"The Monkees Christmas Show" (a.k.a. "The Christmas Story") (prod. #4746) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC as the 47th episode of The Monkees.
The sponsor was Yardley Of London, and the show featured Peter, Michael, David and Micky sing an a capella rendition of the Spanish villancico Christmas Carol, "Ríu, Chíu", composed by Mateo Flecha (1481–1553) and arranged and adapted by Henry Diltz, Chip Douglas, Cyrus Faryar and Jerry Yester.
Interesting Note: this one Monkees Christmas episode was shot in the week of Thanksgiving!
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