
Today would have been my dad’s 96th birthday.
I am sure I have told this before, but when I was a kid, I loved the Christmas song, Donde Esta Santa Claus by Augie Rios. I had the record, and in those days records were vinyl. I would come home from school and my dad would have that record on and I would get so excited. He’d put it on weeks early because I loved it so much.
Many years later, but a few years back now, I was sitting waiting in my car for the commuter bus I took at the time into work. It was December 12th. One of the local radio stations played Christmas music all day every day beginning then around Thanksgiving (they start even earlier these days). I’d listened to that station every day and never once heard Donde Esta Santa Claus on it. Until that day. My dad’s birthday.
I’ll never forget that as long as I live (or as long as I am granted my sanity). It gave me chills.
Today I own that song in digital form and I will be listening to it in honor of my dad.
Season’s Greetings
December 12, 2018 at 7:22 am
Isn’t that something? You never know when something special will unexpectedly happen, out of the blue. (I personally don’t believe in coincidences, but that’s me.) I didn’t know any of that. We’ll be thinking of you today, especially.
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December 12, 2018 at 7:49 am
thank you ❤
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December 12, 2018 at 12:17 pm
Hugs! Thinking of you today! And happy birthday to your dad
I have never heard that song before. Listened to it now and its so good 🙂
I want to add it to my Christmas playlist now.
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December 12, 2018 at 1:25 pm
It’s an old song!
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December 12, 2018 at 4:53 pm
An oldie but a goodie 🙂
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December 12, 2018 at 10:04 pm
I just listened to it and sent it to my oldest daughter, who just finished her last paper for this semester at college. She had texted me that she needs to go to sleep, but had too much caffeine.
I think I heard that song a long time ago. It’s catchy and cute. What a special memory to have and to share about your Dad. It’s remarkable when something happens that seems like too much of a coincidence… That song popping up as you listened to the radio on your Dad’s birthday years ago.
❤
PS I love the picture of the cute snowman. ⛄️
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December 13, 2018 at 8:42 am
Yes it’s a song originally from the 60s! It definitely brings back fond memories. Glad you could share it with your daughter.
They have some cute free pictures on wordpress which is where he came from!
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December 14, 2018 at 9:04 am
Guys! Guys! Guys! I found little Ivan doing this song!!!
(I don’t know how to paste in the pic or I would)
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December 14, 2018 at 9:18 am
Yes! That’s it. Too cute! Made me smile very much. Thank you for finding it. ❤
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December 14, 2018 at 9:06 am
Oh! It Did!
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December 14, 2018 at 8:06 pm
So cute! ❤
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