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Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol is an eight minute animated short film produced by Warner Bros. Television and released in 1979 by Warner Bros. as part of the Christmas special Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales.

The cartoon is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, featuring Yosemite Sam as Ebenezer Scrooge and Porky Pig as Bob Cratchit. Bugs Bunny makes things better by dressing up as a ghost to give Scrooge a fright.

For the similarly named Twisted Sister album, see A Twisted Christmas

Twisted Christmas is a humorous Christmas album recorded by Bob Rivers and his Comedy Corp.

Track listing

1. The Twelve Pains of Christmas (3:36)
   • Parody of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
2. The Chimney Song (2:06)
   • Original song.
3. We Wish You Weren’t Living With Us (0:44)
   • Parody of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
4. Wreck the Malls (2:02)
   • Parody of “Deck the Halls.”
5. A Visit From St. Nicholson (4:30)
   • Parody of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (aka “T’was the Night Before Christmas”) by Clement Clark Moore, with actor Jack Nicholson instead of St. Nicholas.
6. O Come All Ye Grateful Dead-Heads (1:23)
   • Parody of “O Come All Ye Faithful.”
7. I’m Dressin’ Up Like Santa (When I Get Out On Parole) (3:06)
   • Original song.
8. The Restroom Door Said, “Gentlemen” (1:33)
   • Parody of “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.”
9. Foreigners (2:07)
   • Parody of “Angels We Have Heard on High.”
10. Joy to the World (1:22)
    • Hard rock version of traditional song.
11. A Message From the King (2:18)
    • Spoken word piece by Elvis Presley impersonator.

Green Chri$tma$ is a piece of audio theater written and performed by Stan Freberg and Daws Butler, released by Capitol Records in 1958 (catalog number F 4097). Mr. Scrooge (Freberg), the head of an unnamed advertising agency, has gathered a group of clients to discuss tying their products into Christmas. One attendee, Bob Cratchit (Butler), wants to resist tying his spice company into Christmas, preferring to send Christmas cards with a simple message of “Peace on Earth.” Scrooge extols the virtues of making money off of Christmas, and Cratchit counters by reminding Scrooge “whose birthday we’re celebrating.”

The piece is a scathing indictment of the commercialization of Christmas, with references of Christmas-themed advertising by Coca-Cola and Chesterfield Cigarettes, among others. The names of the characters are taken from A Christmas Carol In Prose by Charles Dickens, as is one of the products “advertised” (”Tyn-E-Tim Chestnuts”). Green Chri$tma$ also contains a parody of the Christmas carol The Twelve Days Of Christmas and an original song by Freberg, Christmas Comes But Once A Year.

Of especially noteworthy importance is the impact of this song’s message in the heart of corporate America, as reflected in the fact that it received no commercial AM radio airplay until 1983; only getting a little FM airplay before that (such as on the Doctor Demento Show) and only slightly more AM airtime after 1983. Beginning in 1972, Capitol reissued the single as catalog number 3503, dividing the piece into two parts; it remained in the Christmas singles section of record stores for years thereafter.

In France and some other French-speaking countries, a réveillon is a long dinner, and possibly party, held on the evenings preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The name of this dinner is based on the word réveil (meaning “wanking”), because participation involves staying awake until midnight and beyond.

Food

The food consumed at réveillons is generally of an exceptional or luxury nature. For instance, appetizers may include lobster, oysters, escargots or foie gras, etc. One traditional dish is turkey with chestnuts. Réveillons in Québec will often include some variety of tourtière.

Dessert may consist of a bûche de Noël. In Provence, the tradition of the 13 desserts is followed: 13 desserts are served, almost invariably including: pompe à l’huile (a flavoured bread), dates, etc.

Quality wine is usually consumed a such dinners, often with champagne or similar sparkling wines as a conclusion.

Differences

There are certain traditional differences of character between the Christmas and New Year’s Day réveillons.

Christmas is traditionally a Christian occasion, celebrated within the family, and this family character is retained even among non-believers.

The New Year’s Eve, or Saint-Sylvestre, réveillon, on the other hand, is commonly a party with friends, etc. People may also go out to a cabaret show, or watch live relays of such shows on television.

Radio Disney Holiday Jams is a holiday album by Radio Disney, released in 2000. Radio Disney Holiday Jams 2 was released in 2002.

Track listing

1. “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” - The Chipmunks
2. “Little Saint Nick” - Beach Boys
3. “Grandma Got Run Over By The Reindeer” - Elmo and Patsy
4. “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” - Brenda Lee
5. “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” - Jackson 5
6. “Jingle Bell Rock” - Bobby Helms
7. “A Holly Jolly Christmas” - Burl Ives
8. “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” - *NSYNC
9. “Macarena Christmas” - Los Del Rio
10. “Jingle Bells” - Singing Dogs
11. “Sleigh Ride” - Spice Girls
12. “Last Christmas” - Billie
13. “As Long As There’s Christmas” - Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
14. “Deck The Halls” - SHeDAISY
15. “Frosty The Snowman” - Myra

Christmas Interpretations is a 1993 Christmas album by R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label. Several of the tracks are originals, written by the group and labelmate Brian McKnight; others are cover versions of traditional Christmas songs.

Track listing

1. “Silent Night (Intro)”
2. “Let It Snow” (featuring Brian McKnight)
3. “Share Love”
4. “You’re Not Alone”
5. “A Joyous Song
   
6. “Why Christmas”
   
7. “Cold December Nights”
8. “Do They Know”
9. “Who Would Have Thought”
10. “Silent Night”

Julemanden can be directly translated to “Christmas Man”. In modern Danish culture Julemanden is the equivalent of the English Santa Claus although the roots of the character reaches into Danish folklore and mythology wherein julemanden is a mythical character who is said to bring Christmas presents to children in Denmark on Christmas eve, celebrated December 24th.

The main differences to the English Santa Claus is that Julemanden lives in Greenland, loves Rice pudding and are assisted by nisser.

Mary Margaret O’Hara’s Christmas EP was released in 1991. It collects three covers of classic Christmas standards, as well as an original Christmas-themed song written by O’Hara.

Track listing

1. “Blue Christmas” (4:59)
2. “Silent Night” (3:57)
3. “What Are You Doing New Years’ Eve?” (3:13)
4. “Christmas Evermore” (4:16)

A tree topper is a decorative star, angel or other item which is placed on the crown of a Christmas tree. The most popular tree topper is the angel, followed by the star. If viewed in a Christian context, the tree topper usually signifies the Christmas Star (Star of Bethlehem) or angelic hosts which proclaimed the news of the birth of Jesus to the world on the eve of his birth. Modern pagan homes celebrate the winter solstice, which falls close to Christmas, by decorating an evergreen tree as a symbol of continuing life, but make an effort to decorate it with non-Christian symbols and often choose tree toppers representing the sun.

James Taylor: A Christmas Album is singer-songwriter James Taylor’s 21st album and first Christmas album. It was released on a limited-edition basis in 2004, with distribution through Hallmark Cards.

In 2006 Taylor’s regular label, Columbia Records, reissued the album with a new title (James Taylor at Christmas) and a revised track listing; “Deck the Halls” was omitted, with two other songs (”Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “River”) added.