Folks, we’re down to the home stretch, with Christmas now hanging out there at the end of this week. I hope you’re feeling good about things and that Omicron isn’t affecting your plans at all. (I’ve started double-masking in indoor spaces and have decided to give a pass to indoor activities, like the movie sneak preview I was going to attend on Friday, until after I get back from Connecticut. I desperately do not want to miss a second Christmas with my parents and figure these are some small sacrifices in the short-term.)

Speaking of my folks, behind today’s door is another post from my Dear Old Dad, whose got your Christmas dinner trivia question set for you:

Most popular Christmas song the year you were born

I know what you’ve been wondering this week –- Wonder what the most popular Christmas song was the year I was born. Thought that I’d help you out a bit by sharing the name of the website that has the information.

In our house, growing up meant sharing life among six siblings. As the oldest kid I got the best and worst of it all, but at Christmas time, it was always the best. I was the first to get a record player of my own and pretty much first dibs on any 45 that came into the house. I was the first to get the top-selling Christmas record of all time. I can claim no credit for this. It was the collaboration of Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby and a million military men and women all dreaming of a White Christmas. It became and remains the top selling record [single] of all time.

To find out the most popular Christmas song during the year of your birth, simply pick your birth year from the menu at #1 Most Popular Christmas Song by Year generator on playback.fm. Have fun. Merry Christmas.

Thanks, again, DOD! I have to admit I was surprised by mine — a German hit, re-released in English, from an artist whose most recent record had been named after a vegetable. The mid-’70s were a weird time.