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• Norman Carmichael from OntarioI love this song. It reminds me of my youth. I just turned 83 yrs. young.
• John From Pa from Havertown, PaA favorite karaoke number, but when I do it I change the line "That's when those blue memories start calling" to "That's when those blue heartaches come calling. "Heartaches" rhymes with "snowflakes" in the previous line. I often wondered if it was that way originally.
• Karen from UsaElvis on this song is wonderful. Now if someone wasn't goosing the background singers, it would be perfect.
• Moanin' Lisa from Chillicothe Mo.I love Elvis's version (1957) of Blue Christmas every Christmas-time. It's on satellite radio at Christmas a lot. And I still hear that funny version by "Porky Pig" or whoever that is with that cartoon voice doing Blue Christmas. Hilarious!!
  
• Jeffrey from Clearwater, FlWhen looking at the deluxe DVD edition of the Elvis '68 Christmas special you will find that while Elvis does say "This is my favorite Christmas song of all the ones I recorded" he is not speaking of "Blue Christmas". He then goes on to perform "Santa Claus is Back in Town" a bit. It was edited later to match his remark to "Blue Christmas".
• Mike from Franklin County, PaThe song was indeed used in the Rankin - Bass animated Christmas special ; but the series was called "A Year Without A Santa Clause" , not "The Christmas Without a Santa Clause" . In the animated series , Santa is standing outside his house , when a little blue bird flies to him and delivers the letter . We see Santa ( voiced by Micky Rooney ) read the letter ; and then we hear the little girl sings the words to the song . After the song is sung , the letter touched Santa's heart with tears for the child ; so right then , he decided that it was wrong to have cancelled Christmas . So he found the strength and courage to tell the Elves to load up his sled . Mrs. Claus was worried about his cold ; but Santa told her he "never felt better ; never felt stronger!" . So eventually , he boarded his sled , and delivered his Christmas gifts around the world .
• Terry from Willmar, MnElvis started literally having a blue Christmas after he was driving around Bel Air with friends looking at Christmas decorations. He was living out there while filming one of his movies and homesick for Graceland. Anyway, they drove past a mansion which had been decorated entirely with blue Christmas lights. Elvis was so impressed that he told his companions, "That's how I'm decorationg Graceland next year." And he did. Not only the house but Elvis put lights all the way up the driveway from the front gate. Each year he kept adding more and more lights to trees and bushes. A blue Christmas.
• Deviarte from Leeds, United KingdomFor reasons promotional and because we love music and Christmas we did a full web trawl of EVERYONE we could find who had had a hit with Blue Christmas and the year. This song has really endured even if Elvis did originally think it "dumb".
  
  Here they all are. Enjoy & lots of year-round festive cheer from everyone at www.wearedeviate.co.uk
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  Ernest Tubb 1948
  Doye O'Dell 1948
  Russ Morgan 1949
  Hugo Winterhalter 1949
  Russ Morgan and his Orchestra 1949
  Billy Echstine 1950
  Dinning Sisters with Bob Atcher 1950
  David Frizzell 1950
  Elvis Presley 1957
  Johnny Mathis 1958
  Chet Atkins 1961
  Jim Reeves 1963
  The Platters 1963
  Johnny Cash November 1963
  The Beach Boys 1964
  Brenda Lee 1964
  Beach Boys 1964
  Elvis Presley 1964
  The Ventures 1965
  Stonewall Jackson 1966
  Loretta Lynn 1966
  Dean Martin 1966
  Glen Campbell 1968
  Tammy Wynette 1970
  The Partridge Family 1971
  Merle Haggard 1977
  Robert Gordon 1979
  The Misfits 1978
  Ral Donner 1979
  Marie Osmond 1979
  Willie Nelson 1979
  Shakin' Stevens 1982
  Earl Thomas Conley 1984
  Seymour Swine and the Squeelers 1985
  Sawyer Brown 1985
  Lawrence Welk 1986
  Highway 101 1988
  John Denver 1990
  Laima 1991
  Anne and Nancy Wilson 1992
  Fats Domino 1993
  Wynonna 1993
  Frank Yankovic 1994
  Jingle Cats 1994
  Soul Collective 1995
  The Oakridge Boys 1995
  Low 1997
  Englebert Humperdinck 1996
  Joe Perry 1997
  Henning Stærk 1997
  Sheryl Crow 1997
  Joe Perry 1997
  Vince Gill 1998
  Celine Dion 1998
  Brian Seltzer Orchestra 1998
  Ricky Van Shelton 2000
  Jon Bon Jovi 2001
  Face To Face 2001
  Deana Carter 2001
  Bright Eyes 2002
  Dave Couse 2002
  Clay Walker 2002
  Harry Connick Jr. 2003
  The Perishers 2003
  Leon Redbone 2003
  Chris Isaak 2004
  Kate & Anna McGarrigle 2005
  Chaim Tannenbaum 2005
  George Canyon 2005
  Mike Denver 2005
  Flee the Seen 2006
  Billy Idol 2006
  Tom Keifer 2007
  Raul Malo 2007
  Carnie Wilson 2007
  Nicole Atkins 2008
  Melissa Etheridge 2008
  Dustin Kensrue 2008
  
  
  
• Robert from Houston, TxThis has also been covered by the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
• Ray from Laughlin, NvWhen that recording session ended, Elvis said he thought it was a dumb song and should never be released. The comment was overheard by the female back-up singer, Millie Kirkham, who was there, and also very noticable in the background on the song.
• Robin from Birmingham, AlFYI: For those who are looking for the "piggy" version of this song, you'll find its performer listed as "Sylvester Swine," not Porky Pig. (I imagine no one wanted to get in trouble with Warner Brothers--who had nothing to do with the song--by calling the "singer" Porky Pig.)
• Susan from Washington, DcSorry, but the Porky Pig version is in a class by itself. If you haven't heard it, seek it out. I defy you not to laugh along with whoever that is in the background!
• James from Vidalia, GaThis song was sung by a little girl to Santa in the Rankin/Bass Christmas Special "The Christmas Without a Santa Claus". That's the one featuring the stop-motion characters Mr. Snow and Mr. Sun. Very bizarre stuff. The 70s...heh!
• Jude from Thomasville, GaFor several years, starting December 1st (i.e a LONG time ago), our local radio station would start playing "Blue Christmas" by Elvis. We heard it every morning on our way to school and it must be a pretty good song 'cause now it's not Christmas without it. Also, no one else's version sounds quite right, not even Porky Pig's..
• Tiffany from Dover, FlI heard that song in a Radio Shack ad last year and it featured people crying over electronics. I don't know why, but it seemed funny!

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