REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS ON THE BANDSTAND as we celebrate the years when the nation celebrated the holiday season by listening and dancing to the music of the Big Bands. Helping us observe some Yuletides of the Past are Benny Goodman, Harry James, Jan Garber, Dick Jurgens, Tommy Dorsey, Les Brown and many others.

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LAWRENCE WELK CHRISTMAS SHOW – Complete telecast from Christmas Eve, December 24, 1958 in glorious black and white. Lawrence, his band and all the regulars, including children of the cast, celebrate the holiday.  (60 minutes)

HOLLYWOOD PALACE – Bing Crosby’s Christmas Show from December 25, 1965 with guests Dorothy Collins, the cast of Hogan’s Heroes, Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians, Mitchell Ayers and the orchestra. Complete telecast in color. (59 minutes)

ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK – A Christmas Special from 1987 hosted by Robb Weller and Leeza Gibbons with Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Ed Asner, Michael Feinstein, Brenda Lee, Jose Feliciano, Bobby Helms and others.  (44 minutes)