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About Chanukah Carols
Back in the early '60s, when I was a tiny totele living in our family's new two bedroom apartment in West Los Angeles, my Dad Jerry brought home a wonderful holiday record album called "Chanukah Carols." It immediately became a favorite of mine, and each year now, it reminds me of how much I love the festive Chanukah season. This was not your ordinary Christmas season LP, but it was instead a re-interpretation of the classic Christmas songs done as Jewish folk songs by the very clever comic Stanley Adams and Producer Sid Wayne. You may know Stanley Adams from appearances in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," as the movie producer at Holly Golightly's cocktail party, on "Gilligan's Island" as a cannibal headhunter, and from "The Errand Boy" starring Jerry Lewis. Partnering with Writer/Producer Sid Wayne, who worked on classic comedy shows like "The Victor Borge Show" and "Shenanigans" with host Stubby Kaye, Stanley Adams took on the persona of a Jewish Santa Claus for "Chanukah Carols," and used many different Yiddish voices to give these 9 selections a real kick in the 'tuchus.' Stanley and Sid take on standard fare such as "Jingle Bells" and turn it into "Matzoh Balls," while also Yiddishizing "Deck the Halls" and "The Eight Days of Chanukah" (a re-worked "12 Days of Christmas"). One of the great things about this album was the Yiddish glossary provided on the back cover. Words like "Gotkes" (underwear) and "Far brent" (burned up) are tactfully defined for the listener. The cover photos on "Chanukah Carols" were also a real treat. As a kid, I was tantalized by the Jewish Santa, dressed appropriately in blue and white. I loved the Christmas tree with a Jewish star on the top! I even appealed to my parents for a "Chanukah bush" of our own, but they declined. You see, we were one of those Jewish families that had a certain amount of holiday decorations up in the house, like a Styrofoam Frosty the Snowman on our door, and a ceramic Santa Claus mug for storin
