Lawrence Welk Christmas Show 1966

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[@jeromerymer8510]

I love Lawrence Welch shows

[@sheajane7669]

I loved the reruns as I got older and got married. Brings tears to my eyes. What happened to our world? 😢😢 ❤❤❤

[@Sailsonly1]

Wow ! 55 years later and Welk specials are as wonderful as I remembered , like the smell of cookies baking in the oven, brings back some very happy emotions, life was simpler back then....Thanks

[@janetohara427]

What a great dance Arthur Duncan was. Such a joy to watch him perform.

[@mikebottiaux5850]

Our family watched these shows every Saturday night🎶

[@carolcrane6893]

My grandparents loved Welk. A beautiful time of innocence.

[@gypsymom0819]

During the 60s and 70s I stayed with my grandparents on the weekend since my parents were caterers. I have such beloved memories of watching Lawrence Welk, Hee Haw and Mary Tyler Moore on Saturday nights.

[@margierogers1815]

I love all of these shows ! My mom never missed them as I was growing up . Thank you for putting them on for us .

[@OxBigly2010]

I was born in 1980 and I'm nostalgic for this

[@thomasallen6285]

such beautiful voices and harmonies. Such wholesome lives. What a wonderful way to live

[@danpetersen4993]

Wow, some great Christmas music and it's great seeing the children. Lawrence was a wonderful person who loved his family and the audience, may he RIP. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@danpetersen4993]

@America Reigns What are these dates? Mr. Welk lived 1903-1992.

[@donnakerr4997]

Thanks a bunch for uploading these wonderful and special memories. I never missed one when I was growing up. I loved them then and I appreciate them all the more now in my golden years.🎷🪗🎺🥁🎹🎼

[@thejimdoherty]

As a kid I made fun of this stuff when my grandmother watched it. Today, I can't get enough of it. It brings back great memories of those Christmases back then. Does anyone have the 1968 Welk Christmas special? That was a great one. I've been trying to track that one down for a couple of decades.

[@n.elliottnoorlun8304]

LOVE this show!!! And, yes, I am GREATLY entertained by these quality songs from the Welk family!!!

[@jameswrobertsjr3793]

I watched this with my Grandma as a young boy.

[@mickeyh1961]

Beautiful and sad yo look back when Amrrica was free as was western Europe, sadly all our freedoms now gone as globalism dictates everything , christanity the family and the Nation State outlawed Great to be able to look back

[@markymark903]

Amen brother

[@christinehooks8873]

Glad to see The Lennon Sisters on this show

[@timklein3962]

What a different world it was back then; Christmas was Christmas back then !!!

[@allenjones3130]

In those days the holiday wasn't as commercialized as it is today!!

[@susiepittman601]

And black people were just getting basic rights.

[@NikkiScatch84]

Tell me about it

[@OutsiderLXIX]

I can't watch this without crying (which I'm doing as I type now). I used to watch this as a little boy with my Nan. You knew Christmas was here when you watched this. I would go back to those days in a heartbeat. 😢

[@timklein3962]

@@OutsiderLXIX I couldnt agree more; well said !!

[@jamilaappleby1626]

Omg!! I love Christmas shows like this!!! ❤️

[@kathleenirish]

One of my favorite Welk Christmas specials-in color for first time I believe

[@RobertCMoore]

Nice video. Only wish it was full frame. Too bad those dats are long gone.

[@jackmatson962]

Despite all the humor attached to Lawrence Welk and his style, I admit I listened to it, as did my oldest brother, my parents and grandmother. (Sometimes I listened on the radio, then from Hollywood Palladium.) I'm sure it inspired each of us in our own ways. My brother still plays accordion on occasion, and sings as I do also. I also listened to a variety of music from the last century including big band, classic rock from the 50s into the 80s, country, broadway, etc., etc. Each takes me to a time in my own life and the Welk fam is a part of that. Yes, we lived in a major market with 7 (!) channels, but in the evening, Mom and Dad had the final vote. As far as $120 a week that was mentioned, it would be years after this show that I began my career at a whopping $70. It was a different time and I don't expect today's generation to relate while some insist that $600 should be minimum nationally. Many of these talented performers stayed with the organization for decades, must have been something more than the money.

[@sidjohnson1616]

They use to have the Christmas shows on every Saturday in December but now its just once in December

[@benjaminharrisongray9079]

21:12 Wow, hitting those notes! Wish I had pipes like that. Joe is an incredible singer.

[@allenjones3130]

"O Holy Night" was the late Mr. Feeney's featured number on Lawrence's Christmas shows.

[@rkmklz7562]

I grew up watching LW on TV ..it was my doorway in many types of Music 🎶...My Favorite was when they got into New Orleans Jazz...And Latin.... what a great time it was...the other was Boston Pops... Austin City Limits...and American Bandstand...just to name a few... everytime there was music 🎵🎶 on..The recorder would be on... Back in the days of tapes...no You Tube or Internet...now 50 years later..we have everything!!!

[@spectrum10]

The doll dance reminds me of 'We're a couple of swells' performed by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade.

[@jrpacer6355]

Here I am going through Christmas shows from the 70s and 80s as of 2021 they dont do Christmas shows anymore

[@nieshaalvarez647]

It's Really nice, really sweet classic tv is the Best.

[@ronnymatthews4133]

A 1 Ana 2a! My musical heart belong 2 u a!I...

[@janenorton8479]

Yes yes

[@shirtless6934]

At Christmas 1966 I was in the Fourth Grade.

[@donnawoerter2290]

Who is the piano player that plays so fast, and she always looks over at the audience? Toe tapping music!

[@LawrenceWelkLPs]

Jo Ann Castle

[@supremes1964]

her piano mentor was Liberace ....who told her ..."smile like hell and look at the audience when playing the piano!!" and she did all 3 very well!!!

[@gypsymom0819]

@@supremes1964 Yes unfortunately JoAnn was a troubled soul. However she gave me great entertainment on Saturday nights with my grandparents.

[@CUzzell]

​@@gypsymom0819I don't know that she was all that troubled compared to most performers. She married a number of times is about all I know.

[@gypsymom0819]

@@CUzzell Raging alcoholic.

[@kavic1234]

I prefer to watch the Lawrence Welk show on KZbin than watch the crap that is now main stream TV

[@nickvanvelson2967]

19:28

[@pcojedi]

I was 14 months old

[@mehmetokay7073]

What is the music with the eight toy soldiers dancing?

[@nonsuch3419]

I was a short 12 months from shipping out to kill Charlie with gusto.

[@kathleenmacellis7253]

Thank you for your service , Sir !

[@umutcolak4925]

Vay be

[@rocketmom60]

I read somewhere that Lawrence Welk never paid his performers more than union scale which at the time was around $120 a week. I realize that prices back then were significantly cheaper but have to wonder, after seeing the size of some of the families, how a person could support the whole family on that salary. Most women didn't work then so it seems like it would be difficult. Yet the wives of the musicians and their children all seems to be well decked out in their finest clothes. And did each Lennon sister get $120 or did they split the amount?

[@jensmom604]

I would say they each got it, but according to their autobiography, their parents used that money to support their large family.

[@Jay-vr9ir]

My Dad an electrician brought that kind of money home . I loved Jo - Ann they way her piano was decorated for all occasions.

[@su-rv2uq]

I read in the Lennons' book that even after decades of performing on his show, their wages never increased.

[@arlieferguson3990]

How could people possibly have been entertained by this?

[@pontiuspilot5887]

Arlie Ferguson It's hard to explain unless you realize this was meant for the whole family. From the very youngest to the grandparents. It expresses the perceived innocence of the time. An Innocence that was't universally shared, but was dreamed of as the "good old days" or a hoped for future. Peace and Love and a Merry Christmas and happy New Year.

[@Muzikgirl67]

@@pontiuspilot5887 Your response to him was so respectful. I of course, would've answered his ignorant question a bit different..so..kudos to you for keeping it clean, and putting his rude self in place...Happy Holidays to you!🎄⛄⭐🎁

[@pontiuspilot5887]

@@Muzikgirl67 It helps that I have 70 years under my belt and grew up in this era. Happy Yuletide and Merry Christmas Peace and Love from Canada.

[@Muzikgirl67]

@@pontiuspilot5887 Thank you so VERY much for the kind words! May you have the merriest of holidays, and a blessed New Year filled with good health & success!🎁⭐⛄🎅🎄

[@JohnnySpell]

There's always gonna be someone that makes something negative out of something good. Best to just ignore it.

[@janenorton8479]

Yes yes