Summary: <p>On this episode of <a href="https://anchor.fm/microbreak">MICRO BREAK</a> (Episode 24), I sing Christmas classics for you, my loyal listeners. This is a surprise Christmas Eve special for 2020! I hope it puts you in the mood to celebrate Christmas this year, and years to come!</p> <p>This episode is fun for all ages! So let your Children join in and sing along with me, your host, Michael J Maione. <em>Have a very Merry Christmas!</em></p> <p><br> <strong>"A Holly Jolly Christmas"</strong> (also called "<strong>Have a Holly Jolly Christmas</strong>") is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music">Christmas song</a> written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks" title="Johnny Marks">Johnny Marks</a> and most famously performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl_Ives" title="Burl Ives">Burl Ives</a>. The song has since become one of the Top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCAP" title="ASCAP">ASCAP</a> members, for the first five years of the 21st century.<br> <br> <strong>"Blue Christmas"</strong> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>; it was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_music" title="Christmas music">Christmas music</a>, especially in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> genre.<br> <br> <strong>"Jingle Bells"</strong> is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord_Pierpont" title="James Lord Pierpont">James Lord Pierpont</a> (1822–1893) and published under the title "<strong>The One Horse Open Sleigh</strong>" in the autumn of 1857. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_school" title="Sunday school">Sunday school</a> choir, or as a drinking song.<br> <br> <strong>"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"</strong> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_song" title="Christmas song">Christmas song</a> that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas!_(TV_special)" title="How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)"><em>Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!</em></a><em><br> <br> </em><strong>"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"</strong> is a song written in 1943 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Martin" title="Hugh Martin">Hugh Martin</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Blane" title="Ralph Blane">Ralph Blane</a> and introduced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> in the 1944 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM">MGM</a> musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_Me_in_St._Louis" title="Meet Me in St. Louis"><em>Meet Me in St. Louis</em></a>.</p> <p><strong>Follow the Host<br> </strong><a href="https://linktr.ee/MICRO_BREAK" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Linktree</strong></a><strong> https://linktr.ee/MICRO_BREAK<br> </strong><a href="https://www.podpage.com/micro-break/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Website</strong></a><strong> https://www.podpage.com/micro-break/</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br> <br> </p> <p><br></p>
