Great Moments In Christmas Song History Vol #3: Santa Claus Is coming To Town by Bruce Sprinsteen

The Boss. Brucey Bruce. The legend of the Boardwalk. The King of New Jersey!!! My man Bruce Springsteen is a legend among music legends. He is the kind of musician that EVERYBODY loves at least a couple of songs from. My personal favorite would have to be "Thunder Road". But any child of the late 70's & early 80's is sure to love Bruce's classic rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town". Originally performed by Bruce and The E Street Band at a college gig way back in 1975, the song wasn't released commercially by Bruce until 1985 as a B side to his single "My Hometown" (which is one of my favorite Bruce songs...). Ever since I was a tiny tot I remember hearing this song blaring through the car radio speakers, with Bruce's gruff singing voice mouthing the famous words in a way that no one ever has (or ever will) before. Ya gotta love The Boss's rendition. It is what Christmas here in the North East is all about. click after the jump for the video...

Great moments In Christmas Song History Vol #2: Snoopy's Christmas by The Royal Guardsmen

I love Christmas songs... I really do. I love that the day after Thanksgiving 106.7 FM begins a month long, 24 hour a day Christmas music blitz. All Christmas songs, all the time. But even though I like the usual suspects (who doesn't like All I Want for Christmas by Mariah... C'mon), I tend to skew in a more obscure direction for my holiday favorites. Over the next few days I plan on sharing some of those choices with you. Today we will take a look at the exploits of Snoopy as he battles his old nemesis The Red Baron in the Christmas Classic Snoopy's Christmas (Christmas Bells) by The Royal Guardsmen. Click after the jump for more....

Maybe it was the fact that the song was about one of my favorite cartoon characters, or maybe it was just how catchy the tune was... I'm not really sure what did it. But honestly, I have always loved this song since the 1st time I ever heard it. I have shared my love for this song with my son Mikey and now it is his favorite as well. I just knew that I had to highlight it here on CCD. I found this really great fan made video that uses clips from The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Christmas to bring the song to life. Instead of the original video (click here to see the original ), I chose to go with that one. Here it is... enjoy!!!

Great Moments In Christmas Song History Vol #1: Christmas In Hollis by Run DMC

I love Christmas songs... I really do. I love that the day after Thanksgiving 106.7 FM begins a month long, 24 hour a day Christmas music blitz. All Christmas songs, all the time. But even though I like the usual suspects (who doesn't like All I Want for Christmas by Mariah... C'mon), I tend to skew in a more obscure direction for my holiday favorites. Over the next few days I plan on sharing some of those choices with you. What better place to start then with the Run DMC classic "Christmas In Hollis". Rap and Christmas songs? Yup... it works. Click after the jump for more....

"It's Christmas time, in Hollis Queens, Momma's in the kitchen cookin' collard greens!!!"

I fucking love this song. How could you not? At the pinnacle of their career, a hip hop group known for their leather jackets and Adidas sneakers with no laces comes out of left field with a completely original hip hop song from out the hood. It is perfect. And what goes better with dookie rope chains than Santa hats?  Nothing I could think of. Enjoy this video today and get some hip hop bop in your Christmas time playlist...