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- ↑ I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson at the Demented Music Database
- ↑ WGN's Orion Samuelson Sings Christmas Songs. Chicagoland Radio and Media (December 17, 2012). Retrieved December 13, 2016.
