Christmas Recordings Collection

Thanks for the great selection of Christmas recordings. Something for everybody i am sure. Thanks also for the great choice and fine service through out THE YEAR>

VERY impressed with the online feature! That will make for great listening at work. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

nJust want to say thanks for all the many hours of great OTR! You do a marvelous job of curating and offering everything for everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.

Great selections and hours of easygoing entertainment.

Every Christmas I revisit my OTR Christmas recordings. Such a great nostalgia trip from my early childhood. Thanks OTRCat!

I bought several different discs of Christmas Recordings to try and get the spirit of Christmas outside of Christmas Day.I bought disc 292 which were both recordings from 1964. The first, a drama called The Wish Fulfillment Machine, was from Theater Five. Strictly speaking, this was more sci-fi than holiday. It reminded me a little of something written or inspired by Ray Bradbury. The other program on the disc was called Double Trouble Xmas. This was a recording of a British weekly show named The Clitheroe Kid. He sounds about the age of Tiny Tim. The only thing is the Kid seems to always to be just one step ahead of trouble. Things work out in the end,though. I also purchased disc 266 which had 4 different programs. The first is called No Room At The Inn. This is the climax of the telling of The Greatest Story Ever Told. The second program is the comedian Stan Freberg singing the song I'm Getting Nuttin for Christmas. The third was called Across The Dial in Philadelphia from 12/25/1953. This gave the listener the feeling of living in Pennsylvania in 1953 and literally spinning the dial on Christmas Day to see what all is on the radio. The 4th program was a 15 minute Fibber McGee and Molly from 1953 where Fibber and Molly decide to spend Christmas at home. The next disc I received was disc 90 which had 3 programs. The first was from 1944 and Featured Fred Waring presenting Music for the Holidays. For music, this was one of my favorites as they sang several of my favorite Christmas carols. The second program was also from 1944 and was called Mr. Pickwick's Christmas. This evoked the spirit of Charles Dickens and Christmas's pasts. The last was an excerpt of Bob Hope doing his routine for the troops at Christmas in 1944. This came from the WW2 era program Command Performance, I believe. I also received disc 30. This was a recording of Paul Whiteman from 12/20/1934. Although this was his Christmas show, there really wasn't much seasonal music contained in the program. Still, his group is lively and successfully communicates to the listener what popular music was like in the mid 1930's.

"Irish Food For Xmas" is now a holiday tradition at my house. Many thanks!

Listening to these OTR Christmas shows during the holidays just makes the Christmas season so much more nostalgic.

The Radio Shows I ordered for my granddaughter came I the mail yesterday. They're great!!!