Early Xmas (was:RE: Beck's politeness, Smerconish's endorsement)

[Mark Watson]

Larry Weil wrote:

> In the same vein, Allen Sherman did a song that went "Deck the halls with
> advertising" or something to that effect, IIRC.

  That was in Freberg's "Green Chri$tma$". However, Allan Sherman did a Yule 
parody, "The 12 Gifts of Christmas", substituting such things as transistor 
radios, elcctric razors, etc. for the swans a swimming, hummingbirds, turtle 
doves, etc. Another Yule song that rarely gets airplay.

Mark Watson