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    • Dec 6, 1965
    Several of Elvis Presley's friends commission art instructor John McIntire to sculpt a statue of Jesus for the Meditation Garden at Graceland Mansion, their Christmas present to The King
    Dec 24, 1965
    Jimmy Dean opens with "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" during a Christmas Eve installment of ABC-TV's "The Jimmy Dean Show." The guest list includes guitarist Joe Maphis and Jody Miller, who performs "Blue Christmas." Dean and Miller also collaborate on "Winter Wonderland"
    Dec 25, 1965
    Elvis Presley's friends give him a statue of Jesus for his newly completed Meditation Garden at Graceland Mansion in Memphis. Girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu gives him a slot-car track
    Dec 25, 1967
    Brent Rowan receives his first electric guitar for Christmas. He becomes one of Nashville's most in-demand players 13 years later, appearing on hits by Brooks & Dunn, Conway Twitty, George Strait, Mark Chesnutt and Shania Twain, among others
    Dec 25, 1967
    Vince Gill receives a Gibson electric guitar for Christmas. He continues to use the instrument even after becoming a star more than 20 years later
    Dec 18, 1968
    Eddy Arnold and Burl Ives are guests on a Christmas-themed edition of the NBC-TV show "The Kraft Music Hall"
    Dec 19, 1968
    Glen Campbell breaks into song while playing a CIA agent in a Havana, Cuba, jail cell during a skit on "The Bob Hope Special" on NBC. The one-hour telecast, which has Hope attempting to rescue Santa Claus from kidnappers in a "Mission: Impossible" spoof, also features Carol Lawrence and Janet Leigh
    Dec 21, 1968
    Glen Campbell performs "Wichita Lineman" on a holiday edition of "The Hollywood Palace" on ABC-TV. Host Bing Crosby naturally sings "White Christmas"
    Dec 25, 1968
    John Jorgenson receives his first guitar for Christmas. Within two decades, he earns high marks for his work on the instrument in The Desert Rose Band
    Dec 7, 1969
    "Frosty The Snowman" premieres on CBS. The animated Christmas special is voiced by Jimmy Durante, who sings the title track, a former country hit for Gene Autry



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