Everywhere it's Christmas

[Jai Guru Deva]

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Here is the front cover of "Pantomime", the Beatles Christmas record. "Pantomime" meaning a mimic or mime who acts using gestures and body movements without words. I suspect it's also a disguised reference to Faul as one who pantomimes.

Suspiciously, "Paul McCartney" is credited with the cover illustration. If you look at the top, from left to right, it looks like the name "PAUL" is spelled out. Start with the colored stripes which would make up the "P". Next is the "A" is just above the yellow bubbles with the white semicircle and green stripe. Followed by the "U" with the red dot and green stripe . Finally the "L" is under the black star with a red dot.

The word "Pantomime" is shaped like a body resting on an altar. The "P" forms the head, the "T" is folded hands on the chest, and the body continues on down to the foot and toes represented by the "E" and period.

Above the "P" in Pantomime is a dove which is both a symbol for the spirit (leaving the body) and a message of peace (rest in peace).

Surrounding the word's "Everwhere it's Christmas" is an image of an apple with the red and blue lines, the leaves are shown with the green lines, and the stem is a thin line leading up to the "M".





I didn't see an"Everywhere it's Christmas" thread before, so now if anybody has uncovered anything else of importance...

[JoJo]

Good find, I see some of the things you are talking about, definately the dove. The dove seems to be flying into a tulip, or is about to be engulfed by one? Not sure, but is that a penguin going through the letters "o" and "m"? Hmm, and chanting "om" means something significant for many people, but I'm not too sure about that one. In the upper right hand corner, there what could be a brain or head separated by the blue area from a spinal cord?

I'm just guessing, it's so hard to penetrate this cage of maybe a clue, maybe not...

[FlamingPie]

What year was it realesed?

[Doc]

Well, the handwriting for "Everywhere It's Christmas" reminds me of what I remember of samples of JMP's hand, the few I've seen on these boards. See the letter, "Y"? Well, the letters and imboldened, thickened, whatever, so its maybea play off of his actual writing. They maybe have found that phrase in a sample of his handwriting. Or imitated it. Then, dressed it up to be "mod" and "hip."

[Jai Guru Deva]

"Pantomime" was released in December of 1966.

The word "OM", from what I understand, is kind of like "amen", it's an exclaimation used by both Buddhist and Hindus. It means the Divine which manifests as all that is and from which all other names and forms arise and to which we all return. (Real heavy stuff there )

The Beatles didn't go to India until early 1968, but they knew of Buddhist and Hindu mysticism before then. As an example, the Beatles had their hit "Tomorrow Never Knows" which was inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. They had a meeting with the Maharishi in London in August of 1967. And George Harrison formally began sitar lessons with Ravi Shankar (a Hindu) in 1965.

Elementary Penguin, of course, was contained in the song "I am the Walrus". "Elementary Peguin singing Hari Krishna." And in Glass Onion tulips were mentioned, "Looking through the bent backed tulips To see how the other half live." And now that I think of it, the dove has appeared before like in the "Free as a Bird" video.

[Jai Guru Deva]

An early Christmas present for everybody! ;D

From 1965, here are the Beatles with their Christmas greeting. Really listen very carefully to Paul who is the first one to give us his holliday cheer. To my ears, Paul has quite a different tone in his voice and manner of speaking than Faul.

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