Christmas Music: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, dont Robert Meredith Willson en est l’auteur, remonte en 1951, et aurait apparemment été écrite alors que ce compositeur séjournait au Grand Hotel de Yarmouth en Nouvelle-Écosse. Bien qu’aucune preuve ne puisse étayer cette affirmation, c’est du moins ce que laisse croire la rumeur circulant à cet effet. Certes, il existe bel et bien un arbre sur le terrain de cet hôtel, tel que le mentionnent d’ailleurs certaines paroles contenues dans ce chant de Christmas, « Tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well », et l’on prétend que Willson en aurait été inspiré. Toutefois, puisque de nombreux hôtels à travers le monde portent ce nom, il ne pourrait ne s’agir que d’une simple déduction.
In short, whatever it is, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas is now a traditional Christmas song, and since it was featured in the film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, its popularity has grown considerably. With such a great melody, it's a shame that no one thought of translating it into French. Nevertheless, French-language radio stations regularly give it airtime during the holiday season.
Recorded by numerous artists, "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" reached the top 10 of Christmas songs, especially after Johnny Mathis recorded his own version. Other singers to have lent their voices to this Christmas carol include Perry Como, Bing Crosby, and more recently, Michael Bublé.
Words
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
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
A pair of Hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots
Is the wish of Bonny and Ben
Dolls that will talk and go for a walk
Is the hope of Janice and Jenn
And mom and dad can hardly wait
For school to start again
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
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Soon the bells will start
And the thing that will make them ring
Is the Carol that you sing
Right within your heart
A pair of Hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots
Is the wish of Bonny and Ben
Dolls that will talk and go for a walk
Is the hope of Janice and Jenn
And mom and dad can hardly wait
For school to start again
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Soon the bells will start
And the thing that will make them ring
Is the Carol that you sing
Right within your heart, right within your heart
