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Paul McCartney Joins Springsteen for “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”

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After it was announced that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would appear on NBC’s Saturday Night Live during the week of Christmas, it was a safe bet to predict that the band would be busting out its Christmas classic “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” But who would have known that they would be joined onstage by Paul McCartney?

After performing “Meet Me in the City” and “The Ties That Bind” earlier in the evening to promote the new box-set release of The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, Springsteen and the E Street Band appeared at the end of the show for the goodbyes from the show’s hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Then, the whole cast danced while Springsteen sang “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” capturing the joy of what Christmas music should be, with a little help from Paul McCartney.

Although McCartney stays in the background on the singing, it is great to see two rock legends on stage together having fun. Check it out.

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    You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry

    Rolling Stone lists Springsteen’s cover of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” as one of the greatest rock Christmas songs of all time. Springsteen’s link to the song goes back several decades. Fans and radio stations played Springsteen’s version before it was officially released when a live 1975 Long Island recording finally appeared on the B-Side to “My Hometown” in 1985.

    Earlier this month on December 4, 2012, Bruce Springsteen pulled out his classic cover of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and it was captured in a good quality recording. Whether you’ve been naughty or nice this year, you cannot help but smiling at this performance. [December 2013 Update: The December 4, 2012 performance is no longer available on a high-quality video, so below is a performance from 2007.]

    For other videos from this December 4 show, check out Blogness on the Edge of Town.


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    When Is My Favorite Holiday Special or Film on TV?

    Get ready for all of your favorite holiday specials. USA Today recently listed the TV schedule for upcoming shows for the 2012 season, some of which are listed below:

    – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Dec. 3, 10:03 p.m. and Dec. 12, 9 p.m., ABC Family.

    – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Dec. 4, 8 p.m., CBS.

    – Home Alone, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. and Dec. 10, 9 p.m., ABC Family.

    – Frosty the Snowman, Dec. 8, 8 p.m., CBS.

    – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, Dec. 11, 8 p.m., ABC.

    – Elf, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m., CBS.

    – A Charlie Brown Christmas, Dec. 18, 9 p.m., ABC.

    – How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dec. 18 and Christmas Day, 8 p.m., ABC.

    – A Christmas Story marathon, Dec. 24 at 8 p.m., TBS.

    – It’s a Wonderful Life, Dec. 24, 8 p.m., NBC.

    How well do you know these films and holiday specials? Take our quiz on songs from holiday specials and our quiz on holiday films.

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