Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images In 1989, a handful of Spurs recorded a holiday song In 1989, power forward Terry Cummings went into a local San Antonio recording studio with a merry band of Spurs players to track a Christmas song. During a take, Terry Cummings shook his head and stopped the music. ”Let’s start over...one of them hit a foul note,” the San Antonio Spurs forward said as he stood together around a microphone with four of his teammates. Then, as Cummings prompted, David Robinson, Sean Elliott, Willie Anderson and Johnny Moore started to sing: ”Christmas time. Christmas time has come.” When Cummings entered the studio, he had already recorded the song into his keyboard. Local musician, Joe Reyes, who was hired for the session, recalls that they simply took the stereo outs from the midi keyboard and built upon the pre-recorded melody. Cummings was known for taking his keyboard with him on Spurs road trips. When in a hotel room, he spent free time writing and recording. On one such outing, he returned with a Christmas song. Back in 1989, Cummings told reporters: ”I don’t feel that Christmas is Christmas because of Santa Claus or reindeer. I believe that Christmas is Christmas because of Jesus being born. And all those things compounded together make Christmas what it is-including Santa Claus.” Cummings had been a musician and involved in the business for years. He continues to write and record to this day. He owns his own music publishing company, has performed live, and even sang the national anthem before a game when he played for the Milwaukee Bucks. In addition to Reyes, the session included Michael Morales, known for his 1989 hits ”What I Like About You” and ”Who Do You Give Your Love To.” At the time, Morales shared, ”I’m surprised that they can sing . . . just like they`d be real surprised if I could slam dunk a basketball.” But sing they could, and there was an eventual release. Although there is not a current version online anywhere (believe me, I have been searching), there was a snippet of the song in a VHS that was sent to season ticket holders at the end of the 1989-1990 season. That snippet inspired a group of local musicians to write and record an homage to Cummings original holiday song. Learn about the updated version in Friday’s post. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, Pounders. May your day be merry and bright. Welcome to The Thread. Join in the conversation, start your own discussion, and share your thoughts. This is the Spurs community, your Spurs community. Thanks for being here. Our community guidelines apply which should remind everyone to be cool, avoid personal attacks, do not troll and watch the language.