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       As I mentioned in an earlier post about Christms carols, one of the slighly naughty ones was Santa Baby, sung by Eartha Kitt.  She would purr her way through this seductive Christmas classic, asking Santa for de luxe only.  Then the sad news came that Eartha Kitt had passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 81.

       Of course, Ms. Kitt was a well-known Broadway star, movie actress, and concert performer, and there is much to remember her for.  But the playing of Santa Baby, first recorded in 1953, every year during the Christmas season, was perhaps the thing she was best known for by most Americans.  The fact she passed away on that holiday is sadly ironic.

       It was time to pack away the Christmas carols until next Christmas anyway.  It is sad that Ms. Kitt passed away at the same time.  But Santa Baby will be back again next year, and he’ll be asked to hurry down the chimney again, just as he has been for the last fifty years.  And with the sultry voice of Eartha Kitt doing the asking, what Santa could refuse?

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