There’s a lot of reasons why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a classic Christmas TV special: fun story, fun characters, excellent animation… but the sound track by Johnny Marks left us with many memorable holiday tunes. It’s hard to pick a favorite, since they are so embedded into the story and for those of us that grew up watching Rudolph each year know the scenes by heart.
But my favorite is We Are Santa’s Elves. Catchy, easy to find yourself singing along, and easy to make up the lyrics as well. When I was a teenager I worked in literally a sweatshop book bindery, and some of us would sing this tune and make up lyrics about co-workers. Or other objects. Even bees.
Love the soundtrack. It gets played at our house each Christmas.