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Where can I get the old "Stories of Christmas" ?

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BlueHen

Remember those vignettes about various Christmas traditions called “Stories of Christmas?” They were about a minute long and opened with a children’s chorus singing “la la la la la la la la la la la.” Then the narrator told different stories such as the world’s largest Christmas pie, the origin of the Christmas card, or Martin Luther and the first Christmas tree.

I haven’t heard this series since the late ‘80s. The website for Creative Marketing and Communications indicates the company was sold in 1994 and the version available now is not the same. They no longer have that children’s chorus opening theme. Would anyone know where I can get the old version? Nothing's on ebay.

Thanks.
 
I've been looking for the old Air Force "Santa Sightings" produced in the late 70s/early 80s. Anyone know where I can get those?
 
A project I did with a station about 7 years ago involved two community areas, the local library, and the local city school.

First, we recorded the local Christmas concerts that the school does each year. There was several bands, including 7th, 8th, high school bands, and then the marching band. The recording took a little work but was not overwhelming. Wwe recorded it with a Mackie 1202-VLZpro and 4 mics into a Sony Mini Disc.

After getting all the music and timing out the segments, we found a fellow who read to the children at the local library. We had him read Christmas stories that he found at the library, and placed his tracks between the songs. At the beginning of each segment there was some dialog with the music teacher about the meaning of the song. At the end of each hour there was a plug for the library to take your kids there for "adventures in reading".

The show was formatted for three segments per hour, totaling 47-48 minutes. The show ran for three hours. Now the important part.

The show was sponsored by clients, who could buy one, or all segments for a premium. There were spots in the show for some ads, as well as a block of time for news/etc. Non sponsors were only allowed 30 seconds, while the main sponsor was allowed 60. Also, in the case of this show, a car dealer took two of the segments locking out all other car dealers.

The school was given a "master" to duplicate via their A/V department and sell, of which they made more than the station did on the sales of CDs to parents. The station made $2,300 after expenses. And the P.R. was priceless.

Just a suggestion.
 
About 7 years ago I used to work for a station that ran those. The station was running DCS as its automation system at the time. I had to dub every one of those M-Effers in and have them running the day after Thanksgiving. The PD for that station is still there if you want the info. Just email me!

[email protected]
 
I remember running "Stories of Christmas" back in the 70's & 80's...they were part of the old Pepper & Tanner Production Library...they were on vinyl...had a cue tone before each cut on the record...Man am I showing my age !
 
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