{"id":2081,"date":"2015-12-21T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/blog\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2016-12-06T09:15:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T14:15:08","slug":"the-12-days-of-vintage-christmas-sports-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/the-12-days-of-vintage-christmas-sports-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"The 12 Days of Vintage Christmas Sports Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmastime is here, so here is the first of what I hope will be many Yuletide sports galleries. I was going to set this to the lyrics of &#8220;The 12 Days of Christmas&#8221; but I just don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m that clever. Merry Christmas everyone!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2085\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2085\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/kentucky-colonels-aba-christmas-program-1974.jpg\" alt=\"Kentucky Colonels ABA Christmas program, 1974\" width=\"600\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/kentucky-colonels-aba-christmas-program-1974.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/kentucky-colonels-aba-christmas-program-1974-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kentucky Colonels, 1974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1956\/12-23_was-bal.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1956\/images\/nfl-game-program_1956-12-23_was-bal.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore Colts vs. Washington Redskins (December 23, 1956) Christmas program\" width=\"600\" height=\"792\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baltimore Colts vs. Washington Redskins (December 23, 1956)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1964\/12-20_sdg-oak.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1964\/images\/afl-game-program_1964-12-20_sdg-oak.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland Raiders vs. San Diego Chargers (December 20, 1964) Christmas cover\" width=\"600\" height=\"813\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Raiders vs. San Diego Chargers (December 20, 1964)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/english-football\/seasons\/1934-35\/12-25_avfc-cfc.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/english-football\/seasons\/1934-35\/english-football-program_1934-12-25_avfc-cfc.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea vs. Aston Villa (December 25, 1934) Christmas program\" width=\"600\" height=\"807\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea vs. Aston Villa (December 25, 1934)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1950\/12-24_lar-cle.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1950\/images\/nfl-game-program_1950-12-24_lar-cle.jpg\" alt=\"Cleveland Browns vs. Los Angeles Rams (December 24, 1950) Christmas cover\" width=\"600\" height=\"807\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cleveland Browns vs. Los Angeles Rams (December 24, 1950)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2084\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2084\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oswego-speedway-eagle-christmas-cover-1984.jpg\" alt=\"Oswego Speedway Eagle Christmas cover - 1984\" width=\"600\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oswego-speedway-eagle-christmas-cover-1984.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oswego-speedway-eagle-christmas-cover-1984-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oswego Speedway Eagle, 1984<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1947\/12-21_phi-pit.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1947\/images\/nfl-game-program_1947-12-21_phi-pit.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Philadelphia Eagles (December 21, 1947) Christmas cover\" width=\"561\" height=\"772\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Philadelphia Eagles (December 21, 1947)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1964\/12-20_den-hou.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1964\/images\/afl-game-program_1964-12-20_den-hou.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Oilers vs. Denver Broncos (December 20, 1964) Christmas cover\" width=\"573\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houston Oilers vs. Denver Broncos (December 20, 1964)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/english-football\/seasons\/1978-79\/12-26_lfc-mufc.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/english-football\/seasons\/1978-79\/images\/english-football-program_1978-12-26_lfc-mufc.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United vs. Liverpool (December 26, 1978) Christmas program\" width=\"600\" height=\"912\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manchester United vs. Liverpool (December 26, 1978)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1963\/12-15_cle-was.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1963\/images\/nfl-game-program_1963-12-15_cle-was.jpg\" alt=\"Washington Redskins vs. Cleveland Browns (December 15, 1963) Christmas program\" width=\"600\" height=\"776\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washington Redskins vs. Cleveland Browns (December 15, 1963)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1951\/12-09_cle-pit.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/nfl\/seasons\/1951\/images\/nfl-game-program_1951-12-09_cle-pit.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns (December 9, 1951) Christmas program\" width=\"600\" height=\"818\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns (December 9, 1951)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/english-football\/seasons\/1966-67\/12-27_blfc-whufc.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sportspaper.info\/english-football\/seasons\/1966-67\/images\/english-football-program_1966-12-27_blfc-whufc.jpg\" alt=\"West Ham United vs. Blackpool (December 27, 1966) Christmas program\" width=\"600\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Ham United vs. Blackpool (December 27, 1966)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gallery of 12 Christmas-themed sports programs to make your holidays 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