'Rock and Roll Christmas' by George Thorogood and the Destroyers

MTV Christmas Party, December, 1983

Ahh, yes.....according to shatterdaymorn's 'MTV Programming Week' webpage, the week of December 21, 1983, saw George Thorogood's video, 'Rock and Roll Christmas,' at slot 61, a 'medium' ranking (three plays a day).

 

You can watch the video here. It  was recorded at the MTV studios as part of the channel's annual Christmas party; perhaps the most memorable of these parties being the one in 1986 when the Monkees participated. 

 

In all of the Thorogood video's grainy, lip-synched glory, you can see Veejays Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter, and Mark Goodman rockin' and rollin' with all the other MTV staffers, in their early 80s holiday finery. That's how they did it, 41 years ago !