AUDIO FILES: Listen to Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis is a part of the holiday season. (Contributed Image)

I don’t remember why this ever came up, but every holiday I think about the time my best friend said something along the lines of, “Well, it just isn’t Christmas until my mother takes the Johnny Mathis Christmas record out.”

I suspect he’s not the only one who feels this way.

And as I’m working on the finishing touches on my Christmas trees, I think “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” seems the most appropriate.

My personal favorite is this classic, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”


Want more holiday music? The artists I’ve been featuring this month are listed under the disturbing Wham! photo.

Wham! The other outtakes from the “Last Christmas” single are even more disturbing. (Contributed Image)

Dec. 1: Wham!
Dec. 2: Richard Marx
Dec. 3: Gram Rabbit
Dec. 4: Nat King Cole
Dec. 5: Mariah Carey, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots
Dec. 6: Billy Squier
Dec. 7: Run-DMC
Dec. 8: The LeeVees
Dec. 9: John Mellencamp