Not Expecting That!

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and will have a stress-free Black Friday!

It's definitely the time for Christmas music and with that in mind, I've been checking to see what's new and what's been reissued.

An interesting find is a  collection called "1950's Christmas Classics" in three volumes, which is available on Amazon and probably some other services.

Lurking behind that unassuming title (and artwork) we find mostly pretty deep cuts from the RCA Victor and Columbia families of labels rather than the same familiar (but great) tracks that get reissued all the time. Some good stuff!

In any event, I was surprised to find that Volume 3 includes "Bah! Humbug" by Bob Corley, which I featured way back here!

Also included in Volume 3 is "Chinchy Old Scrooge" by Phil Moore!

Go find this collection!

A nice present and "Bah! Humbug!" totally holds up! 

 Happy Thanksgiving!

Sorry, Bob!

 

Somehow I have the feeling that even if Scrooge & Marley had promotional mugs like this, Bob C wouldn't get one! 

No hot beverage to warm him up!

So Not Scrooge!

While hunting around for Scrooge-related collectibles online, it's somewhat surprising how often I see this 1997 Hallmark ornament identified as Scrooge:

It does look quite a bit like Scrooge looking out the window on Christmas morning, perhaps about to tell the kid to get the prize turkey, but...

The caption says, "When, what to my wondering eyes should appear..." That's a quote from "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore (maybe), colloquially known as "The Night Before Christmas," not "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Duh!

The back of the box makes that clear:

As does the underside of the ornament itself:

Which raises the question as to whether the online sellers don't know the difference or are trying to trick potential buyers into thinking it's actually Scrooge!

And do the potential buyers not know the difference?

It's one of those things that shouldn't really bug me, but it just does, you knw?

What bothers me more, though, is that I want one anyway!

Intriguing!

This sort of thing always intrigues me:

More info at Neil Gaiman's website: 

FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY: A CHRISTMAS CAROL

And a link to the audio of an earlier reading by Mr. Gaiman here: 

Neil Gaiman Bringing Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to NYC Town Hall

I'd like to see a recreation of a Dickens public reading someday!