“All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” was written by\u00c2\u00a0Donald Yetter Gardner in 1944.<\/p>\n
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,
\nMy two front teeth, see my two front teeth.
\nGee, if I could only have my two front teeth,
\nThen I could wish you “Merry Christmas.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”, written by Tommie Connor in 1952.<\/p>\n
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus,
\nUnderneath the mistletoe last night.
\nShe didn’t see me creep
\nDown the stairs to have a peep.
\nShe thought that I was tucked up in my bedroom fast asleep.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThese songs were two of my favorites when I was young. During the Christmas holidays, our house was always filled with music, either from the radio or from the phonograph. One of the biggest thrills\u00c2\u00a0for our family\u00c2\u00a0was when my\u00c2\u00a0parents bought a stereo Hi-Fi, upon which we could stack many record albums, and let them play automatically in succession for hours. When the “A” sides of the albums had all played, we could just turn the stack over and listen to the “B” sides.<\/p>\n
In 1958, “The Chipmunk Song” was written. Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. wrote the song and performed the voices of David Seville and all three chipmunks, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore.<\/p>\n
Christmas, Christmas time is near,
\nTime for toys and time for cheer,
\nWe’ve been good, but we can’t last,
\nHurry Christmas, hurry fast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nMy father had purchased the album “Christmas with the Chipmunks” and\u00c2\u00a0my family\u00c2\u00a0listened to the album over and over. My sister discovered that, if she used her finger to slow the turntable, she could clearly\u00c2\u00a0tell that the voices of the chipmunks were the same as the voice of David Seville, speeded up.<\/p>\n
When I was in fourth grade, I bought my first “Peanuts” book, and over the next couple of years I bought several others .\u00a0By 1967,\u00a0when The Royal Guardsmen recorded\u00c2\u00a0“Snoopy’s Christmas”, my whole family was familiar with the tales of Snoopy and the Red Baron.<\/p>\n
Was the night before Christmas, 40 below,
\nWhen Snoopy went up in search of his foe.
\nHe spied the Red Baron, fiercely they fought,
\nWith ice on his wings, Snoopy knew he was caught.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nMy family\u00c2\u00a0owned a number of other Christmas\u00c2\u00a0recordings and we listened to all the standards .\u00a0Today, Christmas songs\u00c2\u00a0bring back special memories of my youth, when absolutely nothing could compare with the excitement and joy of Christmas.<\/p>\n
Written for the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories<\/a> – Day 21.<\/p>\n
Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” was written by\u00c2\u00a0Donald Yetter Gardner in 1944. All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, My two front teeth, see my two front teeth. Gee, if I could … Continue reading