TUE MICHIGAN DAILY .1 III 306-310 5. MAIN ST. Christmas Carols T o Invade Hit Parades, Reeord Stores Gay Streets Set H oliday Mood I Misses' & Women's fol. that lovely SMART TIGHTS By THOMAS DAVIS With the coming of the Christ- mas season, the record shops arounde town arc displaying the Christmas albums. The change on the album covers from thinly-clad voluptuous wom- en to small freckle-faced children singing Christmas carols in the snow reflects also the change in the msic. The season of peace and good. will is here and the hymns and the carols will take the foreground in the American munsical scene. Rock and Roll will still blast from radios across the nation but I LIj I;,,, V Th ...... Full fashioned 51 gauge, full fashioned run-resist and seamless tights.Well Gong leg look Constructed with forced toes. Col black, red, loden beige, royal and Small, Medum irein, ors are reen, Ikelly Many famous band leaders are getting into the Christmas swing with recordings for the occasion. Ray Conniff and his singers pre- sent a package of songs called "Christmas with Coniff" aiid Les- ter Lanin also has put up an album. Sing Along For those who like to sing along with Mitch-and it seems there are many who do - "Christmas Sing Along with Mitch" shiould come as a pleasant surprise. Percy Faith and his orchiestra have several albums on the Christmas theme. Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians greet the yuletide with "Songs of Christ- mas" and the Norman Luboff Choir also has an album of the same name. The Shaw Chorale calls their album "Christmas Hymns and Carols." In the classical, field, Handel's "Messiah" is undoubtedly the most popular at Christmas time. One of the mnost impressive ar- rangements this year is the two record version by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Mormon Taber- nacle Choir. The Morm5on Choir earned itself a new groupn of fans this past year when its r'ecording of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" made a hit in the single record market. New Recording Leonard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic In a one- record version of the "Messiah." In thumbing through the dis- plays of Christmas LP's one finds the number of albums dealing with Christmas in other lands very interesting. Each contains songs sung at this season in different countries around the world. The covers have scenes from the coun- tries Wfith which they deal. Speaking of record covers there is an amazing range of different ones. Great emphasis is put on record covers as an important sales point and this Christmas season is no exception. Pictures Shown Elvis' album as you might expect has his picture on the cover but then again the big reason for buy- ing that one is not to hear the songs but to get the "20 New Color Pictures of Elvis" inclosed inside. The Fred Waring cover shows a peaceful farm scene, "Christmas in Australia" shows a beach scene, Ay of th prevous reods By CAROLE REGAN An early and important sign of the Christmas season is decking Main Street, U.S.A., with gaily- colored holiday decorations and Main Street, Ann Arbor, is no ex- ception. The thinking student will ask "Why?" The cynic gives the rea- son "Christmas spirit" (bah, hum- bug), and the monetary-minded (for shame) says that it boosts sales for the merchants. Both -views are wrong, accord- ing to President of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce William Bott. "Community pride" is the reason behind all the bulbs, ban- ners and bells that have bright- ened up the downtown and cam- pustown of Ann Arbor s ince Thanksgiving, he said. Decorations 'Traditional' City - wide decorations are a "traditionally American" phenom- enon, Bott believes. The first to "gripe" if Ann Arbor has nio dec- orations, or has faulty or' insig- nificent ones, are not merchants, but the citizens, he said. The banners hung across South Main do not cause one more pair of red flannels to be sold, Bott in- dicated. The owner of a drug store doesn't ring his cash-register bell more frequently because a red wreath is strung" upe outside his door. If the Ann Arbor citizen thinks the wreaths in Dexter are more aesthetically appealing than the ones here, Bott continued, he im- -Daily-David Cantrell YOUNG DELIGHT-Although we may be Jaded and too old to appreciate the paper and tinsel that line the streets, to a child the annual Christmas decorations combine the Joy of watching the streets bloom in mid-winter, and the thrilr of seeing workmen on ladders and buildings. large, HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH' . fromn one extreme II. even Elvis Is trying his hand at singing Christmas songs-wvith a bedt of course. Great Numbers "Everybody wants to get into the act" would not be an inap- propriate comn'ent on the number and variety of singers And other musical groups who are putting out Christmas albums. The biggest surprise among the newcomers is Edd "Kookie", Byr- nes of "77 Sunset Strip." Kookie is one of several stars who get a chance to sing in the new albumn "11 Great Christmas Favdrltes Sung by Warner Bros.' Stars." Also included are Connie Stev-. Bwn of the Lwmn" and sv The cover shows the stars gath- Claus is putting on the star. Kookie's selection Is aptly titled "Yulesvllle." Smooth Sounds The smooth sound of Johnny Mathis will be as popular at this season as It always is and "Merry Christmas" and "'Good Night Dear Lord" are sure to be good sellers. Tiennessee Ernie Ford has done so well this past year with the hymns he has recorded on Capitol that his Christmas album "The Star Carol" should be well ,re- ceived. No Christmas album by Pat Boone has been displayed yet but at any rate Pat should have con- tinued success with his hymns. Date of Birth Christ may not have been born on Dec. 25. In the early centuries of Chris- tianity, the anniversary of the founder's birth went by unnoticed. It was fourth century Christians who finally decided to celebrate His birthday on Dec. 25. JOYFUL BELL ..street decoration mediatly complains (oten vocif trary to thie code of the "Bob" faction of campus society, some pple do get riled up over ma- Applies Locally At least this can apply to the year-round Ann Arbor people. Last year the only damage done to the decorations was in the South Urn- versity area. There three decorated poles were ruined by students, only one of whom was caught: he paid a $5& fine. The total cost for local decora- tions is $10,000 each year, which comes from solicitations from, all businesses In the decorated areas. The results are the 41 cross-street and 14 pole decorations that are now ablaze on Ann Arbor streets, requiring 55 separate electric cir- cuits to operate. The electricity involved a total of 110 trips for Bott, as he first checked to see that the current was turned off before Thanksgiv- ing, and turned it back on after the holiday. Spend 54 Hours Fifty-four man hours were spent preparing the decorations. The work was done by members of the fire department and the public workgs department and it took six men working seven hours a day for six days to put them all up in place. The decorationis are all fire- mm m m a m a proof, and insured against property damage. Basically, they're the same ones as were used last year, Bott said, except that the lights were changed to rsed from multi- SMITH -CORONA TYPEW colored to give different effects. T L No music is heard blaring from loudspeakers, because "it doesn't MANY make anybody happy," he re- ported. This saves students who've ~LNGUAGES braved the walk downtown from hearing "Rudolph the Rted-Nosed Reindeer" 27l times In one after-4 noon of shopping. Music 'Saturates' "People get saturated with Christmas before it's even here," Bot sid. After 127rchorusso would want to feed him arsenated he current decoration program began three year-s ago, and a newi committee has already been named for next year, he continued. Memn- ~ Wehryuwn otbetpwie bers will begin in June to plan fr o rwhethemyo ic.nt S porabso tyeiee next year's decorations. rmtmtcs...pnshregne The deoae uiia ul- new -Smith-Corona portable fills the I ings, the tees on the Suth State Corona keyboards are available for a I islands, and the stores all hepegn languages and echnal oprcat store decorations range fromn ab- stract-designed Christmas trees to 0 RRILL' bathroom scales, todaint blMueRLL trees with pink and white bulbs set against a blue background. 314 South State The city this -year hopes toGIIGMRLLSPOTFR5Y achieve its goal, of "effectiveGVNGMRLLUPRTOR5 decorations in good taste," Bott concluded. Ui ELVIS . ..to the other on the taste of the individual but Christmas record sales will by no means be restricted to Christmas. Indeed there is probably more to be said for giving records that can be enjoyed all year around. "Here We Go Again" by the Kingston Trio and "Heavenly" by Johnny Mathis are two safe suggestions along this line. ST his is Anne MERRY CHSTMASI How would YOU like a bundle like this waiting for YOU Christmas morrning? (The robe we mean!) How would YOU like Christmas greetings on that big morning from something like this pretty? (the can be YOU g eeting from ther sor ofCrist-s MADEMOISELLE SHOP, of course! So should YOU! Beautiful packages all wrapped for free with trimmings to make the recipient thrill at the look of them. R EMEMBER:. You can charge now and v,.~, ~ K 6 >4 ~' ~ .4' ,~<~*)'4 .::.:~:::::~..... ~, .4 .... A .:~,: ~ ....>... ".'~'~'.? ........,,". smartest tables. at 4~. A ~ .2'......... 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