Posted on 12/03/2017 10:56:19 AM PST by Simon Green
You are correct - I just happen to like that version. Cheers.
I adore that song. You're right, Pavarotti's interlude is what makes it so extraordinary.
I'll give you #'s 1, 3, 4, and 5....but #2, Mary, Did You Know? has just a wee bit to do with that subject.
This is not the version I remember of bizarre song, but it will do. The one I remember was sung by a young boy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-iFsxSNN2c
add Boudreaux’s Christmas - same melody.
Pa-rum pum, pum...rum pum, pum, pum
Pa-rum pum, pum...rum, pum, pum, pum
Pa-rum pum, pum...rum pum, pum, pum.
"Shall I play it again?"
No thanks !
Leni
That and "The Restroom Door Said, 'Gentlemen'"
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Came out in WW2. It was a rather realistic look at Christmas during wartime, dealing with soldiers being away temporarily or permanently.
Yeah I understand WHY she thinks they should be included, but I like Rudolph and Mary, did you know. At least Mary is about the birth of christ and not just a song trying to tag along on Christmas.
The other 3 I’m ok with. I definitely agree with 4 & 5 - I can’t stand those songs. Cant say as I’ve heard the shoe song, but it sounds like I’d feel the same.
Agreed. And attempt at Biblical but it is so way off, it is annoying
A lot of great Christmas songs came out of WWII, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, “White Christmas”, etc.
You haven’t heard Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer until you’ve heard the Jimmy Durante version....enjoy.
Fine. Be that wsy.
The one Christmas song that my dad, a WWII vet who served it the SPT, really didnt like, or at least made him very sad whenever he heard it was Ill Be Home For Christmas.
All it reminded him of was all his buddies who never made it home for Christmas, they never came home at all.
I can sure understand that. I bet most people today who hear it, won't know the origins of it.
Back Door Santa. One of my faves.
A Clarence Carter song:
They call me Back Door Santa
I make my runs about the break of day
They call me Back Door Santa
I make my runs about the break of day
I make all the little girls happy
While the boys are out to play
I ain’t like the old Saint Nick
He don’t come but once a year
I ain’t like the old Saint Nick
He don’t come but once a year
I come runnin’ with my presents
Every time you call me dear
I keep some change in my pocket, in case the children are home
I give ‘em a few pennies so that we can be alone
I leave the back door open so if anybody smells a mouse
And wouldn’t old Santa be in trouble if there ain’t no chimney in the house
And Santa was strokin'. Just hope Patches didn't catch him in the act.
I LOVE the Elvis Presley version of that song. Slow, sexy, smokin’ Christmas song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBi6QynmYPs
Shoppin’ around for a Christmas tree
at the grocery parking lot
Every thing over 4 foot 3
is ‘bout hundred bucks a pop
Schleppin’ around for a Christmas tree
and I still haven’t found a thing
In a trailer I met some drunken’ guy
and we did some haggling
People get that ornamental feelin’ every year
Moms and dads and kids all happy
Till they get their hands all scratched and sappy
Shoppin’ around for Christmas trees
What a crappy holiday
Today they smell so fresh and green
They’ll be dead on Christmas Day
You will get that ornamental feeling every year
When you find a tree that looks real jolly
If you turn it round, it’s as brown as Charlie’s
Choppin’ down my Christmas tree
In a true old-fashioned way
Toppin’ it off with a spotted owl
And make a hasty get away
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