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Dec 25, 2017 · NPR's Noel King spoke with Mel Tormé's youngest son, James — an accomplished jazz singer himself — to get the story behind the creation of this Christmas classic.
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Nov 1, 2019 · [Chorus 1] So tell me, why does everybody love Christmas? Why do we keep waiting up for Santa? Tell me why we're falling for each other every season. Tell me, why does everybody love...
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Oh, life is like that. Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters occur. – A Christmas Story (1983, dir. Bob Clark) “OK, folks, the granddady of ’em all, the big one, the queen mother of all Christmas movies – and a veritable cornucopia of yuletide ...
The writer is paramount. Taken from over 25 years of Christmas Eve broadcasts, the (mostly) fictionalized reminiscences of talk radio pioneer Jean Shepherd and (highly) fanciful accounts of his Depression-era upbringing in Northern Indiana continue to resonate anytime one mentions “leg lamp”, “Flick’s tongue”, or “Little Orphan Annie secret decoder...
Dreams are often better left unrealized. Close viewers of the next 90 minutes will note the dreamy expression on little Ralphie Parker’s face, brilliantly expressed by child actor Peter Billingsley. There are only two moments in this film where this blissful state isn’t almost immediately followed by crushing despair, and this is the first. The moc...
In the eternal struggle between kids and parents, kids are always on the losing end. Ralphie’s glum digestion of sad oatmeal evokes one of the cruel truths of childhood: a kid will never win. A kid can plot, cajole, plead, or scheme, but in the end a kid’s best efforts are wasted by a fundamental lack of control over his or her destiny. Furthermore...
…especially when the opponent is your mother. Though my own mother passed away almost 25 years ago, her airtight, inarguable logic will continue to haunt my own poor attempts at decision-making until I myself am no more. Like life itself, it simply is not fair that the bonds of motherhood are anchored in an irrefutable, unyielding rectitude. (It do...
Children inevitably become their parents. And more specifically: the weaker, usually male parent. To this day, speaking of myself, a steady stream of profanity will pour forth unbidden from quivering lips at the mildest provocation: lost keys, wrong directions, stubbed toe, whathaveyou. (A literal curse, moreover, that can apparently be traced alon...
If a kid won’t eat, it’s really not worth resorting to trickery. Bringing back vivid memories of my own younger brother, dressed dolefully in his Cub Scouts uniform, refusing to eat a bowl of chili into the late hours of the evening, I’m really glad in retrospect that my parents did not use some cheap ruse to get him to eat. Zach may have missed hi...
Life’s victories are not only small but absurd. On air or in the pages of Playboy, Shep’s Old Man’s misplaced enthusiasm over winning the famed Leg Lamp was heralded as “the birth of pop art”, but in A Christmas Storyis correctly contextualized as a brilliantly-lit blight on Cleveland Street. Shining brightly forth in its unutterable folly, the “so...
Disasters occur well beyond one’s ability to adequately cope with them. An eternal klutz myself, as is my own Old Man, it is tempting in all such situations to shift blame to fate, the elements, inadequate lighting, the clumsiness of others, or whathaveyou. Otherwise, though, and despite the dire consequences for a child of 9, it is often easier to...
Punishment rarely fits the crime. Though I had been familiar with this arcane treatment from a very young age, “washing your dirty mouth out with soap” was frequently threatened but never implemented as a child whose word choice was often more suited to the backroom of bars than a suburban household. If it had, however, cruel and unusual though the...
2 days ago · Irving Berlin's 1954 classic holiday movie 'White Christmas' has some surprising facts behind it. Here's what you need to know about the cast, the songs and more.
- “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by Darlene Love. One of the season’s most beloved songs bombed on impact for a tragic reason. The kickoff single from the later-to-be classic album A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector had the unfortunate fate to be released on the same day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
- “Christmas Time Is Here” by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. The first Peanuts-related TV special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, which made its debut in 1965, has earned as much love for its music as for its characters and script.
- “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey. Nearly every song that’s considered a holiday classic was written at least 40 years ago. In 1994, however, Carey cooked up a piece that stands with the best of them.
- “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby. Not only is “White Christmas” the biggest-selling holiday track of all time, it’s estimated by Guinness World Records to be the biggest-selling song ever.
Dec 20, 2023 · The song actually has very little to do with Christmas! It's mainly about a failed relationship, and coming face to face with them a year later. Only the phase 'Last Christmas' - when the relationship comes to a head - actually refers to the festive season.
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Dec 19, 2023 · Artists have always tried to go one better than Bing Crosby’s 'White Christmas,' the song that arguably defines the holiday season.
