Dec 14, 2008
Published Dec 13, 2008
GEM: Name That Tune
I'll See You In My Dreams was a big hit for Cliff Edwards who also performed it on the ukuele. In fact he was known as "Uulele Ike."
If you think you know the name of today's mystery song, please email me call and leave the answer on the voice mail line at 925-272-4021.
Dec. 24, 1968
In 1968 the three man crew of Apollo 8 became the first humans
in history to orbit the moon. Their hastily-planned mission
saw them enter lunar orbit on Christmas Eve after a three day
voyage from earth. In one of a number of scheduled live TV
broadcasts from the spacecrafts, the crew pointed their black and
white camera at the lunar horizon and read the first ten verses of
the Bible's book of Genesis.
History of British Christmas Traditions
I thought it would be fun to ask my friend James Mowatt of the Historyzine Podcast to tell us alittle bit about the history of Christmas in Britain, and describe how our British ancestors might have celebrated the holiday.
From 1940: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret's Christmas
Speech
(Below: Princess Elizabeth along with her younger sister
Margaret sending Christmas Greetings over the radio
airwaves.)
From 1917: Christmas, Christmas, Blessed Blessed Day
From 1916: Christmas Eve Music
Box
A solo performed by Robert Gayler on the Celesta - Fantasie on old
German Christmas Carols. A celesta is
a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks
very much like a miniature upright piano or a large wooden music
box.
From 1913: The Bells of
Christmas
a collection of Christmas carols
performed by the Edison Band (below)
From 1911: A Christmas Classic - The Awakening of
Scrooge
Music Hall Performer Bransby
Williams (b. 1870 - d.1961) recorded this for Edison
Records.
