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Christmas Eve 2001: Photo by Edward McKuen.
©2001 Stanyan Entertainment Group
A Thought for Today
All life is imagery, but imagery is
seldom life.
THE
12 DOWNLOADS OF CHRISTMAS #5
THANK YOU FOR CHRISTMAS
ABOUT THE SONG
This recording of “Thank You
For Christmas” is the original made for my 1970 album “New Ballads.” It
was recorded Christmas week 32 years ago in 1969 at Sunset Sound Studios
in Hollywood.
New Ballads was arranged by Don Costa and Nick Perito conducted the
orchestra. Sunny Burke and I did the production. I had worked with Don &
Sunny earlier in the year on Frank Sinatra’s “A Man Alone” album.
New Ballads was released in January 1970 as Warner Bros. LP#1837. It is
yet to be released on CD.
Five years later I rerecorded “Thank You For Christmas” for “New Carols of
Christmas” but there is something about this first recording that makes it
a personal favorite.
THE WORDS
Thank You For Christmas
Thank You For Christmas
The first one I remember
That was more than just another day
Deep in December.
Back came the holidays
The ones I told goodbye
Until you paused a moment
And looked me in the eye.
And thank you for what I thought
I’d never find
Christmas of a kind
I’d conjured in my mind.
As for the lights of town
Like Christmas down the hill
Off beyond your nakedness
I can see them still.
I suppose that I knew even then
Christmas is for little boys
And not for grown up men
Still for a time in the year
That we’ve just passed
I wanted you to know
You gave me Christmas at last.
Words & Music by Rod McKuen © 1970 by
Rod McKuen & Editions Chanson Music.
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DOWNLOAD THANK YOU FOR CHRISTMAS
(A simple left-click on the
above link should start the download automatically. If you're having
problems, try right-clicking on the link and select "save target as....".)
I neglected to mention that yesterday’s download of “Bethlehem BC” was
Eric Yeager’s suggestion. Eric, not incidentally, is responsible for
converting and uploading all of our MP3’s.
Take care and I’ll see you tomorrow. Sleep warm.
RM 12/29/01 12:55 AM
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