"When it snows, ain't it thrilling..."

A Very Vintage Christmas post #6

And it is now December 13th, so that makes it 12 days until Christmas.

Eek! That's less than two weeks! And, looking back, I definitely mourn the fact that I did not grab onto the predictable and cliche opportunity to make today's song choice The 12 Days of Christmas.

What was I thinking?

Oh well..today's son is still a great, fun one!

"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?

In the lane snow is glistening.

A beautiful sight,

We're happy tonight,

Walking in a winter wonderland.

Gone away is the bluebird.

Here to stay is the new bird.

He sings a love song,

As we go along,

Walking in a winter wonderland.

In the meadow we can build a snowman,

Then pretend that he is Parson Brown.

He'll say, 'Are you married?'

We'll say, 'No man.

But you can do the job when you're in town.'

Later on, we'll conspire

As we dream by the fire,

To face unafraid the plans that we've made

Walking in a winter wonderland.

In the meadow we can build a snowman,

And pretend that he's a circus clown.

We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman

Until the other kids knock him down.

When it snows, ain't it thrilling?

Though your nose gets a chilling.

We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way,

Walking in a winter wonderland."

Winter Wonderland has definitely become known as a classic Christmas song over the years.

It was originally written by Richard B. Smith in 1934 as he looked out over a joyful winter scene in his city's public park from an upstairs window. Originally, the verse about the snowman being a circus clown was not included. However, many people at the time deemed it inappropriate for younger listeners that the only main verse in the song was about a young couple spontaneously getting married. So, the children-friendly verse was penned and put in. Most artists nowadays sing the song with both verses.

It is an extremely popular and well known song, having been performed by well over 100 artists including Andy Williams, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis, The Carpenters, and Brenda Lee.

But today I give you the classic version of the song sung by Dean Martin:

There are also many modern artists who perform Winter Wonderland, making even more great versions of the song. Today, I'm going to do something a little different and let you listen to a modern and different version of the song by A Fine Frenzy:

Hope you enjoy adding this Christmas classic to your playlist this season!

We are scheduled to do another post this Saturday, December 15th, but I will be spending my day at Denver International Airport, and then spending another 3 hours in the air, so that post will be postponed to Sunday, December 16th. We won't move the already scheduled post for Sunday, so that means there will be TWO posts on Sunday, December 16th.

Until then, have a thrilling, and A Very Vintage Christmas!