I'm sure many of you will agree that Christmas and old radio shows go together very well indeed.
I know from the e-mails that I receive that many of you have favorite shows that you listen to with your family each Christmas time - what a wonderful tradition to have.
I also get quite a few e-mails around this time of the year requesting more Christmas shows so I spent a whole day putting together this list. All of the shows listed either relate specifically to Christmas or they were broadcast on one of the days leading up to Christmas.
A great many of these shows don't currently appear on the normal RUSC pages as I've not managed to review them all yet. This means that you won't be able to add them to the basket in the normal way. To download them all you need to do is Right-Click with your mouse (i.e. point at the link and click once on the right-hand button on your mouse) and a menu will pop-up. All you need to do then is select Save Target As or it might be Save File As in some browsers.
Wishing you all the very best Christmas possible from Joy and myself.
Happy listening my friends,
P.S In case you were wondering the answer to the question in the last survey on RUSC, "Who else besides Jack Benny dreamed they were a Christmas Turkey?" was: Lancelot "Daddy" Higgins in the Baby Snooks feature on the show Good News of 1938 .
Abbott and Costello
abco.1944.12.14_Christmas_Shopping_For_L.mp3 abco.1947.12.24_Christmas_Program.mp3
Aldrich Family
aldr.1942.06.18_Selling_Christmas_Cards.mp3 aldr.1952.12.21_Christmas_Eve_With_The_Family.mp3 aldr.19xx.xx.xx_Hinting_for_Christmas_Present.mp3
Amos and Andy
amnd.1941.12.24_Christmas_Show.mp3 amnd.1944.12.22_Annual_Christmas_Show.mp3 amnd.1950.12.24_Traditional_Christmas_Show.mp3 amnd.1954.12.19_Andy_Plays_Santa_Claus.mp3
Archie Andrew
arch.1947.12.13_Christmas_Shopping.mp3
Andrews Sisters
andr.1945.12.19_Ray_Noble.mp3
Boston Blackie
bblk.1946.12.24_On_the_Wrong_Track.mp3 bblk.1947.12.24_Henry_Tyler_Returns.mp3 bblk.1948.12.22_Rings_for_Santa.mp3 bblk.1949.07.25_Santa_and_the_Stolen_Rings.mp3
Milton Berle Show
berl.1947.12.23_Christmas_Show.mp3
The Bickersons
bick.194-.--.--_ChristmasEve.mp3
Big Town
bigt.1948.12.21_Prelude_To_Christmas.mp3
Blondie
blon.1948.12.15_Christmas_Show.mp3
Broadway is my Beat
bimb.1949.12.24_Nick_Norman_Santa_Claus.mp3
Bob Hope Show
bhop.1948.12.28_Christmas_Day_Show_Berlin_Air_lift.mp3
Bob & Ray Show
bray.1959.12.25_A_Little_Rock_Music.mp3
Burns & Allen
gbga.1937.12.23_Gracies_Christmas.mp3 gbga.1940.12.23_Christmas_Show.mp3 gbga.1941.12.16_Mailing_a_Christmas.mp3 gbga.1947.12.18_Last_Minute_Christmas_Shopping.mp3
Campbell Playhouse
camp.1939.12.24_A_Christmas_Carol_part1o2.mp3 camp.1939.12.24_A_Christmas_Carol_part2o2.mp3
Cavalcade of America
cavl.1935.12.25_The_Humanitarian_Urge.mp3 cavl.1936.12.09_The_Story_Of_Christmas_Seals.mp3 cavl.1942.12.21_A_Child_Is_Born.mp3 cavl.1945.12.24_Names_On_The_Land.mp3 (Live 12/24/2006)
Cinnamon Bear
cbea.1937.11.29_Paddy_O'Cinnamon.mp3 cbea.1937.11.30_Weary_Willy.mp3 cbea.1937.12.01_Crazy_Quilt_Dragon.mp3 cbea.1937.12.02_The_Ikaboos.mp3 cbea.1937.12.03_Weasley_The_Wailing_Whale.mp3 cbea.1937.12.04_Samuel_Seal.mp3 cbea.1937.12.05_Presto_The_Magician.mp3 cbea.1937.12.06_Candy_Pirates.mp3 cbea.1937.12.07_Rolly_Polly_Policeman.mp3 cbea.1937.12.08_Professor_Whiz.mp3 cbea.1937.12.09_Fee_Foo_The_Gentle_Giant.mp3 cbea.1937.12.10_Rhyming_Rabbit.mp3 cbea.1937.12.11_The_Wintergreen_Witch.mp3 cbea.1937.12.12_Queen_Melissa.mp3 cbea.1937.12.13_Snaper_Stick_The_Crocodile.mp3 cbea.1937.12.14_Oliver_Ostrich.mp3 cbea.1937.12.15_Muddlers.mp3 cbea.1937.12.16_Cocklebur_Cowboys.mp3 cbea.1937.12.17_Wooden_Indian.mp3 cbea.1937.12.18_Flying_Hat.mp3 cbea.1937.12.19_Snowman.mp3 cbea.1937.12.20_Santa_Claus.mp3 cbea.1937.12.21_The_Bad_Dolls.mp3 cbea.1937.12.22_The_Parade.mp3 cbea.1937.12.23_Captain_Tintop.mp3 cbea.1937.12.24_North_Pole.mp3
Casey Crime Photographer
ccph.1946.12.19_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 ccph.1947.12.25_The_Santa_Claus_of_Bums_Boulevard.mp3
Command Performance
cmdp.1942.12.24_Christmas_Show.mp3
A Day In The Life Of Dennis Day
denn.1946.12.25_Sing_For_The_King.mp3
Dimension X
dimx.1950.12.24_The_Green_Hills_of_Earth.mp3
Dragnet
drag.1949.12.22_Rifle_for_Christmas.mp3 drag.1951.12.20_Twenty_Two_Rifle_for_Xmas.mp3
Damon Runyon Theater
drun.1949.03.13_Dancing_Dan's_Christmas.mp3 drun.1949.10.23_Palm_Beach_Santa_Claus.mp3 drun.1949.12.25_Dream_Street_Rose.mp3
Duffy's Tavern
duff.1945.12.21_The_Cast_Does_'A_Christmas_Carol'.mp3 duff.1948.12.23_Archie_Meets_Jesus.mp3 duff.1948.12.29_Christmas_Cards.mp3 duff.1950.12.22_Charles_Coburn_Plays_Santa_Claus.mp3
Eddie Cantor Show
ecnt.1952.12.24_Christmas_Special.mp3
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show
ebcm.1944.12.24_Night_before_Christmas.mp3 ebcm.1954.12.26_Hopalong_Cassidy.mp3 (live 12/26/2006) ebcm.1955.12.25_Christmas_Show.mp3 (Live 12/25/2006)
Escape
esca.1947.12.24_Back_For_Christmas.mp3 esca.1949.12.20_Figure_a_Dame.mp3 esca.1950.12.22_Wild_Jack_Rhett.mp3 esca.1952.12.21_The_Man_Who_Liked_Dickens.mp3
Falcon
faln.1932.12.25_Linit_Bathclub_Revue_Mammoth_Dept_Store.mp3 faln.1937.12.22_Santa_Claus_Sits_Down_w_Jack_Benny.mp3
Family Theater
famt.1948.12.15_A_Daddy_For_Christmas.mp3 famt.1950.12.13_Lullaby_of_Christmas.mp3 famt.1952.12.17_Crossroads_Of_Christmas.mp3
The Fat Man
fatm.19xx.xx.xx_(03)_Murder_Sends_A_Christmas_Card.mp3
Fibber McGee & Molly
fibb.1935.12.09_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 fibb.1938.12.20_Christmas_Shopping_for_McGee's_Nephew.mp3 fibb.1940.12.10_Mailing_Christmas_Packages.mp3 fibb.1940.12.24_The_Radio_Phonograph.mp3 fibb.1941.12.16_Fibber_Cuts_Christmas_Tree.mp3 fibb.1941.12.23_Christmas_Presents.mp3 fibb.1942.12.15_Fibber_Misplaces_Christmas_Money.mp3 fibb.1943.12.21_Looking_for_a_Xmas_tree.mp3 fibb.1944.12.19_Early_Christmas_Presents.mp3 fibb.1945.12.18_White_Christmas_Tree.mp3 fibb.1945.12.25_Doc's_Gift_To_McGee.mp3 fibb.1946.12.24_Night_Before_Christmas.mp3 fibb.1947.12.23_Lost_Key_Ring.mp3 fibb.1948.12.07_Early_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 fibb.1948.12.21_Christmas_Card_From_Elizabeth.mp3 fibb.1949.12.06_Making_Christmas_Cards.mp3 fibb.1949.12.20_Best_Christmas_Decorations.mp3 fibb.1953.11.20_Christmas_Fund.mp3
Father Knows Best
fkwb.1948.12.20_Audition_Show.mp3 fkwb.1950.12.21_Christmas_Program.mp3
The Fred Allen Show
faln.1937.12.22_Santa_Claus_Sits_Down_w_Jack_Benny.mp3 faln.1947.12.14_Guest_George_Jessel_-_New_Year's_Party.mp3
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch
meld.19xx.xx.xx_Christmas_Party.mp3
Grand Central Station
gran.1949.12.24_Miracle_For_Christmas.mp3
Great Gildersleeve
gild.1941.12.21_Christmas_Gift_for_Fibber_Mcgee.mp3 gild.1942.12.20_Christmas_Program.mp3 gild.1944.12.24_Twas_the_Night_Before_Christmas.mp3 gild.1945.12.23_Christmas_Eve_at_Home.mp3 gild.1946.12.25_Christmas_Caroling_at_the_Gildersleeves.mp3 gild.1947.12.10_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 gild.1947.12.24_Leroys_Christmas_Dog.mp3 gild.1948.12.08_Disappearing_Christmas_Gifts.mp3 gild.1948.12.15_Economy_for_Christmas.mp3 gild.1948.12.22_Christmas_Eve_at_the_Gildesleeves.mp3 gild.1949.12.14_The_Christmas_Spirit.mp3
Gunsmoke
guns.1952.12.20_Christmas_Story.mp3 guns.1955.12.25_Twelfth_Night.mp3
The Hardy Family
hard.19xx.xx.xx_Christmas.mp3
Have Gun Will Travel
hgwt.1958.12.21_Hanging_Cross.mp3 hgwt.1959.12.20_Ranch_Carnival.mp3
Information Please
infp.1942.12.25_James_Wallace.mp3
Jack Benny
jbny.1936.12.20_Old_Fashioned_Christmas_Party.mp3 jbny.1937.12.12_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 jbny.1938.12.25_Jack's_Christmas_Open_House.mp3 jbny.1938.12.xx_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 jbny.1939.12.17_Christmas_Shopping_East_Coast.mp3 jbny.1939.12.17_Christmas_Shopping_West_Coast.mp3 jbny.1939.12.24_Christmas_Open_House_At_Jack's.mp3 jbny.1940.12.22_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 jbny.1941.01.05_Christmas_Gift_Exchange.mp3 jbny.1941.12.28_Jack_Talks_About_A_Christmas_Party_He_Gave.mp3 jbny.1942.12.20_George_Washington_Slept_Here.mp3 jbny.1943.12.19_Jack_And_Mary_Go_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 jbny.1943.12.26_Christmas_At_Jack's_House.mp3 jbny.1944.12.24_Trimming_A_Tree.mp3 jbny.1945.12.23_The_English_Butler.mp3 jbny.1946.12.08_Jack_Buys_Don_Shoe_Laces_For_Christmas.mp3 jbny.1946.12.22_Christmas_Party_At_Birmingham_General_Hospit.mp3 jbny.1947.12.21_Last_Moment_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 jbny.1948.12.19_Jack_Buys_A_Wallet_For_Don_As_Christmas_Gift.mp3 jbny.1949.12.25_Rochester_Is_Shocked_By_An_Electric_Alarm_Cl.mp3 jbny.1950.12.17_Jack_Buys_Don_Golf_Tees_For_Christmas.mp3 jbny.1951.12.23_Christmas_Tree_Decoration.mp3 jbny.1952.12.21_From_Veteran's_Hospital_Long_Beach.mp3 jbny.1953.12.13_Christmas_Show_From_Palm_Springs.mp3 jbny.1953.12.20_Cactus_Christmas_Tree.mp3 jbny.1954.05.02_Jack_Loses_$4_75_at_Santa_Anita.mp3 jbny.1954.12.05_Christmas_Shopping.mp3 jbny.1954.12.19_Christmas_At_Palm_Springs.mp3
Let George Do It
lgdi.1950.12.25_Santa_Claus_on_Glass.mp3 lgdi.1951.01.29_Christmas_in_January.mp3 lgdi.1951.12.24_Christmas_Letter.mp3
Let's Pretend
lets.1942.12.26_House_Of_The_World_-_Xmas_Special.mp3 lets.1946.10.26_Jack_And_The_Beanstalk.mp3 lets.1946.11.02_Puss_In_Boots.mp3
Life of Riley
lril.1944.12.17_Special_Christmas_Present.mp3 lril.1944.12.24_Roswell's_a_Guest_for_Christmas.mp3 lril.1947.12.20_First_Christmas_In_Store_Window.mp3 lril.1947.12.27_Family_Christmas_Present.mp3 lril.1948.12.24_No_Christmas_Bonus_This_Year.mp3 lril.1949.12.23_Christmas_Club.mp3
Life With Luigi
luig.1948.12.20_Pasquale_Thinks_No_Gift_From_Luigi.mp3 luig.1949.12.20_Pasquale_Takes_Luigi's_Xmas_Money.mp3
Lights Out
lout.1937.12.22_Christmas_Story.mp3
Lone Ranger
lone.1941.12.22_Remember_The_Alamo.mp3 lone.1947.12.24_Mission_Bells.mp3 lone.1954.12.22_Widow_Spider's_Web.mp3
Lum & Abner
lmab.1938.12.23_Lum_n_Abner_Christmas_Story.mp3 lmab.1941.12.22_Mousey_Versus_Snake.mp3 lmab.1941.12.23_Mousey_Becomes_Killer_Gray.mp3
Lux Radio
luxr.1937.12.20_Song_Of_Songs.mp3 luxr.1939.12.25_Pinocchio.mp3 luxr.1941.12.22_Remember_the_Night.mp3 luxr.1944.12.25_Vagabond_King.mp3 luxr.1948.12.20_Miracle_On_34th_Street.mp3 luxr.1947.03.10_It's_A_Wonderful_Life.mp3
Milton Berl Show
Mel Blanc
melb.1946.12.10_Betty's_Christmas_Present.mp3 melb.1946.12.17_Christmas_Shopping_with_Betty.MP3 melb.1946.12.24_Mel_Plays_Santa_Claus.MP3
Mysterious Traveller
mtrv.1951.12.25_Christmas_Story.mp3
Nero Wolfe
nero.1950.12.22_The_Slaughtered_Santas.mp3
News Broadcast
news.1942.12.20_World_News_Today.mp3
Nick Carter Master Detective
nick.1943.12.25_Nick_Carters_Christmas_Adventure.mp3
Our Miss Brooks
ormb.1949.12.25_Magic_Christmas_Tree.mp3 ormb.1950.12.31_Returning_Xmas_Presents.mp3
Phil Harris & Alice Faye
phaf.1949.12.18_City_Hall_Xmas_Tree.mp3 phaf.1949.12.25_Christmas_Show.mp3 phaf.1949.12.25_Jack_Benny_Xmas.mp3
Philco Radio Time
phlc.1947.12.24_Christmas_Show.mp3
Radio City Playhouse
rcph.1948.12.20_Three_Men.mp3 rcph.1949.12.25_Twas_the_Night_Before_Christmas.mp3
Red Skelton
reds.1945.12.25_Christmas_Trees.mp3 reds.1946.12.24_Christmas_Show.mp3 reds.1951.12.19_The_Little_Christmas_Tree.mp3 reds.1951.12.26_The_Day_After_Christmas.mp3
Richard Diamond PD
diam.1949.12.24_A_Contempory_Christmas_Carol.mp3
Rocky Fortune
rock.1953.12.22_The_Plot_to_Murder_Santa_Claus.mp3
The Saint
sait.1950.12.24_Christmas_Jewels.mp3
Screen Director's Playhouse
sdph.1949.05.08_It's_A_Wonderful_Life.mp3 sdph.1950.12.21_Miracle_On_34th_Street.mp3
The Shadow
shad.1939.12.24_Stockings_Were_Hung.mp3 shad.1940.12.22_Joey's_Christmas.mp3 shad.1947.12.21_Gift_of_Murder,_A.mp3
Sherlock Holmes
shlm.1947.12.21_Adventure_of_Christmas_Bride.mp3
Six Shooter
sixs.1953.12.20_Britt_Ponset's_Christmas_Carol.mp3
Suspense
susp.1948.12.23_Back_For_Christmas.mp3 susp.1950.12.21_Christmas_for_Carole.mp3 susp.1951.12.24_Twas_The_Night_Before_Christmas.mp3 susp.1953.12.21_The_Night_Before_Christmas.mp3 susp.1958.12.21_Out_For_Christmas.mp3 susp.1959.12.20_A_Korean_Christmas_Carol.mp3
Tales of the Texas Ranger
ttxr.1950.12.24_Christmas_Present.mp3 ttxr.1951.12.23_Christmas_Payoff.mp3
Tarzan
trzn.1951.12.20_Congo_Christmas.mp3
Voyage of the Scarlet Queen
vosq.1947.12.24_15th_Llama_&_The_Wise_Guy_from_the_East.mp3
Vic & Sade
vsde.1943.11.26_Christmas_Present.mp3
Words at War
wawr.1943.12.21_Log_Book_-_British_Merchant_Marine.MP3
Whistler
whis.1950.12.24_Three_Wise_Guys.mp3 (by Damon Runyon)
This is Your FBI
yfbi.1948.12.24_The_Return_Of_StNick.mp3