[78-L] Jimmz Boyd Obit

[Julian Vein]

rshirer at neb.rr.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> Just saw this on the NYT website.  
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/arts/10boyd.html
> 
> The Mommy Santa Claus record is truly one of the most annoying and cloying of the Christmas novelty songs. (I actually like "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas".)
> Cheers,
> Bob Shirer
> _______________________________________________
I was 12 at the time and understood the meaning of the lyric, even 
though the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston didn't! And they're 
supposed to be the purveyors of wisdom.

      Julian Vein