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                    <FONT color="#006400" size="+1"><I><B> Seasons Greetings! 

                    And Welcome to our Donald O'Connor Christmas page. You will 

                    find below Donald O'Connor's Christmas related projects, with 

                    a few pictures, some sounds and info. </B></I> </FONT> <BR>

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                        <TH bgcolor="#CC0000" align="left" height="510"> <FONT color="#ffffff"><a href="%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=themisteedfun-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00004TCWY%2Fqid%3D1135398705%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%2526v%3Dglance%2526n%3D5174%22%3EChristmas%20with%20Donald%20and%20Debbie%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themisteedfun-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E"><IMG src="holiday/chriscover.jpg" align="right" width="203" height="176" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="3"></a> 
                          <I>Christmas with Donald and Debbie</I> (1992)<BR>

                          CD and Audio Cassette<BR>

                          An album of Christmas music with Donald O'Connor and 

                          Debbie Reynolds, featuring <I>Chrissy the Christmas 

                          Mouse</I>, which is a sweet little song... too sweet. 

                          In fact you could just skip the three new songs on this 

                          album (also released separately) and listen to the classic 

                          Christmas Carols, like <I>Jingle Bells</I>, and the 

                          well done <I>Twelve Days of Christmas</I> (Though, on 

                          the eleventh day of Christmas, Donald and Debbie fade 

                          away, not to be heard from again until the four birds 

                          start calling). </FONT> 

                          <P><FONT color="#ffffff"><I> 1) *Chrissy the Christmas 

                            Mouse<BR>

                            2) *Little Christmas Tree<BR>

                            3) Jingle Bells<BR>

                            4) Narration of The "Night Before Christmas"<BR>

                            5) Medley - The First Noel-Hark The Herald Angels- 

                            Joy To The World<BR>

                            6) We Wish you a Merry Christmas<BR>

                            7) *Christmas Eve Once More<BR>

                            8) Medley - Oh Christmas Tree-Deck the Halls<BR>

                            9) Medley - Here We Come a Carolling-Jolly Old St. 

                            Nicholas<BR>

                            10) The Twelve Days of Christmas<BR>

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                          <P><FONT color="#ffffff">The CD <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=themisteedfun-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00004TCWY%2Fqid%3D1135398705%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%2526v%3Dglance%2526n%3D5174">Christmas 
                            with Donald and Debbie</a> is available from Amazon.com.</FONT> 
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                          <I>The Music of Donald O'Connor</I> (1965?)<BR>

                          LP <BR>

                          Album of Donald O'Connor's compositons recorded by the 

                          Brussels Symphony Orchestra, directed by Fernand Terby, 

                          including, <I>Reflexions d'un Comique</I> (1956), which 

                          Donald conducted at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The 

                          four other tracks are <I>Introduction and Identification</I>, 

                          <I>Donald's Waltz</I>, <I>Here Comes Donald</I> and 

                          <I>Christmas Comes Once Year</I>. This song according 

                          to the <A href="musgrph/docmusic.htm" target="new">liner 

                          notes</A>... </FONT> 

                          <P> <FONT color="#ffffff">"<I>CHRISTMAS COMES ONCE A 

                            YEAR</I> (5:45)<BR>

                            Mr. Irving Berlin presented Donald with a special 

                            piano which when one plays on the black keys, by just 

                            sliding a lever, the black keys can become the sound 

                            of the white keys.<BR>

                            In introducing "CHRISTMAS COMES ONCE A YEAR" his friends 

                            tried to show how the composition was born, exactly 

                            how Donald conceived it (on the black keys) and the 

                            development that takes place therein so that by its 

                            finale, it has gained all the musical stature that 

                            it deserves. The acrobatics of the adaptations are 

                            very subtly transcribed and a great deal of credit 

                            must go to the musicians themselves." </FONT>

                          <P><FONT color="#ffffff">Years later, in <I>A Time To 

                            Remember</I> he would reprise the tune as <I>Christmas 

                            Can Be Everyday</I> Here is a clip of the older version 

                            <A href="sounds/xmasonce.wav" target="new"><I>Christmas Comes Once 

                            a Year</I></A></FONT> 

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                          <A href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088274/" target="new"> 
                          A Time To Remember</A> <BR>

                          1987<BR>

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                          This is a bizzare holiday film. Donald plays Father 

                          Walsh, a priest who encourages a young boy to follow 

                          in the steps of his idol, Mario Lanza, and sing. The 

                          boy's father opposes it because singing is a sissy thing 

                          to do. The boy is hit by a car, loses his voice and 

                          miraculously gains it back for Christmas. The movie 

                          has an amateurish style, and very uneven acting. It 

                          has its moments though; like Donald singing his song, 

                          <A href="sounds/everyday.wav" target="new"> <I>Christmas 

                          Can Be Every Day</I></A> (a.k.a. "Christmas comes Once 

                          a Year") and Donald showing bad card tricks to Tommy 

                          Makem (playing the priest with the authentic Irish accent).<BR>

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                          A bit of trivia... Morgana King, who co-stars as the 

                          grandmother in this film, was the guest star on a <I>Hollywood 

                          Palace</I> Donald O'Connor hosted in 1965. <BR>

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                          <I>A Time to Remember</I> is out of print, but sometimes 
                          you can pick one up on <a href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a>.</FONT> 
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                          <A href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?Toys+(1992)" target="new"> 
                          Toys</A> <BR>
                          1992 | 20th Century Fox <I>Toys</I> opens on Christmas 
                          Day (or Christmas Eve) and closes on Christmas a year 
                          later. Though it does this without quite being a Christmas 
                          film. Just like it puts in all that music without quite 
                          being a musical.<BR>
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                          Donald's character, Kenneth Zevo, (Father of Robin Williams 
                          character, Leslie.) dies within the first few minutes, 
                          while the Christmas celebration is going on. <BR>
                          Without going into the whole plot, suffice to say that 
                          everything works out exactly how Kenny Zevo would have 
                          wanted by the time the next Christmas rolls around.<BR>
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                          There's a lovely Christmas song, <A href="http://eviltwin.velvetsofa.com/sounds/xmasbells.wav" target="new">Closing 
                          of the Year</A>. <br>
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