Music: Christmas Rock

Rockin' around the Christmas tree At the Christmas party hop, Mistletoe hung where you can see Ev'ry couple tries to stop.

The most ominous of many threats to the spirit of Christmas this year is a song manufacturer named Johnny Marks, president of an outfit known as St. Nicholas Music, Inc. In Christmases past, Marks has filled the holiday air with numbers like When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day and Everyone's a Child at Christmas. His most enduring creation is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which after twelve seasons and a sale of close to 30...

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