Christmas must be coming . . .

Because suddenly I've had three hits in a single day looking for information on Burl Ives. One was for "burl ives norelco santa picture," and I admit that for some reason that animation always creeped me out. I scored because of my "Burl Ives must die" diatribe of last December. One of the searches was for "Burl Ives messing about on the river." Let's just assume that's a song title and leave it at that.