Post #57510 by emspace on Wed, Oct 29, 2003 12:53 PM

On 2003-10-27 11:06, Sneakytiki wrote:
Alex Anderson sounds like Scandinavian or English descent but he wrote a tune called Mele Kalikimaka performed on the Decca label by the Andrew Sisters and Bing Crosby. It's on the Merry Christmas Bing Crosby album
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Anderson is a Scottish name. In the 7th century a Norseman named Ketil Flatnose settled in Applecross on the West coast or Ross, and from him descended a line of hereditary abbots of the abbey there named Macgilleandreis, the "Sons of the Servant of St. Andrew", Andrew being patron saint of Scotland after Kenneth MacAlpin saw an X-shaped cross of clouds against the blue sky just before defeating the Northumbrians in a critical battle for Scottish independece in the 9th century. Thus the Scottish flag of a white X cross (like the one Andrew was crucified on) against a blue background. Anderson is the Anglicization of Macgilleandreis or MacAndrew, the Scandinavian variant is Andersen (not related).

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Albainn gu braith,
emspace.