The Georgia Straight musical advent calendar for Christmas 2018—Day 23: Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra
It's 1967 and Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra are the kings of the Rat Pack.
So, naturally, they had a Christmas special with all their kids on it. Plus "Mrs. Dean Martin". Poor ol' Sammy Davis Jr. only gets a 10-second cameo as a delivery man. C'mon, if they could write new Christmas-themed lyrics for "These Boots Are Made for Walking", then surely someone could have thought of "The Candy (Cane) Man".
If you liked that, and you just can't get enough of Dino, here are a few bonus videos:
Incidentally, Dean Martin died on Christmas Day in 1995, thus ensuring that he would forever be associated with the holiday, one way or another.
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