A Christmas Yuleblog

We received a comment here at the yuleblog on in the last 24 hours that was unconfirmed until now thanks to the Las Vegas Review Journal : The Fabulous Fay McKay has died in her sleep Friday, April 4, 2008 at the age of 78. We had the pleasure of getting to know Miss McKay last year when we reviewed her Christmas album. Frail in voice but sharp in her thoughts, Miss McKay was a true professional in her letters and phone conversations. To honor her memory, here is Fay singing her trademark Christmas song "The 12 Daze Of Christmas": Capt

In early December of 2006, I was searching April Winchell 's delectable selection of Seasonal Favorites and came across an MP3 of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" by someone named Fay McKay. I downloaded it and took a listen. It turned out to be the famous "drunk lady" version that has floated around cyberspace for years. I was grateful that this always hilarious tune finally had a proper credit (Thanks April!). From there I went to FaLaLaLaLa.com where I typed the following post on December 7, 2006: "'The Crazy Drunk Lady - The 12 Days Of Christmas'. "If you've ever surfed a file-sharing program and entered 'Christmas', there's a good chance this song popped up. I'm guessing about 1/2 of the people reading this know about this Internet favorite (or downloaded it like me). "If you don't, this song begins with indeed a lady who begins to sing 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas' while getting progressively...