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This compilation of Christmas recordings spans an era which includes the entirety of WW1 and the influenza pandemic of 1918/1919, but of course you wouldn't guess it from the contents. The only reminder perhaps is the two different versions of "Silent Night", which was famously sung by opposing sides in the trenches at Christmas 1914.

I'm presenting this in two formats - a mix, which is on my main feed at centuriesofsound.com and as a compilation, which is only available to patrons. Join my patreon at patreon.com/centuriesofsound and get a load of bonus content like this, as well as helping this site to survive in these very difficult times.

Here is the tracklist, the same for both versions.

00:00 Harry E. Humphrey - Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph03:17 Choir Of The Royal Court Opera With Orchestra And Church Bells, Acc. Harmonium, Bells - Silent Night, Holy Night06:07 Gilbert Girard - Santa Claus Tells of Mother Goose Land07:43 Band - Christmas Memories11:41 Nebe-Quartett - O Tannenbaum13:31 Albert Whelan - Scrooge's Awakening15:44 Edison Concert Band - Bells Of Christmas19:55 Thomas Edison - Mr. Edison's Christmas Greetings24:05 George Hamilton Green Novelty Orchestra - Moonlight Waltz27:36 George Islon - Christmas Eve In The Old Homestead30:06 Edison Mixed Quartet - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing33:07 Metropolitan Quartet - Christmas, Christmas, Blessed, Blessed Day36:34 Bransby Williams - The Street Watchman's Christmas40:29 Edison Concert Band And The Edison Mixed Quartet - Ring Out The Bells For Christmas44:40 Carol Singers - Joy To The World47:06 Yolande Noble And Percy Clifton - Buying The Christmas Dinner49:20 Robert Gayler - Christmas Eve- a Fantasie On Old German Christmas Carols52:17 Manuel Romain - Christmas Time Seems Years And Years Away54:14 Harry E. Humphrey - The Night Before Christmas57:35 Elizabeth Spencer, Harry Anthony And James F. Harrison - Silent Night

Merry Christmas!