Some Christmas Videos

[gridlore]

Merry Christmas! Thought I'd share a few favorite videos for the season.

First off, the best five minutes of television ever produced. The 1999 Christmas episode of The West Wing, In Excelsis Deo follows White House Communication Director Toby Ziegler as he tries to arrange a proper funeral for a homeless veteran who was found dead near the Vietnam War Memorial. The final scene was made with the full cooperation of both the Arlington National Cemetary and the Department of the Navy. That is a real USMC Honor Guard.

"The West Wing - In Excelsis Deo" (Watch on YouTube)

Next, and in a much lighter mood, comes Run-DMC's classic Christmas in Hollis. I'm always amused at how many commercials have licensed this song. The surviving band members must get very nice payments off it.

"RUN-DMC - Christmas In Hollis (Video)" (Watch on YouTube)

Finally, nobody does holiday guilt like those lovely folks in the British Islands. There have been dozens of big celebrity jam songs for charity, but the original and still the best is Band Aid with Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed The World)

"BAND AID - ♥ ✩ Do They Know It's Christmas? ♥ ✩ (1984) ♥ ✩" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[freyjaw]

It has been a long time since I watched The West Wing! You made me tear up. :-) Merry Christmas, you two! If you're in the LA area, come visit us - we're under 2 hrs. drive east or so in the Inland Empire on I-15 between Temecula and Lake Elsinore. You can meet the new kitten Achilles. He's a smart boy. He's in the guest room visiting his grandpa and watching out the window looking for birds.