Sunday, December 2, 2007

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas

This may be one of my top 5 favorite Christmas songs. It's from the musical Meet Me in St. Louis and starred Judy Garland. I grew up watching this movie and have absolutely loved the scene where Esther, Garland's character, sings this to her younger sister. Anyway, when Garland first got the song to record it for the movie, the first lines were:

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
It may be your last
Next year we will be living in the past

For a WWII America, this did not sit well with her, and Judy sent it back to the writers for a more optimistic feeling song. Just imagine what a sad, sad song it would have been if the original lyrics had remained. The writers returned and the first lines were changed to:

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on our troubles will be out of sight

Anyway, here's a clip from the movie with Miss Judy Garland and one of her most famous songs.

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