McCartney Times

Countless rock ‘n’ roll icons have taken it upon themselves to deliver a syrupy dose of Christmas cheer come the festive season. From Elvis Presley’s ‘Blue Christmas’ to David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s sickeningly heartwarming ‘Little Drummer Boy’, practically all the big names, at one point or another, decided to milk the teets of the Christmas cow – all of them apart from The Beatles, that is. John Lennon may have released his much-celebrated ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ once the Fab Four parted ways, but for many years, it was assumed that The Beatles had flat out refused to release anything verging on a Christmas single in their day. That, of course, is nonsense.

It was recently discovered that, between 1963 and 1969, The Beatles sent a series of private Christmas records to members of their fan club. These surreal “flexi discs” of delight contained spoken word messages, sketches, skits, and the odd fragment of original songs. Until relatively recently, these private pressings were incredibly rare and, even in their own day, were regarded as semi-mythological. However, in 2017, they were collected and reissued as The Christmas Records.

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Source: The story of The Beatles’ mysterious Christmas recordings