We have no real idea of what it was like to live in a world without antibiotics and vaccines. Let me see if I can boil this sad saga down into a reasonable length. A powerful nostalgia was at work here, but, given the actual wording of the song I think there was something else going on: he missed his wife, Jane, whom he’d married in 1930. (He actually won the Maybelline eye shadow contest with the slogan “The Eyes Have It.” Clever!) He could see children playing in the snow outside his window and was reminded of how much he’d enjoyed those same activities when he was growing up in the small town of Honesdale, Pennsylvania. So, back in the winter of 1934, 33-year-old Richard Smith was sitting in his room at the West Mountain Sanitarium after having a recurrence of his TB, trying to keep himself occupied by entering jingle contests for ad copy. Why not? Because he was in a tuberculosis sanitarium. IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR - Dick HaymesĢ8.In a word: No. CRADLE SONG OF THE VIRGIN - Dick HaymesĢ7. THE FIRST NOEL (Traditional) - Dick HaymesĢ5. THERE'S A BIG BLUE CLOUD (Next to Heaven) - Dick HaymesĢ4. A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS SONG - Andrews SistersĢ1. SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN - Guy Lombardo / Kenny Gardner & The Lombardo TrioĢ0. STARS ARE THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN - Andrews Sisters & Guy Lombardoġ8. HE'LL BE COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY - Guy Lombardo / Kenny Gardner & The Lombardo Trioġ7. MERRY CHRISTMAS POLKA - Andrews Sisters & Guy Lombardoġ6. CHRISTMAS CANDLES - Andrews Sisters & Guy Lombardoġ5. CHRISTMAS CHOPSTICKS - Guy Lombardo / The Lombardo Trioġ4. JING-A-LING, JING-A-LING - Andrews Sistersġ3. ‘ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME - Guy Lombardo / Kenny Martinġ2. PARADE OF WOODEN SOLDIERS - Andrews Sistersġ1. (Sweet Angie) THE CHRISTMAS TREE ANGEL - Andrews Sistersġ0. RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - Guy Lombardo / Kenny Gardner & The Lombardo Trioĩ. AN OLD-FASHIONED TREE - Guy Lombardo / Don RodneyĨ. I'D LIKE TO HITCH A RIDE WITH SANTA CLAUS - Andrews Sistersħ. FROSTY, THE SNOWMAN - Guy Lombardo / Kenny Gardner & The Lombardo TrioĦ. CHRISTMAS ISLAND - Andrews Sisters & Guy LombardoĤ. WINTER WONDERLAND - Andrews Sisters & Guy Lombardoģ. JINGLE BELLS - Guy Lombardo / The Lombardo TrioĢ. FINALE / WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS / CLOSINGġ. O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL / COME, DEAR CHILDRENġ7. Finally the icing on the (Christmas) cake has to be the entire Dick Haymes Christmas album appearing on CD for the first time with such gems as 'The Christmas Song' and 'Christmas Dreaming'. The Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo's joint recordings, 'Winter Wonderland', 'Merry Christmas Polka', 'Christmas Island', 'Stars Are the Windows of Heaven' and 'Christmas Candles' sold in their millions. Included are delicate arrangements of 'I Wonder As I Wander', 'Toyland', 'Silent Night', as well as classic carols 'Caroling, Caroling', 'Jingle Bells', 'Silent Night, Holy Night' and more. The first CD focuses on Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians who's Christmas albums were among the best sellers of the '50s and '60s. Winter Wonderland is a totally dynamic collection that presents the very best of Christmas, both sacred and secular, and features some of the best remembered performers of all time.
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