Snoopy vs. Red Baron *Christmas Bells*

[@BruceMarko]

It is the only song of theirs I ever hear on the radio and always at Christmas. The drummer John is my stepfather and this song is often the only proof I have anyone ever remembers them...

[@ChrisSuttonOz]

Bruce Marko Thanks for posting that clip, I have very fond memories of the song from when it was first released. :)

[@FarinazParsay]

Bruce Marko, very interesting post. Thanks for sharing.

[@kahsa1076]

Very cool. Was a huge part of my childhood

[@angelacassidy4905]

My dad bought me the album when I was young. I stll love it but my favorite songs skip :-( I still dig it out and play it from time to time. A decade or more I finally found a CD of my album, however my two favorite songs weren't on it. Balads. I guess Snoopy Is more famous, but they did do other songs which many don't know about.

[@stacycooper2412]

Who sings this version! It's the best!

[@andrearobbins9450]

But they ARE remembered! And remembered for the joy this song brought and continues to bring! A wonderful legacy.❤

[@BrianSerpente]

I can't get into the Christmas spirit until I hear this wonderful song I love snoopy❤

[@pizzagroom6221]

This makes me nostalgic for that traditional, old-timey Christmas celebration; where everyone pauses their normal lives, and gets together just to appreciate and celebrate one another. I like getting presents, but the true gift of Christmas is spending time with people you love

[@starlightgarnet]

Truth

[@susanh3342]

I miss those days.

[@asorteoffish5839]

I have pretty severe holiday depression, but listening to this song always gets me into the Christmas Spirit. What a simple, but accessible message it sends. Merry Christmas, my friends!

[@pauld6967]

Merry Christmas (belated) and Happy New Year.

[@jonijohnston1688]

Merry Christmas my friend... I get sad at this time of year also...I have that sad disorder and I miss my family 🎄 But Snoopy and The Peanuts Family always cheers me up ✌️

[@asorteoffish5839]

@@jonijohnston1688 Bless you, friend, I'm glad the Peanuts Gang can be there for you at least. Hopefully you can find more cheer and hope in this darkest of seasons ❤

[@billh.5360]

Merry Christmas to you!

[@BigfistJP]

Fröhliche Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël!

[@Southpaw658]

Every Thanksgiving night I play this as my first Christmas song of the season. God bless you all. Merry Christmas and good will to man.

[@MinerWarrior446]

Amen brother! God bless and stay safe!

[@godssara6758]

Amen 🙏

[@victorjeffers1993]

My mom would play this song a lot during Christmas it's one of my favorites I'm 58 now an still love hearing it lots of memories ! God Bless us all ! Merry Christmas to one and all ! Mom still plays it also she is 83 !

[@Puppy_Puppington]

I wish the world stayed how it was before 2000

[@dc1313drc]

That's cool! 83 actually isn't super shocking when I think about it; Peanuts were HUGE throughout the 1950s and beyond when the first comic strip was run in 1950, so children from that era are theoretically in their mid to late 70s at least today...and that's just the grade school kids I'm talking about. I guess, my point is, time flies! I can't believe it's almost 2023, and it's been over 60 years since these lovable characters were conceived. Be Merry!

[@MinerWarrior446]

Merry Christmas brother! God bless you too!

[@loistorok7823]

This song brings back special memories. ❤🎄🎅 Since we heard it in the late 60's, it was a much different time growing up, compared to today's world. Our brother especially liked listening to this classic song. Back in the day it was on a 45 record. We played it often and happily sang along. It will be 7 years that he passed away. Hearing this song, I will always think of him and all the good times we shared. He is terribly missed.😢💙🙏🕊

[@ct3po776]

My Grandma had this 45 record at her house, when I was a kid in the 70's, and I listened to it over and over, and later I took it home, and I'm pretty sure I still have it! (Been a few years since I looked into my kiddie records, but I do still have many of them!)

[@NotThatLittleJohnny]

I remember when this first came out. No Christmas seems to be complete without reliving the precious memory of listening to this with my childhood friends.

[@zac3604]

I love this song. The message is that no one is truly enemies.

[@tombreen932]

the only thing is, that no one believes in the one day we should put down our weapons and say thank you that we are here.there is no trust left so to you Zachary a very Merry Christmas and many ,many more hopefully

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Unfortunately, the CCP are the whole world's enemy.

[@DocJ58-OCB]

I'm 64 and this is a Christmas memory from over 50 years ago...I haven't heard it in years, but it brings back awesome memories of a far better time.

[@owaissaaltheadickey9341]

My favorite Christmas song as an 11yr old kid having to stay in hospital from Nov.24 1974 - Jan.12 1975 (broken leg due to car accident had me in traction). It was the first time I ever was away from home and I was fiercely homesick.Luckily members of the Salvation Army came to visit the Children's ward of my hospital and gave me a stuffed rabbit that played Brahm's lullaby and sang Christmas carols outside my window.I have never forgotten them since then. God bless everyone and thank you for the memories.

[@scottmccloud9029]

My dad told me when he was stationed in Germany that he'd always go to the Salvation Army for coffee and donuts because the Red Cross always charged the service men.

[@edwardlepenven4287]

I always play this song a lot at Christmas. It is my all favorite Christmas song.

[@kegbot1]

I got this album back in the late 60s and it brings back so many happy memories. Much later when I had a radio show, on the Friday before Christmas, I played the whole second side. I love this song and every time I hear it on radio, I get something in my eye.

[@thomasferrusi1345]

Merry Christmas 🙏

[@preshisify]

❣️

[@LamontCranston-l3v]

This song got me through Christmas in Bosnia 23 years ago. My prayers and thanks go out to the men and women serving around the world! Thank you!

[@autobotjazz1972]

I have always believed this song either purposely or inadvertently references the 1914 Christmas truce during the first year of WWI. a event in which British and German troops for a short while laid down there arms and celebrated the holiday. this was short lived and not to be repeated.

[@troycarter4446]

Historically accurate reference!

[@robertchabot5625]

This is one of the sounds I must listen to every year. Now it is Christmas.

[@kathryngoff7089]

I loved this song when it came out. I must have worn out the grooves in my LP by my incessant replays. Later, I learned that this song is loosely based on a true incident, as WWI soldiers from opposing regiments at the front line agreed to a brief truce to enjoy Christmas together. This incident is the basis for the movie, "Joyeux Noel".

[@michaelharmon721]

I Rembrandt seeing them on tv when I was young they were great and this song has been in my collection ever since I was a kid.

[@walterfechter8080]

Remembering Charles Schulz (RIP). We love ya, Sparky!

[@ASLmahr]

I listened to this song as a little girl. It brings back memories of my best friend and I acting out the parts as we sang it over and over again. Also fun fact; it has a historical story behind the song.

[@GUMBEE048]

In my opinion, one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time.

[@dona6606]

Well said General!

[@jakebob5101]

Grew up always hearing this song and it's twin Snoopy vs The Red Baron. Thank you The Royal Guardsmen for these 2 great classics.

[@k.b.tidwell]

A buddy of mine had Snoopy vs The Red Baron and we had to listen to it every time we were together, then go out in the yard and have "dogfights". Good times, good memories.

[@sundown8138]

The first time I heard this song I fell in love with it & that's been over 55 yrs. ago and I still love it. Reminds me of happier times & spending time with family, white Christmas 🎄, deep snows, simpler times. How I miss those times and wish I could actually travel back to those Christmases.

[@gayprepperz6862]

One of my favorite Christmas songs from my childhood. I was thrilled to find it on iTunes! Brings back memories - and smiles!

[@DrPyro323]

CAN YOU POST THE LINK?! 😁😁😁

[@jamesyanosky7715]

Makes me tear thinking about the early years

[@gayprepperz6862]

@@jamesyanosky7715 Me too!

[@heyitsbethxo9957]

I tear up every year when the baron says " merry Christmas my friend"

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

It should be" Merry Christmas, mein freund!"

[@delilahduckett7448]

Love the song makes me smile every time I hear it

[@garrettswoodworx1873]

@@jorgelopez-pr6dr Unless of course the Baron was toasting Snoopy in his (Snoopy's) native language.` Merry Christmas!

[@kristinedee888]

Merry Christmas 2019!! Excellent song in ANY year.

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

Merry Christmas to you!⛄🎄🎅

[@richremaly8418]

This is not only good for one or two years. But it is a Christmas classic. For every year. Merry Christmas 🎅🎄 to everyone.

[@ronaldbrush8709]

Merry Christmas 2021!

[@joycepiantes8383]

I always liked this fun song

[@Halo17]

My Dad was serving in Vietnam back then, I was only 6 and didn't understand "war" but I always thought my dad would be safe with this song.🇺🇸🎵🎄

[@mikesmith-pk8cq]

I hope he came home to you

[@Halo17]

​@@mikesmith-pk8cqyes, he did! Merry Christmas!

[@roberttuckey5676]

I'm 68....loved this song since I was a kid.

[@garyag45]

Loved this song for decades 👍🦅🇺🇸🤩. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[@thomasferrusi1345]

Merry Christmas Everyone 🙏

[@jackiejones690]

Its never xmas until I hear this song. I always stop to listen to it and it always makes me tear up thinking of all those young men who didn't make it back home during those years so we can enjoy our friendships & freedoms today

[@ElizabethSpringmeier]

Seriously I was just thinking about this song a couple days ago. It is now Christmas time

[@macyvandeusen6611]

Have loved this song for nearly 5 decades!

[@karenpenrod4606]

SNOOPY has made my Christmas complete! Love you Snoopy!!🐶

[@paulsmith1044]

I love this song I Wish was played on the radio more often and I love the comment about the soldiers celebrating Christmas together I wish it would be peace like that everyday I think that would be a little preview of when Jesus returns Merry Christmas to everyone from Paul Smith

[@wk1810]

Woke up this morning with the chorus of this song in my head "Christmas bells, oh Christmas bells...la la la la laaa" but couldn't remember the rest of it. Searched KZbin and saw this and thought "nah, it can't be this song" but, sure enough, it was! My parents used to play this alot at Christmas and my 2 brothers would sing along and act silly -- which is why this song surprised me because my parents were of the "children should be seen and not heard" generation.

[@Helliconia54]

Christmas 1968. Our first xmas in a new country.I received the EP, snoopy v's the red baron. Played it every xmas It's now 2021. Mewrry christmas everyone

[@davidsimmons9763]

I had a model of the Sopwith Camel and one of the Fokker D7 Triplane when I was around 7 years old. One Christmas, I played this song over and over (I think I had the 45) while holding the models and doing circles in the living room!

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Adorable!

[@joanweissenburger632]

Did you ever see the radoi controlled airplanes its so cool

[@davidsimmons9763]

@@joanweissenburger632 No, I haven't, but I imagine that they would be REALLY COOL!!!

[@joniaq6372]

I grew up hearing this song. Has always been a favorite of mine. Brought my kids up listening to it & now they are sharing it with their children. J

[@greatmusicfan57]

Reminds me of shopping with my folks at Searstown in Ocala, FL as a child...these are hometown guys singing.💕💕

[@williamkirsten5205]

One of my favorite Christmas songs. A true classic! Merry Christmas everyone and a happier new year!

[@lynnhenry9998]

I can't thank you enough for this! I still remember the first day this played on the radio. Mom loved it. My little sister had everything Snoopy and the whole Peanuts gang. Untold number of books, records, and even a director's chair. Her love for Snoopy continued all her life. Each birthday or holiday brought a new mug or T-shirt and Snoopy cards, most of which she kept. She really did look like "Sally", Charlie Brown's sister with the blond "naturally curly hair". So...when she passed away last June at 62, I wasn't in the least surprised to find many of those same books. Really miss her!

[@EjmGaming-wp3dq]

Its is currently the middle of June, and i am on a christmas song spree... i have no regrets, i love christmas songs

[@OdeeOz]

Loved this when it 1st came out, and have never stopped even today, so many decades later. 👍👍 5⭐

[@thecelticprince4949]

Yup it ain't Christmas till I've heard from our friend Snoopy one more time. Merry Christmas to all.

[@barbaraberry8032]

Just live this song.

[@peleeprepper]

Christmas Bells, Jingles the Christmas mouse and many others are all great songs on the Snoppy Christmas album. My most played album any time of year ❤💚

[@cherylblue8883]

I LOVE THIS SONG….it’s on my iPod and it always makes me smile with the fondest memories…..

[@NashvilleDoorCompanyPeter]

i had this album as a 6 yo and listened to it constantly

[@Scatpack21]

Have been listening to this song every Christmas season for 50ish years. Reminds me of better (or so it seemed then) times. Merry Christmas to all.

[@j.c.8372]

Reminds me how old I really am! 😃😆😍♥️I still love it from way back in the day! SNOOPY STILL RULES, AND WILL NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE ♥️🎄♥️🐥

[@garynarborough]

I remember this from my late teens. Great then and great now. I'm from Australasia and this played every Christmas along Auld Langsyne by Dan Fogelberg. Found this randomly. Thank you so much for posting it.😁

[@p34piper]

my mom used to play this when i was little when we would decorate the tree. She passed away in january 2017. I miss her and this song brings happiness and sadness and tears from the memories i have with her.

[@williambabyak1094]

My sympathies for your loss.

[@leethiel1769]

I'm sorry for your loss. She will live forever as long as you remember.

[@DJPitBear]

It reminds me of when The family would get together at grandparents house and all sing Christmas songs as my Grandma played the piano ( I can't sing so I was not as loud as the rest of the family ) but still Enjoyed it & remember the times from 10 - 14 YEARS Old 😊😊😊😊,. IT'S ALL I HAVE NOW " MARRY CHRISTMAS " EVERYONE 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍

My grandmother had this album. We played it all the time. Fond memories!!!

[@matthewpoplawski8740]

Bruce Marko, I remember BOTH songs about Snoopy and the Red Baron by The Royal Guardsmen. I was about ten years old when AM RADIO played them WAAAAAY BACK in the 60's. This is the first time I've heard CHRISTMAS BELLS in MANY, MANY A YEAR. 😪😪😪🤗🤗🤗✌✌✌✌

[@robertnesfield6321]

What a great Christmas song!. I think the original intent was commercialism, but what a great Christmas song. "Peace to all the world, goodwill to men"! How can you argue with that? It's actually joyful. Merry Christmas!

[@8jojobeans]

3 different radio stations where I live have been playing Christmas music for weeks now and I still have yet to hear this wonderful song. There are so many great songs not being played, just the same rotation over and over on each station. Thank you for this!

[@kimfrank2417]

Love this song I listen to it as a child

[@kollerbrian]

It was respect for his Foe. Grace is the law around Christmas. Amen, Brian K

[@buddyfafard8846]

Always been a favorite since the first radio debut on my transistor radio!

[@PyroGothNerd]

The fun part is this was partially based on something that actually happened during WW1. The men stopped fighting and came out of the trenches to share gifts on Christmas day. Some generals and such didn't allow it, but for the areas it did happen, it was as "Christmas Miracle" as it gets.

[@sarahbrett5147]

PyroGothNerd Yes I love this song and its all about how Christmas brings people together.

[@josiemcbride3646]

Even in the areas where they did not allow it they sang "Silent Night" together and shared buttons and food. I love the story of the Christmas truce. The areas that part took of the truce went to bed not knowing if they will be caught.

[@williambartholomew1925]

💌👝📦❤👍👍🍻🍺🍔🍴🍟good will

[@hotpepper5125]

Also it happened during civil war two men one from each side met at a river point shared tobacco and coffee didn’t say anything to each other just drinking and smoking after that they went their separate ways back to the side they was fighting for. Gods and generals trailer shows it

[@josephkondrat7084]

They also sang Christmas Carols.

[@Kharkovkid]

Funny to think that the song is as old as WWI was when it first came out....I know, I was there in `67...Time and the passing parade. Sigh...

[@Dafttar]

Actually, Kharkovid was right. This came out in 1967. "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" came out in 1966. This was performed and released a year later.

[@chrisnj111]

Marty Carman What he meant was that when this song came out it had been 50 years since World War I. It has now been another 50 years since the song came out. So today we are as far from when this song came out as people in 1966-67 were from WWI.

[@Kharkovkid]

chrisnj111 You got it!! Thanks...

[@pontiuspilot9301]

Three more days and it will be 100 years from when the guns went silent. the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Peace and Love

[@marciajohnson8228]

Merry Christmas 2021. I love this song.

[@arthurleino]

The Royal Guardsmen. My sister had the 45 of Snoopy VS the Red Baron. Loved this Christmas special!

[@marshamariner7897]

I still hv my .45 of that. Got it when it first came out. And I'm 68

[@onecooldude1644]

Yes this takes me way back. I always love to hear it on the radio! Merry Christmas and God Bless you all!!

[@Laceykat66]

Ah, when the radio used to play music like this at this time of year. Thank you for the memories.

[@brents.8972]

Wow....this was the first time I've heard this song since I was an early teen and I'm 50 now lol My middle brother had this album/single and played it all the time lol Thanks for the memory lane trip!

[@ericamartinelli4505]

This song has been a tradition every year and now my kids listen to it too...

[@TheShaza9]

Same here

[@Ecoman365]

NO MORE WARS BETWEEN CHRISTIAN MEN !!!! Merry Christmas to all Christians and to all of our non--Christian friends from an American descendant of Orthodox Christian Bulgarians from the region of Macedonia and 1960's former infantryman!

[@LuannOsbourne]

thank you

[@RaynmanPlays]

This song makes me think of the Christmas Truce and I start to tear up. A beautiful moment during a terrible time. It also reminds me of Roy Brown's comments on seeing the "Red Baron's" body. Another cause of tears.

[@joanweissenburger632]

Now my Christmas is compleat. Miss having this song played on the radio

[@ireneparadis5629]

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[@erikvanern6178]

I had this on a 45 when I was a kid back in the ‘70s, thank you!

[@kimclark4305]

Oh how i love this great christmas song it brings back memories❤❤❤❤

[@ottovonaaron3732]

Man and machine and nothing there in between A flying circus and a man from Prussia The sky and a plane, this man commands his domain The western front and all the way to Russia Death from above, you're under fire Stained red as blood, he's roaming higher Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies That's where the legend will arise And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying to high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die First to the scene he is a lethal machine It's bloody April and the tide is turning Fire at will it is the thrill of the kill Four in a day shot down with engines burning Embrace the fame, red squadron leader Call out his name, Rote Kampffieger In the game to win, a gambler rolls the dice Eighty allies paid the price And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying to high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying to high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies And the legend never dies And he's flying And he's flying And he's flying Higher Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die

[@davethefoxmage5797]

Funny enough, it's that song that always leads me to this one. 🙂

[@edgardeitz5746]

What's the name of this song?

[@flame-nl4wt]

@@edgardeitz5746 the red baron by sabaton

[@discobikerAndRosie]

Wow. I haven't heard this in almost 40 yrs! My cousins had this on an LP. We played it constantly back in the day!

[@jeffreybell4801]

Always loved this song! It has some historical truth in it that most people doesn’t know.

[@troycarter4446]

Definitely. A brief Christmas cease fire when the troops from both trenches laid down the weapons to come together for Christmas!

[@ameliawarfield5637]

Love the song. Merry Christmas, Snoopy.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

This is never played on NYC area radio stations. A pity because I love it.

[@rubywatson1144]

Love! I can listen to this anytime anytime ❤

[@stevefrompenacook8024]

Every time I hear this song brings me back to when I was just a kid. Christmas makes me think of a special girl.

[@walterfechter8080]

For the crew at WJW TV Fox 8 (Cleveland, OH) -- Christmas past and present (2021). Remembering Hoolihan (Bob Wells) and Big Chuck (Chuck Schodowski). Thanks for the laughs and the memories, Bob, Chuck and pals! God keep all of you!

[@rejeantremblay4635]

Been listening to this every year, love this , enjoy

[@robertwaid3579]

What a Great Song it IS. First time hearing it Was Early 1970s I think 🤔🤔 Once I hear it Christmas ⛄🎄 is Near. Thank You. For that Kooky Crazy Hit.🎯🎯🎯

[@deborahrauth7629]

I'm now seventy one years old and I remember when this song first came out. I loved it then and love still 2022

[@writerpatrick]

The album is worth listening to since it has all three songs with intros on one side. Listening to the first two first sets up the Christmas one.

[@heathrunyon4036]

Love this song Christmas 2021!

[@jpturner171]

GREAT MEMORIES growing up with my 45 player! Thank you and MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone. God Bless our troops and EVERYONE serving to protect us🙏🏽🇺🇸👍🏽 As we say in the Corps…Semper Fi 1973…2011 / USNA 1979

[@CootCut]

The Royal Guardsmen did a wonderful rendition of "The Man who Shot Liberty valance." It is the best version of the song I have heard anybody perform.

[@danmarsh3915]

merry christmas to friends family and everyone in these comments 👪🎅

[@rfclef]

Had this album on vinyl as a kid... had not heard this song in at least 30 years... wish I still had it. Wonder if it is on CD...

[@Bugf1]

It's on KZbin

[@rfclef]

@@Bugf1 I'm old. I still like having a cd in my hand...

[@Bugf1]

@@rfclef I'm old too my 45's are gone and my analog turn table will not play But I have a computer and connection Take care man.

[@sundown8138]

I'm sure I know where you can find it if you're interested ? A friend has a record store and sells 45's, albums all new condition, 8 track tapes, cassettes, old artists like Jimmy hendrix, etc. If he doesn't have it I'm sure he can find it. Just let me know

[@whitesapphire5865]

Yes it is! And I have it on a "Royal Guardsmen" compilation CD. There are two albums that I own, and across them, I have the entire sequence of Snoopy Vs Red Baron songs. "Snoopy Vs The Red Baron" "Return of The Red Baron" "Snoopy's Christmas" (this song) and "Snoopy For President" but there's a lot more to The Royal Guardsmen than just the Snoopy recordings. Among my personal favourites are, "Mother, Where's Your Daughter" "Biplane Evermore" and "In My Airplane". Every bit as good as the Monkees, these guys didn't seem to get the breaks that might have brought them to fame - They were very good, I loved them when I was just a child, and still do.

[@stevepeanutbutter7368]

Outstanding Christmas song just about one of my favorites. Great Snoopy Story!

[@sooline3854]

Tomorrow. it will be 100 years since the Christmas Truce.

[@souvlakihutgorilla2143]

+Soo Line 101 years now...

[@jeanneszabo5978]

I️ have gone nuts trying to remember with what show this song was related! Love it!!!

[@jimmyjimmerson484]

This is my favorite Christmas song in the world!

[@luannlugo1946]

one of my favorite songs could listen to it all year long.

[@SCTV59]

Christmas 1960's my childhood! The Royal Guardsmen band.

[@Patrick_Cooper]

I had a 45 of this when I was a kid...

[@catheykindley9041]

Merry Christmas to each and everyone stay safe and healthy 💞 in 2022. Hope the new year is better than 21.praise God

[@thomasferrusi1345]

Merry Christmas. Amen. 🙏