I've decided — and remember, this is Mark's Xmas Video Countdown, not yours so if you don't like it, get your own Xmas Video Countdown — to declare a tie for first place this year. For the first of the first place winners, here's a nice rendition of that immortal holiday classic, "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie," made famous by the wickedly wonderful Walt Kelly, creator of the comic strip Pogo….and no, I don't know when the next volume's coming out, nor what the tariff-laden price will be for a book printed in China by then.
Here's Mr. Kelly's lovely tune — one of so many things that makes me think, as I do often, of his lovely daughter…
The second of our first place winners this year is by the a cappella group, Pentatonix. It's a song written by Jerry Herman from the Broadway show Mame and while a lot of folks have done their versions of it, this is the one I like best. Pentatonix did a formal music video of it and you can watch that here if you like. I prefer this "live" version from one of their concerts…