Sit back and enjoy an hour program of familiar and cherished holiday songs from the 1950s and 1960s. You’ll hear the fascinating stories behind It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Broadway composer Meredith Willson (The Music Man) and Willie Nelson’s Pretty Paper. Listen to hit songs like Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee), A Holly Jolly Christmas (Burl Ives) and Run Rudolph Run (Chuck Berry). Novelty songs like The Chipmunk Song, I’m Getting’ Nuttin’ for Christmas and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (which was used for a Saks Fifth Avenue advertising campaign). Get into the spirit of the season with these classic holiday favorites!

Sponsored by the John and Mary Murphy Foundation.