The Last Month of the Year by the Kingston Trio is another of my all time favorite Christmas albums and I don't remember a Christmas season when I have not listened to it. It includes lots of obscure Christmas songs which is one of the things I like about it.
My most favorite track from this album is Mary Mild. This happens to be Mom's favorite as well. The song tells a story, not found in official church teachings, of Jesus as an 11 year old boy. In this touching ballad, Jesus builds a bridge made of beams of the sun for a group of boys that will not let him play with them. Mary chastizes Jesus for this but is told by her son that he only did it so the boys would play with him. His use of his godly powers for the all the wrong reasons is forgivable due to him being a child just looking for the acceptance of his peers.
The album was released in 1960. Mom says she bought it late in college or sometime shortly after she was married; probably 1964 or 1965.
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