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Christmas Eve in My Home Town

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'Christmas Eve In My Home Town' is a holiday-themed composition written in 1951 by Stanley William Zabka (1925) and Donald Niles Upon (19251978), who were stationed together as privates in the military during the Korean War.

The song's theme is one of melancholy "longing for home" while away at war.

The song was first recorded by Eddie Fisher in 1951, while he was still a private in the military (and a friend of Stan Zabka's), in Wiesbaden, Germany, for an Armed Forces Network broadcast.

That same AFN broadcast included an interview with songwriter Stan Zabka.

The tune was later recorded by Eddie Fisher again in 1953 for RCA Records.

It was later covered by Roy Stevens for King Records in 1959, Kate Smith in 1966 for RCA Records (who premiered her recording by performing it live on The Bing Crosby Hollywood Palace Christmas Special), by Jim Nabors in 1967 for Columbia Records, by Bobby Vinton in 1970 for Epic Records (a more uptempo version by Bobby Vinton was released in 1990 on Curb Records), by the Living Strings for RCA Records in 1977, by the Country Strings and Voices in 1981 for RCA Records and by the Mormon Tabernacle Organ and Chimes in 1991 for Sony Music Special Products, among others.

In 2007, the song was officially dubbed "The Soldier's Christmas Song" by the Armed Forces Network.

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