A-Z Of Holidays in film or song or TV or book

T - Travels With My Aunt. 1972 comedy directed by George Cukor and starring Maggie Smith. Based on the novel by Graham Greene it is the story of a staid bachelor dragged into travel to exotic places by his adventurous and amoral aunt.
 
... or... "TRIP to Jamaica" , song by Jamaica-born reggae singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist, Frankie Paul (Real name Paul Blake [1965-2017]). The song was released in 2002. Clip on YouTube.
 
V - National Lampoon's Vacation. 1983 comedy film about a family's holiday trip from Chicago to an amusement park in California, Walley World. Starring Chevy Chase, John Candy, Randy Quaid, Beverly D'Angelo and Christine Brinkley.
 
Lindum - we already had that for "N"... how about "VACATION Time" - appropriately relaxed song by rock-n-roller, Chuck Berry (1958). It was the B-side of his single , "Beautiful Delilah". Clip on YouTube.
 
mikemiller said:
Lindum - we already had that for "N"... how about "VACATION Time" - appropriately relaxed song by rock-n-roller, Chuck Berry (1958). It was the B-side of his single , "Beautiful Delilah". Clip on YouTube.
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My back up V was My Summer Vacation by rapper Ice Cube from his 1991 LP, Death Certificate. Video on YouTube. I was clearly distracted by the excitement over the Millers new head coach!!!!!
 
or... XMAS - festive holiday song by Kylie Minogue (2025) . Clip on YouTube.
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Y (A) YULETIDE holiday - Xmas song medley from the Alfred Music Concert Band (2016). Clip on YouTube.
 
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mikemiller said:
or... XMAS - festive holiday song by Kylie Minogue (2025) . Clip on YouTube.
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Y (A) YULETIDE holiday - Xmas song medley from the Alfred Music Concert Band (2016). Clip on YouTube.
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Or, closer to home : A Very Yorkshire Christmas. 2019 Film (retitled in US to A Very British Christmas) about an opera singer en route to her concert in Vienna who is stranded in a b&b in a Yorkshire village. Romance ensues. Kind of Mills and Boon storyline. Cast includes Rachel Shenton, Michelle Dotrice and Mark Killeen.
 
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