So... Favorite Christmas Songs - Page 4

GoldenRivet · 12-05-16, 05:02 PM

Post your favorite Christmas Songs!

here is mine!

None of us in present company are strangers to what the world was going through in the Winter of 1944-45. Some of our nations had been at war for 6+ long and difficult years.

Though the Allies had made many advances in the Pacific and Europe, the cost, the toll of the war, was staggering for all sides. People were tired, disheartened, every facet of daily life revolved around the war effort.

A movie premiered in St. Louis, Missouri entitled "Meet Me in St. Louis" featuring the legendary Judy Garland, in one scene, comforting her character's younger sister before the upcoming Christmas holiday, Judy sang what would become an instant classic. it became such an enduring song in part, because it encouraged people to not worry, that someday everything would be better and all of the strife would be a distant memory and we would be reunited with our loved ones wherever they might be... her song was exactly what the people of the U.S. and probably the world over needed to hear. It is my favorite Christmas Song, and i hope in listening to it you could see how important the song would be for the morale of the viewers going to the theater to escape reality of a world at war with itself for a second time in a generation, even if for a fleeting moment.

Enjoy, i look forward to hearing about why you have a favorite christmas song, and hearing it!

12-05-16, 05:02 PM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	So... Favorite Christmas Songs Post your favorite Christmas Songs! here is mine! None of us in present company are strangers to what the world was going through in the Winter of 1944-45. Some of our nations had been at war for 6+ long and difficult years. Though the Allies had made many advances in the Pacific and Europe, the cost, the toll of the war, was staggering for all sides. People were tired, disheartened, every facet of daily life revolved around the war effort. A movie premiered in St. Louis, Missouri entitled "Meet Me in St. Louis" featuring the legendary Judy Garland, in one scene, comforting her character's younger sister before the upcoming Christmas holiday, Judy sang what would become an instant classic. it became such an enduring song in part, because it encouraged people to not worry, that someday everything would be better and all of the strife would be a distant memory and we would be reunited with our loved ones wherever they might be... her song was exactly what the people of the U.S. and probably the world over needed to hear. It is my favorite Christmas Song, and i hope in listening to it you could see how important the song would be for the morale of the viewers going to the theater to escape reality of a world at war with itself for a second time in a generation, even if for a fleeting moment. Enjoy, i look forward to hearing about why you have a favorite christmas song, and hearing it! __________________