeer fly

I checked that my temperature wasn’t too high

Okay we said, come on inside

We know you and the reindeer have had a long ride

But keep your distance, at least six feet is best


We don’t want the virus, you know the rest

Well Santa, I’d like to shake hands with you

But right now an elbow bump will just have to do

And oh for those presents just leave them anywhere

Then you and your reindeer can get outta here

Santa it must be hard to travel the world in an instant

Especially when you must remain socially distant

This year we got much Covid-wiser

Soon we’ll be protected by shots from Pfizer

2020 was not very good it was more like a bad dream

Next year will be better when we have the vaccine

Santa put on his hat as he said “I’d like to stay”

But the ‘deer and I must be on our way

So he sprang to his feet and then gave a whistle

And they flew off like the down on a thistle

But I heard him exclaim as he drove off in his sleigh

Merry Christmas, stay healthy, 2021 is not far away

[IceWizard]

EXCELLENT!!!

[Charon]

A bit of verse which sees wide circulation online every Christmastime is generally credited to “a Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan” (or, since 11 September 2001, “a Marine stationed in Afghanistan”):

A Marine stationed in Okinawa Japan wrote this poem. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable … PLEASE. Would you do me a thoughtful favor of sending this poem to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities.

Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a one bedroom house made of plaster & stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give
And to see just who in this home did live.

I looked all about a strange sight I did see,
No tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by the fire, just boots filled with sand,
On the wall hung pictures of far distant lands.

With medals and badges, awards of all kind
A sober thought came through my mind.
For this house was different, so dark and dreary,
I knew I had found the home of a soldier, once I could see clearly.

I heard stories about them, I had to see more
So I walked down the hall and pushed open the door.
And there he lay sleeping silent alone,
Curled up on the floor in his one bedroom home.

His face so gentle, his room in such disorder,
Not how I pictured a United States soldier.
Was this the hero of whom I’d just read?
Curled up in his poncho, a floor for his bed?

His head was clean shaven, his weathered face tan,
I soon understood this was more than a man.
For I realized the families that I saw that night
Owed their lives to these men who were willing to fight.

Soon ‘round the world, the children would play,
And grownups would celebrate on a bright Christmas day.
They all enjoyed freedom each month of the year,
Because of soldiers like this one lying here.

I couldn’t help wonder how many lay alone
On a cold Christmas Eve in a land far from home.
Just the very thought brought a tear to my eye,
I dropped to my knees and started to cry.

The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice,
“Santa don’t cry, this life is my choice;
I fight for freedom, I don’t ask for more,
my life is my God, my country, my Corps.”

With that he rolled over and drifted off into sleep,
I couldn’t control it, I continued to weep.
I watched him for hours, so silent and still,
I noticed he shivered from the cold night’s chill.

So I took off my jacket, the one made of red,
And I covered this Soldier from his toes to his head.
And I put on his T-shirt of gray and black,
With an eagle and an Army patch embroidered on back.

And although it barely fit me, I began to swell with pride,
And for a shining moment, I was United States Army deep inside.
I didn’t want to leave him on that cold dark night,
This guardian of honor so willing to fight.

Then the soldier rolled over, whispered with a voice so clean and pure,
“Carry on Santa, it’s Christmas Day, all is secure.”
One look at my watch, and I knew he was right,
Merry Christmas my friend, and to all a good night!

More specifically, the poem is often attributed to an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel named Bruce Lovely, who purportedly penned it on Christmas Eve 1993 while stationed in Korea (and saw it printed under his name in the Ft. Leavenworth Lamp a few years later):

I arrived in Korea in Jul 93 and was extremely impressed with the commitment of the soldiers I worked with and those that were prepared to give their lives to maintain the freedom of South Korea. To honor them, I wrote the poem and went around on Christmas Eve and put it under the doors of US soldiers assigned to Yongsan.

This attribution does a great disservice to the poem’s true author, James M. Schmidt, who was a Lance Corporal stationed in Washington, D.C., when he wrote the poem back in 1986. As Corporal Schmidt told us in December 2002:

The true story is that while a Lance Corporal serving as Battalion Counter Sniper at the Marine Barracks 8th & I, Washington, DC, under Commandant P.X. Kelly and Battalion Commander D.J. Myers [in 1986], I wrote this poem to hang on the door of the Gym in the BEQ. When Colonel Myers came upon it, he read it and immediately had copies sent to each department at the Barracks and promptly dismissed the entire Battalion early for Christmas leave. The poem was placed that day in the Marine Corps Gazette, distributed worldwide and later submitted to Leatherneck Magazine.


Schmidt’s original version, entitled “Merry Christmas, My Friend,” was published in Leatherneck (Magazine of the Marines) in December 1991, a full two years before it was supposedly “written” by someone else on Christmas Eve 1993 (and had appeared in the Barracks publication Pass in Review four years before it was printed in Leatherneck).

“Merry Christmas, My Friend” has been a holiday favorite among “leatherneckphiles” for nearly the time it takes to complete a Marine Corps career. Few, however, know who wrote it and when. Former Corporal James M. Schmidt, stationed at Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., pounded it out 17 years ago on a typewriter while awaiting the commanding officer’s Christmas holiday decorations inspection … while other leathernecks strung lights for the Barracks’ annual Christmas decoration contest, Schmidt contributed his poem to his section.

I salute You Wheels, forever and always, and all of our present, past and fallen soldiers on this almost Christmas day.

[IceWizard]

[Charon]

   

[Charon]

   

[willie33]

[IceWizard]

I do believe I have found the vid to this poem...




The Soldier's Christmas Poem

This is indeed a beautiful poem...

Ice

A bit of verse which sees wide circulation online every Christmastime is generally credited to “a Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan” (or, since 11 September 2001, “a Marine stationed in Afghanistan”):

A Marine stationed in Okinawa Japan wrote this poem. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable … PLEASE. Would you do me a thoughtful favor of sending this poem to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities.

Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a one bedroom house made of plaster & stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give
And to see just who in this home did live.

I looked all about a strange sight I did see,
No tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by the fire, just boots filled with sand,
On the wall hung pictures of far distant lands.

With medals and badges, awards of all kind
A sober thought came through my mind.
For this house was different, so dark and dreary,
I knew I had found the home of a soldier, once I could see clearly.

I heard stories about them, I had to see more
So I walked down the hall and pushed open the door.
And there he lay sleeping silent alone,
Curled up on the floor in his one bedroom home.

His face so gentle, his room in such disorder,
Not how I pictured a United States soldier.
Was this the hero of whom I’d just read?
Curled up in his poncho, a floor for his bed?

His head was clean shaven, his weathered face tan,
I soon understood this was more than a man.
For I realized the families that I saw that night
Owed their lives to these men who were willing to fight.

Soon ‘round the world, the children would play,
And grownups would celebrate on a bright Christmas day.
They all enjoyed freedom each month of the year,
Because of soldiers like this one lying here.

I couldn’t help wonder how many lay alone
On a cold Christmas Eve in a land far from home.
Just the very thought brought a tear to my eye,
I dropped to my knees and started to cry.

The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice,
“Santa don’t cry, this life is my choice;
I fight for freedom, I don’t ask for more,
my life is my God, my country, my Corps.”

With that he rolled over and drifted off into sleep,
I couldn’t control it, I continued to weep.
I watched him for hours, so silent and still,
I noticed he shivered from the cold night’s chill.

So I took off my jacket, the one made of red,
And I covered this Soldier from his toes to his head.
And I put on his T-shirt of gray and black,
With an eagle and an Army patch embroidered on back.

And although it barely fit me, I began to swell with pride,
And for a shining moment, I was United States Army deep inside.
I didn’t want to leave him on that cold dark night,
This guardian of honor so willing to fight.

Then the soldier rolled over, whispered with a voice so clean and pure,
“Carry on Santa, it’s Christmas Day, all is secure.”
One look at my watch, and I knew he was right,
Merry Christmas my friend, and to all a good night!

More specifically, the poem is often attributed to an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel named Bruce Lovely, who purportedly penned it on Christmas Eve 1993 while stationed in Korea (and saw it printed under his name in the Ft. Leavenworth Lamp a few years later):

I arrived in Korea in Jul 93 and was extremely impressed with the commitment of the soldiers I worked with and those that were prepared to give their lives to maintain the freedom of South Korea. To honor them, I wrote the poem and went around on Christmas Eve and put it under the doors of US soldiers assigned to Yongsan.

This attribution does a great disservice to the poem’s true author, James M. Schmidt, who was a Lance Corporal stationed in Washington, D.C., when he wrote the poem back in 1986. As Corporal Schmidt told us in December 2002:

The true story is that while a Lance Corporal serving as Battalion Counter Sniper at the Marine Barracks 8th & I, Washington, DC, under Commandant P.X. Kelly and Battalion Commander D.J. Myers [in 1986], I wrote this poem to hang on the door of the Gym in the BEQ. When Colonel Myers came upon it, he read it and immediately had copies sent to each department at the Barracks and promptly dismissed the entire Battalion early for Christmas leave. The poem was placed that day in the Marine Corps Gazette, distributed worldwide and later submitted to Leatherneck Magazine.


Schmidt’s original version, entitled “Merry Christmas, My Friend,” was published in Leatherneck (Magazine of the Marines) in December 1991, a full two years before it was supposedly “written” by someone else on Christmas Eve 1993 (and had appeared in the Barracks publication Pass in Review four years before it was printed in Leatherneck).

“Merry Christmas, My Friend” has been a holiday favorite among “leatherneckphiles” for nearly the time it takes to complete a Marine Corps career. Few, however, know who wrote it and when. Former Corporal James M. Schmidt, stationed at Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., pounded it out 17 years ago on a typewriter while awaiting the commanding officer’s Christmas holiday decorations inspection … while other leathernecks strung lights for the Barracks’ annual Christmas decoration contest, Schmidt contributed his poem to his section.

I salute You Wheels, forever and always, and all of our present, past and fallen soldiers on this almost Christmas day.