While the holiday season once more rolls around, the familiar strains of well known Christmas carols sing out from radio and television. First came the carolers walking around the small village neighborhood singing carols in exchange for a mug of hot beverage to warm them as they sang their way through the night. And then came radios echoing the beautiful strains of Joy to the World as well as Silent Night. And so was the advent of television and many Christmas shows were created. These shows became the yearly Christmas classics that we love and enjoy. The reknowned “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens, adapted for television has become a classic of these shows. Who does not know the tale of this old stingy, avaricious, selfish and vindictive man called Ebenezer Scrooge, who became a kind, generous and grandfatherly gentleman? Many carols are largely and regularly featured in any adaptation you care to watch. The lyrics of “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and “Silent Night” are sung by a multitude of young boys hoping to get a reward from their performance; consisting of a mug of the warm alcoholic and spicy drink and some cakes. Who can forget James Stewart in his role in “It’s a Wonderful Life”? How the entire family is gathered around the Christmas tree singing Joy to the World after Clarence the angel shows him what life would have been like for the others around him had he not been born. What a wonderful life indeed. Then, naturally, there is one of the most watched movies with the best selling Christmas song ever. . . I am talking about “White Christmas” sung by the only, the unique, the reknowned Bing Crosby! This Christmas song is nowadays regarded as the most popular in the world!Who does not remember the wonderful “Christmas Special” held by Bing Crosby for many years? In fact, each one of these shows had a huge number of movie-stars like Fred Astaire, Mary Martin, Andre Previn. . . Every guest would have to sing a Christmas song such as “White World of Winter”, “Jingle Bells”, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, and many more; alone or in duet with Bing Crosby. Bing Crosby’s last Christmas show was unforgettable as David Bowie did a duet with Bing Crosby. “The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth” was performed by these two big names in the world of music. Just like White Christmas, it is for sure one of the most wonderful Christmas songs ever produced.
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