I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS​

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"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is a Christmas song with music and lyrics by British songwriter Tommie Connor and first recorded by American singer Jimmy Boyd in 1952.

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SYNOPSIS

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The song describes a scene where a child walks downstairs from his bedroom on Christmas Eve to see his mother kissing Santa Claus under the mistletoe. The lyric concludes with the child wondering how his father will react on hearing of the kiss, unaware of the possibility that Santa Claus is merely his father in a costume.

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It was reported that Boyd's record was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church and banned in Boston when it was released, believing that it described an adulterous encounter. 

 

The story goes that Boyd was then photographed meeting with the Archdiocese of Boston to explain the joke behind the song, after which the ban was lifted.  However, the Archdiocese has no records of any ban, and no contemporaneous records or photographs can be found of a meeting between Boyd and any officials, leading the story to appear as a myth or an urban legend.

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Recorded and mixed on Logic Pro X in December 2018