Post by dth1971 on Nov 29, 2020 9:13:30 GMT -5
This Sunday morning Rewind 92.1 FM Madison (in the AT40: The 80's Sunday time slot) is airing this weekend's AT40 related Christmas show the AT10 Christmas Around the World special. Some things that Casey gave out about Christmas world traditions and factoids:
* In England, Santa Claus is Father Christmas, and when kids write letters to Santa they put them in the fireplace so it can go up the chimney unless it gets burnt!
* The almost banned Christmas card thing. (And about 2 billion Christmas cards are still sent every year!)
* In Australia, instead of reindeer, Santa's sleigh is pulled by 8 kangaroos!
* The origins of mistletoe and Santa Claus a/k/a St. Nicholas.
* "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town" (the song, not the 50 year old Rankin-Bass classic Christmas stop motion animated special) was written in 1934 (and my favorite version by the Pointer Sisters from the first A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS album/CD was played!)
* Is there some country you take a sauna before Christmas?
* The spiderweb/tinsel inspiration origin.
* In Ireland, sacks are the Christmas stockings and people leave mince pies for Santa.
ALSO: 1) It's a surprise to hear the funniest Christmas song ever "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy on an AT20/AT10 Christmas show! 2) Heard Martina McBride's version of "Do You Hear What I Hear". 3) Do you think Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" is some fun song to you (Madonna's version may also count)? 4) I also heard Kenny G's rendition of "Away in a Manger" (Though the best holiday song Kenny G did was the 1999-2000 "Auld Lang Syne" which is NEW YEARS related rather than Christmas related - it even made AT40 for 1 week at #40 in January 2000 which used the R&R CHR chart source also used for Rick Dees but Mr. G's "Auld Lang Syne" got snubbed from Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 even though it wasn't a rap song which Rick would omit out or replace at times circa 1990's-early 2000's). 5) Stevie Wonder's version of "Someday at Christmas" was played, but I like the Jackson 5 version better. 6) My best songs on this AT10 Christmas special are "All I Want For Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey and "Christmas Canon" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
* In England, Santa Claus is Father Christmas, and when kids write letters to Santa they put them in the fireplace so it can go up the chimney unless it gets burnt!
* The almost banned Christmas card thing. (And about 2 billion Christmas cards are still sent every year!)
* In Australia, instead of reindeer, Santa's sleigh is pulled by 8 kangaroos!
* The origins of mistletoe and Santa Claus a/k/a St. Nicholas.
* "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town" (the song, not the 50 year old Rankin-Bass classic Christmas stop motion animated special) was written in 1934 (and my favorite version by the Pointer Sisters from the first A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS album/CD was played!)
* Is there some country you take a sauna before Christmas?
* The spiderweb/tinsel inspiration origin.
* In Ireland, sacks are the Christmas stockings and people leave mince pies for Santa.
ALSO: 1) It's a surprise to hear the funniest Christmas song ever "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" by Elmo and Patsy on an AT20/AT10 Christmas show! 2) Heard Martina McBride's version of "Do You Hear What I Hear". 3) Do you think Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" is some fun song to you (Madonna's version may also count)? 4) I also heard Kenny G's rendition of "Away in a Manger" (Though the best holiday song Kenny G did was the 1999-2000 "Auld Lang Syne" which is NEW YEARS related rather than Christmas related - it even made AT40 for 1 week at #40 in January 2000 which used the R&R CHR chart source also used for Rick Dees but Mr. G's "Auld Lang Syne" got snubbed from Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 even though it wasn't a rap song which Rick would omit out or replace at times circa 1990's-early 2000's). 5) Stevie Wonder's version of "Someday at Christmas" was played, but I like the Jackson 5 version better. 6) My best songs on this AT10 Christmas special are "All I Want For Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey and "Christmas Canon" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.