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Jay Thomas attempts to knock the meatball off the Xmas tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wake the kids and phone the neighbors!<\/h3>\n

The last Late Show with David Letterman<\/em> before Christmas Eve is one of the great unheralded annual holiday traditions in the United States (and wherever Letterman appears on the tee-vee machine).<\/p>\n

You owe it to yourself and family to watch this Thursday night (11:35 Eastern & Pacific) Or set the VCR\/DVR\/TIVO.<\/p>\n

I wrote about why this event brings me so much joy a year ago in The Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read The Most Festive Night of the Year!<\/strong> <\/a>to learn why I cannot wait for this show year after year after year. The tradition began in 1998!<\/p>\n

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Other coverage of this most joyous event!<\/h3>\n

Jay Thomas prepares to re-create annual Christmas miracle on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman.”<\/a> (From the Nola.com, 12\/21\/10)<\/p>\n

This may be Darlene Love’s 25th annual Xmas performance<\/a> on Letterman! (NY Daily News)<\/p>\n

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\nJay Thomas interviewed for Philadelphia NBC morning news show about his 2010 return to tradition<\/p>\n

<\/object>Darlene Love on David Letterman – Xmas 1995 – A tradition born in 1986!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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