Home for Christmas

Christmas music, day four. Originally posted by linkmeister on 4 December 2014, 8:54 pm. Added to in 2023. This is a pretty plaintive request: “Please Come Home for Christmas.” It was written in 1960 by Charles Brown, who sings it here, and Gene Redd. It’s a seasonal favorite and has been covered by a whole …

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Come home, Lassie

I suspect Don Henley means a girl rather than a collie. I was surprised to find the quintessential Southern California rock band had actually released a Christmas song (never an album, though). The Eagles released this as a single in 1978. The song was first released in 1960 by blues singer and pianist Charles Brown, …

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