Christmas '65 (Draft Cards)
1965 · Rhino Handmade RHM2 7891 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Allan Sherman
- Title
- Christmas '65 (Draft Cards)
- Release
- My Son The Box (Disc 5)
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Rhino Handmade # RHM2 7891
- Format
- CD · Compilation
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Allan Sherman
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Comedy
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Christmas Songs
The song "Christmas '65 (The Draft)" (Rhino Handmade) was not released at the time, but was recorded in 1965. A comedy piece, it represents the prominence of the draft and the expansion of the Vietnam War in 1965, with references to "draft cards burning...protesters marching...rock and rolling silent night".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 30 November 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 20 November 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
Themes
Christmas · Draft Card Burning · Demonstration · Atomic · China (Cold War) · Fidel Castro · LBJ · De Gaulle · Draft