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It's Christmas. Here's one for us Boomers (Original Post)
Faygo Kid
Dec 2021
OP
So am I celebrating reindeer; Santa Claus; jesus; or Unfettered Capitalism this time of year?
magicguido
Dec 2021
#11
viva la
(3,996 posts)1. He sounds salacious even when he's singing about reindeer
Voice just drips with insinuation.
Faygo Kid
(21,487 posts)2. Say what?
Well, Merry Christmas anyway.
2naSalit
(96,132 posts)5. I think that was his appeal.
I never really liked him but my parents did.
LakeArenal
(29,941 posts)3. I'm 70. Dean Martin and Gerry Lewis were my parents entertainers.
Perry Como. Mel Torme. Not mine.
This Boomer had
Leslie Gore
Fabian
Ray Charles
Marvin Gaye
Annette Funicello
MoTown.
lapfog_1
(30,718 posts)4. I was about to say that...
I'm a boomer and my music was the Beatles, John Denver, Carly Simon, Jethro Tull, The Who.
2naSalit
(96,132 posts)6. A little bit younger...
But those along with a few others were what listened to, too.
2naSalit
(96,132 posts)7. My xmas anthem...

soldierant
(8,267 posts)8. What ever happened to Olive
the other reindeer anyway? Anyone know?


Duppers
(28,298 posts)9. Love it ...
But I don't think I have ever heard him sing with that German accent at the end.
magicguido
(6,315 posts)11. So am I celebrating reindeer; Santa Claus; jesus; or Unfettered Capitalism this time of year?