The Best Christmas Song of All Time

Finally got to spend a little bit of time preparing for the holidays today. Some last minute shopping (thank you Amazon!), here and there, and here again. I can practically smell the mistletoe....hear the crinkle of gift bags and tissue paper.

Oh, also, a got a holiday call from Citibank's fraud department. They had a hard time believing that one woman could spend that much money that fast on one credit card. HELLO, have you not heard of tabs on Firefox? I can check out five shopping carts at the same time!)

Anyway, ho ho ho, the spirit is nearly upon me, time for some Christmas music, eh? Let's start at the top. Long time blog friends know whom I think is Boss. So yeah, there's Elvis (thanks Kate, your post inspired me), and Nat King Cole and Rankin & Bass songs (of course)...but there's only one Boss and only one Best Christmas Song of all Time.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town, several versions

1. From All Star Holiday Show (Red Bank, NJ) Dec. 2006 in support of ALS. Sound quality is pretty good. Worth it to see Boss jamming with Cookie Monster, Elmo and the Grinch. I can't embed it, you'll have to click to watch.

2. This one is from December 2003, Christmas in Asbury Park. No Cookie Monster in this one, but there's a dancing Santa and a snowman....not to mention Bon Jovi. Good sound.

(May I say, god, he is one fine looking man, that Bruce fellow)



3. *This one*, this one is the best. Sound not quite so good, but beautifully, classically Bruce & the E Street Band. Taken from the "20th September 1978 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ"- show.

(May I say one more time that, god, he is one fine looking man, that Bruce fellow.)



Okay, guh! Do you *hear* that sax? Do you hear Clarence? Guh. What a sax does to me....got me wondering who has been naughty and who has been nice.

Ho, ho, ho! ;)