I'm playing a lot of memorable Christmas songs this Christmas.
When "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin first came out I was about nine years old. After going to the movies to see Bing Crosby perform it my cousins and I would act it out using the stairs as theater seats in that cold hallway of the house on Center Street. It was in that house there came a new baby sister and the next Christmas K and I got to go to sleep under the Christmas tree. 
One of those Christmases, in that rented house,  mom's niece, Betty Jean Peterson got us the new "Nutcracker" record album by Spike Jones (our introduction to the classics).  We never got over it.!

I  spent alot of Christmases  working at Marge's as a live in "Nanny" type babysitter. When the grown-ups went out to parties it was ok for Glen to come over and help. A fun memory was the year  they had all blue lights on the tree and a new Christmas Album by The Four Freshman. Our favorite song was "Blue Christmas". Little  did we know one of the artists on that record would be our good friend when we were in our late twenties.

When we were dating Glen told me about his family get - togethers where he and his cousin Norma Lee would sing "Winter Wonderland" with slightly different words; Later on we'll perspire, while we dream by the fire". Makes sense to me however unromantic.

The first Christmas album Glen and I bought was" Christmas with Conniff". We played it every Christmas morning. Of course I still do.