Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, readers. May this find you well and at least somewhat in the holiday spirit. Things are looking up for me, as I was once prepared for a quiet holiday with just the two of us but now it seems the youngster will be arriving with boyfriend in tow! I try to write a post on Christmas Eve every year and this is my gift for you this time -- a Match the Song Title post about an album titled "A Christmas Gift for You". This well-known Christmas album was originally issued in November 1963 and created by the since-disgraced (and deceased) Phil Spector. The CD pictured is from the 1989 re-release, which I bought probably in 1989 as one of the first Christmas CDs I ever owned. My girlfriend (now wife) loved this CD and many of the songs. 1960s music and pop culture was retro king in the late 1980s and as difficult it is to believe now there wasn't a ton of pop Christmas music piped into every store until the '80s. The re-re-re-re-release of ...
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