Crosby had never heard of David Bowie - but his son suggested him for this Christmas special. If you look closely, you can see a bandage on Bing's hand.

My favorite.

Nice!

Talk about showboating!

Such an odd pairing. Be neat to see Bowie doing the same song with a young artist from now.

I put this on a christmas-CD for the store I work in — and by now, it's the only christmas-song I have yet to grow tired of, after listening to it on repeat throughout the day... =P

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I don't see this guy around much either to fix this

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I love this song. It's one of those I need to hear every Christmas season. Strangely enough I haven't yet this year.

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I remember hearing that David Bowie wrote his new lyrics the same day as the video shoot.

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