Holiday Video of the Day, Part 2: Greg Lake, “I Believe in Father Christmas”


Published: December 23, 2009 by George Lang Comment on this article Leave a comment


Near the beginning of the season, I featured U2′s version of this song from 2008, and it’s just fine, but the Christmas season gives us license to be a little sentimental, and Greg Lake’s 1974 original will always be one of my favorites. I was a prog-rock kid, and there is something about the holiday that seems to invite prog.

Also, for some odd reason, this seems to have aged well over these 35 years.



by George Lang
Assistant Entertainment Editor
George Lang was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Houston and Tulsa. Following graduation from Jenks High School, Lang spent time in the military before studying journalism at the University of Oklahoma. Beginning in 1994, Lang covered...
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