Christmas Seal Campaign, Nat King Cole

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1953-12-uu.

On this Christmas Seal Campaign special, Nat King Cole performs "the songs that made him famous," including a few Christmas songs. Cole interjects periodically with reminisces about Christmas and calls on listeners to buy Christmas seals to support the National Tuberculosis Association.

"You know when you buy Christmas seals it's like making a wish for every other American and then putting your money on the line to help make it come true."


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150775
Municipal archives id: LT4640

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