Even More Star Wars Christmas Magic

If watching the Star Wars Holiday TV special wasn’t enough for your Wookie-loving heart, well, no need to despair- there’s more where that came from.

Hot on the heels of the rousing success that was the TV special, just in time for the 1980 holiday season came Christmas Among the Stars, the Christmas album nobody asked for.

The album was recorded only two months before it was released and included the single “What Do You Get A Wookie For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?” The track, “R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas” features not only Anthony Daniels as CP-30, it also features a lead vocal from Jon Bon Jovi before he became THAT Jon Bon Jovi.

StarWars.com has compiled 10 fun facts about this album, in case you were looking for such things. And the Star Wars Trilogy site has the whole album posted, so you can listen to and enjoy every single track as you watch the snowflakes fall.

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  • Why? Episode 295- The World Naked Bike Ride in Milwaukee
  • Why? Episode 294- Twister City Roller Derby
  • Why? Epsiode 293- The Ramoms
  • Why? Episode 292- Escape Rooms
  • Why? Episode 291- The Naturist Research Library
  • Why? Episode 290- Surf Rock with The Surfrajettes
  • Why? Episode 289- The Boot Tan Festival
  • Why? Episode 288- Corgi Racing
  • Why? Episode 287- Even more time with the Accidental Swingers
  • Why? Episode 286- The American Museum of the House Cat
  • Why? Episode 285- The Kennedy Assassination in LEGO
  • Why? Episode 284- Jon Scott on Tom Petty
  • Why? Episode 283- 1/6 the graphic novel
  • Why? Episode 282- Broadway actor and musician Jalen Harris
  • Why? Episode 281 World Naked Gardening Day
  • Why? Episode 280- The Cure's Lol Tolhurst
  • Why? Episode 279- A Very Why Christmas (Flash's Version)
  • Why? Episode 278- Theme Park Entertainment with Mark Brymer
  • Why? Episode 277- Shemp Howard: More Than a Stooge