December 7, 2011 - I Wanna Be Santa Claus

The Beatles have always been associated with Christmas (well, maybe not George so much...).  When they first burst on the scene, they recorded yearly Christmas messages to their fans -- and my bootleg album of those Christmas messages was stolen when I was in college, so you won't be hearing any of those.

Paul McCartney committed Wonderful Christmastime on us, and John & Yoko dutifully remind us each year that "War is Over," but not much attention is paid to drummer Ringo Starr's holiday contribution, I Wanna Be Santa Claus - which you can now download for yourself.

It's actually kind of a fun song, and the whole CD is pretty festive (if a little drum-heavy), so it's defintitely recommended if you can borrow a copy from the library!