Classic Hifi Care

You'll probably hear Nat King Cole's version of this many times this year. Here's a rendition by the man who originated it, with Judy Garland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaEedtRHklg

And he wrote it lying by the pool in sunny California in June or July!

Mel was like the male version of Ella. Super talented and blessed with such a great voice but, in today's "talent", would they have made it big?

Mel was known as "The Golden Fog"... such a great voice.

BTW found a better, ie; more Classic, online source of seasonal music: RadioTunes "Classic Christmas".
Much better than I Heart Radio's facsimile, which gets more sucky every year.

Sorry Dome..."The Velvet Fog"

Was TV video really that bad in 1963 or has the tape deteriorated with time?

Rex, when I saw the title "The Christmas Song" I was expecting The Chipmunks......

That was a kinescope of either a live broadcast or a videotape, likely for the armed forces radio and television service. I remember Dave and the boys doing their version of the Christmas song.

I think that was from the Judy Garland TV show. The kids are Lorna and Joe Luft.

I'm sure you're correct. For AFRTS distribution, the programs needed to be on film, so even if the program were taped, it would need to have been kinescoped.

Velvet, of course... dangerous to rely on memory when in your 70s.