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If you like “I Believe in father Chrtistmas”,

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Prokofiev’s Sleigh Ride fro Lt. Kije Suite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoGBwlfmCL8

[Publius]

Kije, more properly pronouced as "key-ZHAY", is Russian for "however". In Pushkin's story "The Tsar Never Sleeps", some generals write a report for the tsar that says, "The lieutenant, however..." The tsar misses the comma and thinks that there is a Lieutenant However in his army. No one has the stones to tell the tsar that he has misread the report, so they invent the story of brave Lieutenant However. The rest of the story is of his life and death, told to the tsar to avoid telling him he has made a mistake.

Prokofiev provided the musical soundtrack for the film version. This segment was used extensively by Woody Allen in his 1975 film "Love and Death", back when he was still funny.