Nicolae Ceaușescu the country in the three days since the Ceaușescus fled Bucharest. Similarly, Victor Stănculescu, who had been defense minister before going over to the revolution, said in 2009 that the alternative would have been seeing the Ceaușescus lynched on the streets of Bucharest. The Ceaușescus were the last people to be executed in Romania before the abolition of capital punishment on 7 January 1990. Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were originally buried in simple graves at Ghencea Cemetery in Bucharest, on opposite sides of a path; their graves were often decorated with flowers and symbols of communist rule. In April 2007,
If Every Day Was Like Christmas in December 1966. If Every Day Was Like Christmas "If Every Day Was Like Christmas" is a 1966 Christmas song by Elvis Presley released as a single and featured on his 1970 Camden "Elvis' Christmas Album". The song was released on November 15, 1966 as an RCA Victor 45 single, 47-8950, backed with "How Would You Like To Be" from the movie "It Happened at the World's Fair". The track was recorded on June 10, 1966 at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Elvis Presley's lead vocals were added on June 12. Background vocals were provided by Millie Kirkham, The Jordanaires,