with Mark and his guests Randy Bachman, Tal Bachman, Mary Ellin Barrett, Orson Bean, Dorothée Berryman, Dana, Everything But the Girl, Monique Fauteux, Anthony Kearns, The Russell Malone Quartet, Jessica Martin, Siân Phillips, Linda Purl, Martha Stewart, and Elisabeth von Trapp
Last year The Mark Steyn Christmas Show was live on stage with guests and audience from around the world. This year the lockdown put the kibosh on any such presentation, so instead Mark has compiled a special show with a few favorite moments from his Christmas specials over the decades.
There are guests from America, Canada, England, Ireland and Wales, and Mark makes stops in Michigan, Indiana, Vermont, Quebec and elsewhere. There's plenty of live music of all kinds - jazz, rock'n'roll, folk, classical, disco - with songs you'll know ("Blue Christmas", "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", "Adeste Fidelis", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "The Huron Carol", "White Christmas", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town") and a few you won't. Mark gets a lesson in Christmas rapping, talks turducken with Martha Stewart, learns the terrible tragedy behind America's best known Christmas song, and visits Santa School with Nate Doan.
It's almost two hours of caroling and conversation, and we hope it provides some compensation for the absence of live entertainment this Yuletide.
THE RUSSELL MALONE QUARTET with Richard Germanson, Willie Jones III and Luke Selleck
KEVIN AMOS, musical director
ERIC HARDING, assistant musical director
with Stéphane Aubin, Charlie Brown, Pete Callard, Gordon Campbell, Jeff Daly, Geoff Eales, Chris Egan, Richard Edwards, Harold Fisher, Jon Geary, David George, Jonathan Hill, Richard Irwin, Claude Lavergne, Jeff Leach, Mathieu McConnell-Enright, Claire McInerney, Bill Mahar, Nick Moss, Dave Olney, Don Richardson, Ralph Salmins, Neil Sidwell, Mike Smith, Rutledge Turnlund, Pete Walton, Dave Watts, Pat White, Martin Williams, Koko Yamamoto and Jean-Pierre Zanella
Sylvia Addison, orchestral contractor
with appearances by Marla Schaffel and Andrew Lawton
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Great show Mark. A gift in itself. Happy New Year!
Wonderful show and thanks for "Everything But the Girl." I loved them back in the day and "Frozen River" was stunning. I'm still humming it! Merry Christmas to all.
Mark, this holiday seemed so subdued and "remote" until your "Silent Night" Song-of-the-Week and Christmas shows broke into our house and filled it with music, poetry, laughter, talented friends and meaningful stories. You served an audio holiday feast with all the trimmings! My thanks to you and your extraordinary production and performance teams! Sincere thanks go also to Laura, Kathy and Tal for complementary stimulation throughout the year and to fellow Steyn Club members for their thoughtful, stimulating comments. This fellowship has certainly helped me through 2020 and gives me hope for 2021. Good will to all, with special prayers for Kathy and Rush.
Thank you so much for this wonderful Christmas show, Mark! I loved hearing Orson Bean again so much, he was so full of life. 2020 has really been a horrible year. You've been a beacon of reason and a source of solace.
God bless us all in the New Year. May 2021 bring renewed hope, joy and peace to you and your family and all my fellow Mark Steyn Club members, may it bring healing to Kathy Shaidle, and blessings to our beloved United States.
Merry Christmas
Thanks Mark - this was a stunning show. My family & I were smiling throughout.
Merry Christmas to everyone.
No matter what we see around us, the Christmas message is one of hope for our future.
Wishing everyone all the best.
Looking forward to the cruise in 2021 & to the next live show!
Thank you, Mark! Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year to you all.
I haven't actually listened to the show yet, but I know in advance it'll be great, so Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas to all and be safe and free.
Merry Christmas everyone, from the (mostly) free state of Florida where I'm visiting with family.
Merry Christmas to all, and never ending prayers and love for Rush and his family.
Thank you so much for Dana'a "It's Gonna Be A Cold, Cold Christmas." What a delightful song.
It's imperative that you stay Covid free Mark. You bring so much insight and joy into the world.
A very, merry Christmas to you all from West Virginia where we're having a beautiful, white Christmas!
Good morning and Merry Christmas to Mark and all the Mark Steyn Club Members. I appreciate the fellowship, laughter, insights, and celebration of culture we shared this year. We all have a lot of work to do in the coming year(s) if we are to keep the light and warmth of Western Civilization alive.
I sincerely wish you all a Happy New Year.
Well said, Donald. That's not a Christmas message we'll be hearing from our "leaders".
Mark Steyn celebrates Western Civilisation and (more importantly) actively defends it.
Merry Christmas to Mark, the entire SteynOnline team and all MSC members around the planet.
My wife and I were making plans to travel to Montreal last year for the Christmas show, but did not make it. She ended up having to fly home to Belgium due to her father being ill. Fortunately, he pulled through and is fine. Hopefully, we can make a trip at the end of 2021 for the next Mark Steyn Christmas Show. Merry Christmas to all Mark Steyn Club members, and God bless us, everyone.
Ah the Huron Carol, my favourite, the original Canadian carol.
So sad Orson Bean is no longer with us.
I don't know who works harder, you Mark or Santa Claus!
Looking forward to turkey leftovers today as we had our big dinner on Christmas Eve. Lots of rain and fog here and something mixed later on. No Christmas buche but a pistachio and apricot cake from the Lebanese Marché Adonis. Delish!
Wishing you and your family a very Merry and Blessed Christmas and every success, happiness and good health in 2021! Cheers!