Artigenda
Time for an analysis of that Christmas song with that long title
Picture of Artigenda

Artigenda

Time for an analysis of that Christmas song with that long title

It’s Christmas and that is made clear to you by Bing Crosby’s song, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” There is so much to say about this song and you just hope it is about toys. Was Crosby alone the first to release this song? When was the song released, who wrote it and why? The list of questions about the song might be as long as the title. Time for an analysis of that Christmas song with that long title.
This article previously appeared on Harm Jagerman’s website. Due to a change in business activities, it was decided to reproduce this article on Artigenda’s website.
Front side of Merry Christmas (1947).

“Merry Christmas”

“It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas” is familiar to most people in Bing Crosby’s rendition. When you think of Crosby, you (perhaps) think of “Merry Christmas.” This album was first released in 1945. The songs on that album go back only to 1941. The original version of this album was missing one song, namely “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” and there was a good reason for that. In 1945, this song had not yet been written.

The song was written in 1951 by Meredith Wilson (18 May 1902 – 15 June 1984) and had a different title: “It’s beginning to look like Christmas”. Crosby would not be the only one to record this song, as several artists would perform it. However, Crosby did become an artist associated with it perhaps because his version was now the most played.

If you look at the track list of “Merry Christmas,” today, this song is just listed on it. This has to do with the reissues of the album. New versions of the album were released in different years, and so it happened that this song was also added. The most recent version of the album dates from 1992. That, in turn, does not include the song, to add to the confusion. The original tracklist consisted of:

Record 1:

  • A – “Silent Night” recorded on 8 June 1942.
  • B – “Adeste Fideles” recorded on 8 June 1942.


Record 2:

  • A – “White Christmas” recorded on 29 May 1942.
  • B – “Let’s Start the New Year Right” recorded on 25 May 1942.


Record 3:

  • A – “I’ll be Home for Christmas” recorded on 1 October 1943.
  • B – “Danny Boy” recorded on 5 July 1941.


Record 4:

  • A – “Faith to Our Fathers” recorded on 8 June 1942.
  • B – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” recorded on 8 June 1942.


Record 5:

  • A – “Jingle Bells” – recorded on 27 September 1943.
  • B – “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” recorded on 27 September 1943.

78 rpm records

These were 78-rpm records. If you wanted to listen to all the songs, you had to turn the record over and over again or change the record. Later, this would change with a different rpm. The speed would change to 33 rpm. This ensured that more songs ended up on one side of the record. It took longer for the LP to turn over. It didn’t take very long at all, as the original album lasted about 27 minutes. Then the next album from 1947 suddenly became 21 minutes and 37 seconds. Later, the album would max out at 32 minutes and 57 seconds. The album was released several times alongside the original 1945 release. That happened in 1947 (78 rpm), 1949 (33 rpm) and 1955 (33 rpm). After that, several pressings were released that were always based on the 1955 edition. The 1922 release consisted of a special edition on laserdisc. The different editions thus made it possible to use songs recorded at different times. The oldest song was from 1941 (“Danny Boy”) and the newest songs were “It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas” and “Christmas in Killarney.” Both songs were recorded on 1 October 1951. After that, no more songs were recorded for the album.

Mono and stereo

There is, however, one peculiarity about all pressings that appeared after 1963 of the album. That has to do with a modification and an entry on the album cover. If that mention is not on the cover, then you know you could be dealing with a pre-1955 album or a copy thereof. Only after 1963 was the album released in stereo. The desire to release everything in stereo was so great that they decided to destroy the mono version entirely in 1968. Still, there are some criticisms of the stereo versions. For instance, the sound in songs like “Silver Bells” and “Adeste Fideles” would not sound natural.

With the introduction of CDs, record company Decca decided to release this album on CD in 1986, and then a strange thing happened. They decided to put mono versions on the digital copies in addition to the stereo versions. So they made the existing stereo versions mono again. That was far from the end of the releases of this album. They simply continued. Even in the 1990s and beyond. In 2008, for instance, a Collector’s Edition was released, with twelve songs in a slightly different order and additional tracks (“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Here Comes Santa Claus”). In addition, the album came with a DVD featuring the 1942 film “Holiday Inn”. Only later did it become clear how lousy the quality of the recordings used for the CD was. A few years later, a new attempt was made (2014) with a limited mono edition of the 1955 album on vinyl, including the design of that album.

Inspiration

OK, now that we’ve got all this behind us, then focus on the song it’s all about. “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”. Do we still need to talk about the actual background of this song and how Wilson was inspired by a huge Christmas tree at Frost Park in Yarmouth (Nova Scotia, Canada)? Surely everyone knows that by now? Or that he was just fantasising about his childhood spent in Mason City (Iowa, USA)? There was also a hotel there with a Christmas tree. That is not just any building, by the way; it is a hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Then you’re talking about the Prairie School style. A movement in architecture worth dissecting further, but of little use to this article. It has little to do with Christmas trees and hotels. Except, we know the style from that famous house in Pennsylvania with that water (Fallingwater, Mill Run) or from the Guggenheim in New York. Perhaps the latter city is precisely what defines all this. Maybe it was just a reference to those huge Christmas trees in New York City. After all, the song is from a musical titled “Here’s Love.” That musical is based on a film that a lot of people know under the title “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947). The musical itself is only from a later date than the recording of the song. The first performance took place on Broadway on 3 October 1963. The song “It’s Beginning to Sound Like Christmas,” so the original dates back to 1951. The version we know from Crosby, with the modified title, was recorded on 1 October 1951.

34th Street in New York in 2008.
34th Street in New York in 2008.
Image source: Wikipedia Commons.

Crosby was not the first

There is only one problem in this story. So Crosby was not the first to record the song. That was done on 18 September by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters. At the time, Como was doing exactly what Crosby was doing. Releasing an album of Christmas songs. More artists did that, by the way. There is a striking resemblance between the album “Merry Christmas” and “Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music.” Firstly, because of the title. Admittedly, when it comes to Christmas, you are somewhat limited in the choice. Looking at the period in which the albums came out, it could be argued that Como was following Crosby’s example. This album came out a year later (1946) and was recorded in the same year. Like “Merry Christmas”, new songs were added to Como’s album at other times (1947 and 1963). The song “It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas” is only missing from this album. This song does appear in 1953’s “Around the Christmas Tree”. So with that, Como was just a little bit earlier than Crosby on this one too. He released the single on 18 September 1951 and the album containing the song was released earlier.

It doesn’t matter either, because Como would never match a thing. Crosby holds a record. That’s the record for the best-selling song ever. That is held by the song published in 1942, “White Christmas.” Written by Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 – 22 September 1989). Regardless of what you might think, not all songs were composed by Berlin. On the “Merry Christmas” album, only “White Christmas” and “Let’s Start the New Year Right” were by him. The latter song would be dropped in the 1947 version. Thus, only “White Christmas” would remain. That song reached record after record, which made sense.

Holiday Inn

Not only was White Christmas released well before Christmas. Thus, the public could already get acquainted with the song well ahead of time. The song was released on 30 July 1942. Very special, of course. This wasn’t the recording date, as it was on 29 May 1942. Choosing the date made sense, as it was shortly before the film Holiday Inn was released in cinemas. In it, Crosby starred alongside Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds. The film featured music by Irving Berlin and revolved around turning a farmhouse into an establishment of an entertainment venue. The title only suggests otherwise. The film is set around Christmas, hence “White Christmas.”

Film poster of Holiday Inn.
Holiday Inn.
Image source: Wikimedia Commons.

Black face

Less positive and downright harmful about this film is that one of the main characters puts on make-up to portray a blackface character. A black face was a way of performing African Americans in the United States by non-Afro-Americans. This took place in a hurtful and racist manner, intending to perpetuate, confirming African-Americans, stereotypes or perceived prejudices or, on the contrary, spreading or confirming falsehoods and conspiracies. Whatever the purpose, it was downright harmful, hurtful and offensive. Not only that, it was discriminatory and racist. This form of entertainment was not only tied to films but also occurred during touring theatres and circuses in the United States and even in orchestras. Thus, performers did their best to imitate African-Americans by making music more “authentic” and using black faces in the process.

In the film industry, it was not just limited to African-Americans being replaced. For instance, native North Americans were regularly replaced by other actors. Actors with a more European appearance. Even when there was a situation where the lead roles consisted of people from parts other than North America, for example, people with a European appearance were chosen. In some cases, this is still the case. Indeed, this does not only apply to looks. It also applies to gender identity and sexual orientation. So the film “Holliday In” fits that pattern, which in some cases has not changed at all.

Sinterklaas in The Netherlands

When it comes to blackface, at least in the United States, boundaries were drawn. In the Netherlands, not everyone is ready for that yet. In December a celebration is known as Sinterklaas and it takes place on December 5th. It inspired the Santa Claus tradition in a way. Instead of elves as helpers, this Sinterklaas, originally a bishop of the Turkish town of Mira, has a helper named Piet. Here’s the trouble. These used to be black-faced stereotypes based on Mores and even slaves in the past. Ridulous some say, because that isn’t so. The reason that these helpers are painted black is because they came down the chimneys.

It led to a discussion about putting down these helpers of St Nicholas and how to change it. A difficult discussion and one that caused a lot of unrest. Still does. Gut feelings and sometimes overt racism play an important role in this. Takes like “Go away, off to your own country,” are sometimes expressed towards people who have lived in the Netherlands for generations and wanted or wanted to put an end to this discriminatory and racist custom. This has since succeeded, as Sinterklaas (a children’s festival) has now been modified to provide the helpers with a different appearance. A normalised appearance: soot patches on the face, because they came down the chimney. Besides, there is a focus on diversity. This is just not good enough for the most fanatical opponents. They wish, nay, they demand, the reversal of all this. Back to the old. As if history is repeating itself, it seems. So in that respect, it is like watching an old movie, say Holiday Inn.

Don’t forget that this 5 December celebration is also about this idea as the scene in the film. Black face is make-up to look like. When it concerns the movie, gradual development has led to changes. Not by everyone, as there are still those who believe that none of this would be harmful. Turner Classic Movies believes that people should have a choice. Where others chose to scrap the scene, TCM chose to maintain it. In this, they are not alone. AMC too decided not to do so. Officially because they don’t want to “Cut into existing films.”

Besides objections about whether or not you should “cut” films, something else is perhaps even more important. Your opinion of the film itself. For example, whether it is your favourite Christmas film. The then British Prime Minister Theresa May declared in 2018 that this was her favourite film, without distancing herself from the scene in question.

The success of "White Christmas"

Incidentally, the name of the film (Holiday Inn) led to the creation of the chain of hotels of the same name on 1 August 1952. The film received an Oscar for best musical number in 1943 thanks to “White Christmas.” That song would grow into a true success. More than 100 million copies of this song would be sold worldwide. That’s just to say the song was performed by Crosby himself. Besides Crosby, many others have performed the song. Think, for instance, of Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, The Drifters, Andy Williams, Michael Bolton, Garth Brooks, Bette Midler, Andrea Bocelli, the cast of Glee, Michael Bublé and Meghan Trainor (along with Seth MacFarlane).

Crosby’s version was recorded twice, in 1942 and 1947. Both versions are not equally long, the 1947 one being two seconds longer at three minutes and four seconds compared to three minutes and two seconds, to be precise.

First time "White Christmas"

Crosby performed the song on Christmas Day and that was a moment that made an impression. That was shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The United States had entered a new war and suddenly there was Crosby, singing in his soft dark voice about his dream of a peaceful Christmas. It was a yearning for something that wasn’t there. Yet it took a while for a version to appear on vinyl, as the recordings took place in May 1942. It didn’t take long, just 29 minutes. That this song would grow into one of the most important and influential Christmas songs ever could not even have occurred to Crosby, as he saw little in it. Together with Holiday Inn, a country at war and the lyrics of “White Christmas” itself, it proved to be a formula for success. A formula not surpassed by “It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas” or other songs. Yet that song too reflects the “Christmas feeling.”

Perhaps it had to do with the time, the moment. It was 1951 and World War II had ended. Another war was being fought, involving the United States, only it was different. It was the Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953). It was not a global war and, besides, this time the country was not surprised by an attack on a military base in Hawaii. That said, the tensions were there at the time. Think of the Cold War, the constant threat of the possibility of yet another global conflict breaking out—this time with another (military) superpower, the Soviet Union.

Desire vs. what is to come

Was it the lyrics? In “White Christmas”, there is a certain longing to go back to a time that has passed and may never return. “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”, is precisely about the idea of what is yet to come or what is already here. What is noticeable? What you have. “White Christmas” is or was a comfort song, whereas “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” has a clearer message: the glory of what to expect. That while it was all not so glorious. The aforementioned war in Korea, where US troops were also fighting, the tensions of the Cold War, and let’s also not forget that it was not yet a nice place for everyone in the United States. There was economic growth, but the contradictions were great.

The country may have been known as the “land of the free and home of the brave,” but in practice, this was not so. What did that freedom represent when you consider that there were states where African-American citizens were treated in an inferior manner? The legacy of slavery’s past was still felt in society and perpetuated in many ways. Not through actual slavery, because that had been abolished. That just did not offer equality. Discrimination and racism were rampant in certain states. It was not until the mid-1950s that the civil rights movement would take off. So that’s where Bing Crosby arrived with his “It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas.” About how wonderful the Christmas season was. It was mostly the elements that applied to that which you would indeed see on 34th Street in Manhattan (New York) around Christmas time. At least not in the southern states. On the other hand, do you see things like holly (holly) there? You can find a hotel on this street, where the Empire State Building can also be found. That is not a Grand Hotel, but the New Yorker Hotel. By the way, the nickname of this hotel is “Grand Old Lady.” So it could be that it is about this hotel if the writer of this song (Wilson) was indeed talking about 34th Street in Manhattan and was not inspired by his childhood. We assume he was inspired by his youth. The song did eventually end up in the musical “Here’s Love.” That musical was based on “Miracle on 34th Street.”

Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
Image source: Wikimedia Commons.

Lyrics

Here are the lyrics of “White Christmas” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.”

White Christmas

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow


I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white


I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow


I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Verse 1 (Bing Crosby, solo)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Everywhere you go
Take a look in the five and ten, glistening once again
With candy canes and silver lanes aglow

Verse 2 (Bing Crosby with chorus)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (Christmas)
Toys in every store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door

Refrain (Bing Crosby, solo)
A pair of Hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots
Is the wish of Barney and Ben
Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk
Is the hope of Janice and Jen
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again

Verse 3 (Bing Crosby with chorus)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Everywhere you go
There’s a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well
The sturdy kind that doesn’t mind the snow

Verse 4 (Bing Crosby with chorus)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Soon the bells will start
And the thing that will make ’em ring is the carol that you sing
Right within your heart

(Instrumental part)

Verse 2 (repeated) (Bing Crosby with chorus)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in every store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door

Uitro (Bing Crosby, solo)
Sure, it’s Christmas once more

e

IBTLALLC

IBTLALLC’s analysis. Indeed, you read that right, an abbreviation. Let’s face it, that title is of course absurdly long. Incidentally, it is not even the longest title for a music track. However, the title does come pretty close. Including the number of spaces, the number of characters is 43. Excluding spaces, the number of characters is 36. The word count is eight. It could be worse, as the Arctic Monkeys released the song You Probably Couldn’t See for the Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me, which is good for 76 characters including spaces, 63 characters excluding spaces and good for 14 words. Pink Floyd did even better with the song Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict. That was good for 16 words, 91 characters including spaces, and 76 characters excluding spaces. Still, this is nothing compared to Sufjan Stevens with The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilisation and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You’re Going to Have to Leave Now, or, ‘I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!’

Sufjan Stevens provides complete paragraphs of a whopping 236 characters excluding spaces and 288 including spaces. Depending on how your screen settings are arranged, this could mean that you may have to deal with two to four lines of text for this title. Above all, don’t forget the inverted commas in the title itself. This explains why the other titles in this review were shown in italics and not enclosed in inverted commas, as was the case with the other titles before.

So in this case, it became IBTALLC, as the song belongs to one of the songs with longer titles. An understated feel-good Christmas song, in other words. A song you can’t avoid. This is one from the same category “All I Want for Christmas,” “Last Christmas” and, of course, “Do They Know It’s Christmas.” If only because of its uncreative title. Somewhere that makes sense. Let’s face it, to release a song about Easter now didn’t make much sense, did it?

When?

It’s about that transition being observable. Only when exactly is that transition observable. An important clue that we are dealing with in New York is the mention of “the five and ten” might well have to do with the concept of the five-and-dime-store.   When talking about that in New York City, one of the companies you could point to as such a shop is Woolworth’s. Only let that company open a branch on 34th Street at a later point in its history (1999) and not even under its name, but under the name Venator. Only then not as a five-and-dime store.

Macy’s Herald Square, another big department store, was already located there (since 1902). That was just not a five-and-dime store. Indeed, this department store faced stiff competition from shops like this where you could buy Christmas morning products at competitive prices. However, Macy’s Inc., its parent company, was associated with the parade in New York that takes place on Thanksgiving. That’s the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. The 1947 film “Miracle on 34th Street” features footage of that parade. These are authentic shots, so not a parade that was staged. They were shot in 1946. Because it was an integral registration, they had the opportunity to record a scene only once.

Whether that say the reference is one to Macy’s? Probably not, because Macy’s was not five-and-dime or five-and-ten. Another name for it is variety store and they were increasingly switching to Christmas decorations after Thanksgiving.

“It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go
Take a look in the five and ten, glistening once again
With candy canes and silver lanes aglow”

So wherever you walk, Christmas can no longer be escaped, wherever you look. Just look in shops where you can buy products at dumping prices. Because let’s face it, a five & ten is just like that. Everything glistens there, under the lights probably. Let’s hope the candy canes don’t light up. The logic of then combining that with idyllic like a lovely little lane or narrow road that probably glows silver because of the snow is there for a reason, of course. To make everything rhyme just as neatly. Unless…

Street with candy canes.
Street with candy canes.

"Prettiest sight"

“It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (Christmas)
Toys in every store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door”

It is not just something to look at, no this is the “purest sight” (sometimes also performed as “purdy-est sight”). What are we talking about? The sparkle of the lights on the Christmas tree? The Christmas decorations? The sparkle of lights or the reflection of those lights? No, the holly. The holly on the front doors of houses. Traditionally, you used it to protect houses from demons and witches. It was also good to protect your house from a possible lightning strike.  Later, this was linked to Christmas. In itself, of course, it is strange to first start talking about how Christmas is approaching and that this can be seen in the toys in the shops and that it is half as pretty as the holly on the front doors. Many children will think otherwise. Speaking of which, one might hope that the refrain is about toys. At least in the first sentence of that refrain.

Please, let it be a toy...

“A pair of Hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots
Is the wish of Barney and Ben Is the hope of Janice and Jen
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again”

The spelling of Hop-a-long boots does not quite match today’s spelling. Now you would state it differently, namely hopalong boots. The boots became popular in the nineteenth century and remained popular until the 1950s. They consisted of a long shaft that extended to the knee and had a low, flat heel. Originally, they were worn mainly for their practical application. Only later did they become a fashion accessory. For a long time, they kind of fell into oblivion, until we got to know them again under another name: cowboy boots. So that’s basically what they are.

Now those boots are not the problem. It’s more about what comes after. That’s what you fervently hope is really about toys. Really. Then again, it’s not entirely clear what exactly is being shot off with that toy gun, is it? By the way, this toy was not for Janice and Jen. This toy was for Barney and Ben. Janice and Jen got something rather special. A doll that could talk and even walk. Very nice, that double rhyme in a sentence, only dolls that talk and go for walks? More logical would be what you can walk with. Dolls that walk by themselves, that’s quite another story. Entire film series were made about that years later. Maybe you shouldn’t watch those films at bedtime. Or maybe you should. Decide for yourself.

A doll in the snow
"Dolls that talk and will go for a walk..."

No gifts for mum and dad. The biggest gift for both parents is that the children go back to school after the holidays.

Poor tree

“It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Everywhere you go
There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well
The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow”

Name a tree that cannot withstand snow. Eventually, even a palm tree will be able to withstand snow. It’s a different story when it comes to the weight of snow that can press on branches. Only that also applies to roofs, doesn’t it? It’s a bit like the tree in the hotel was put there for a reason. “We had to find a place anyway, otherwise it would be so pathetic in the cold.” Poor tree. Now the tree in the park is robust (“sturdy”).

The idea of a very, very, big Christmas tree in that hotel does stick a bit. It makes an impression.

That's one giant tree..
That's one giant tree..

Right within your heart, right from the heart

There is a difference between in and out, though. It is usually colder outside than inside in winter when you talk about in and out. In and out is not just about a heart. It is also about warmth. About love. There are even bells ringing. Not just any bells, no, bells. Before you immediately think of church bells and have another association with them, wait a moment. Just stay in that Christmas spirit for a while. These are just the sounds you hear at or around Christmas. The ringing of Christmas bells. Of course, that draws people to church traditionally. In films, that is often a different time. A moment when that change has not taken place but is noticeable. That is something to look forward to. Not only that, it is longed for. Let’s face it, the description of that moment:

“It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Soon the bells will start
And the thing that will make 'em ring is the carol that you sing
Right within your heart”

An entry to the larynx, vocal folds or vocal cords is of course much less so. Directly from the larynx does not do as well as directly from the heart anyway. Ok, metaphor, I know. Still, there’s “within” and that does seem to be a problem. It should be “from.” I prefer it to be “from the heart.” Even if it’s a song, this will come from your heart. Out, not in. Even if it’s warmer inside. That’s not the only thing here. How about those bells. What’s making them ring? Well, that’s that sing, sing, sing! Oh, the rhyming!

Explain, how’s this possible? Is there a secret code embedded in a Christmas carol? Is there a specific Christmas carol that will to this?

What matters

In the end, it’s back to what’s important. Forget love, forget family, forget friends(ship), peace. Nope, it’s just toys and holly folks. Toys and holly! Bing knows these things, because “Sure, it’s Christmas again!” Just like it’s Christmas every year. He sure was a clever man.

Next?

After this analysis of this song and those from earlier (“Last Christmas”), the question is what to do next. “The Christmas Song” with its lyrics “Chestnuts roasting in an open fire” already inspired the creation of the image below. Who knows, who knows? Maybe there is another interesting Christmas song worth analysing. Or maybe that one song by The Carpenters, though that has nothing to do with Christmas at all, of course.

"Chestnuts Roasting in an Open Fire"
"Chestnuts Roasting in an Open Fire"
"Top of the World."
"Top of the World."
In concert
In concert

Share this post

More
articles

Artigenda
Facebook-f Instagram Mastodon X-twitter

2024 © Artigenda – Artigenda is an intiative by De Goede Huisvader – Chamber of Commerce: 50509616 – Vat: NL002057857B55

Skip to content