An "uplifting" (depressing) Christmas record...

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An "uplifting" (depressing) Christmas record...

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Christmas Day in The Workhouse...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR9jQeXm46c
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Good grief! The dankest Christmas story I've ever heard. But, well read. A bit like Christmas in a minor key.

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More for the cozy "upliftingness" - Death May Be Your Christmas Gift : https://youtu.be/idob9ip38YM

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A modification of the Lord's Prayer will be appropriate for this. Now I Cry My Way To Weep...........
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the words paupers and mangled in the same sentence don't bode well in a song

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Wolfe wrote:More for the cozy "upliftingness" - Death May Be Your Christmas Gift : https://youtu.be/idob9ip38YM
I'm pretty sure I've got the record somewhere! Forgot all about it.

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Does anyone have any other "cheery" Christmas records? Please post them... This one makes Scrooge and Tiny Tim sound like a happy bunch...
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"The phonograph† is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.

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That Christmas Shoes song is pretty dang dark! This song could be construed as a little dark depending on where your mindset is, "A Mad Russian's Christmas" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P9xxJ4V7no

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I agree! Christmas Shoes is quite the tearjerker, though it does a great job of reminding us of the less fortunate, especially around this time of year.
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