{"id":1961,"date":"2014-11-27T23:10:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T23:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blognoel.com\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2014-11-27T23:10:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T23:10:28","slug":"christmas-music-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blognoel.com\/en\/1961\/christmas-music-its-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Music: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, dont Robert Meredith Willson en est l\u2019auteur, remonte en 1951, et aurait apparemment \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9crite alors que ce compositeur s\u00e9journait au Grand Hotel de Yarmouth en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse. Bien qu\u2019aucune preuve ne puisse \u00e9tayer cette affirmation, c\u2019est du moins ce que laisse croire la rumeur circulant \u00e0 cet effet. Certes, il existe bel et bien un arbre sur le terrain de cet h\u00f4tel, tel que le mentionnent d\u2019ailleurs certaines paroles contenues dans ce chant de Christmas<\/a>, \u00ab\u00a0Tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well\u00a0\u00bb, et l\u2019on pr\u00e9tend que Willson en aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 inspir\u00e9. Toutefois, puisque de nombreux h\u00f4tels \u00e0 travers le monde<\/a> portent ce nom, il ne pourrait ne s\u2019agir que d\u2019une simple d\u00e9duction. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

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 Bubl\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Words<\/p>\n

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
\nEverywhere you go
\nTake a look in the Five and Ten
\nGlistening once again
\nWith candy canes and silver lanes aglow<\/p>\n

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
\nToys in every store
\nBut the prettiest sight to see
\nIs the holly that will be
\nOn your own front door<\/p>\n

A pair of Hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots
\nIs the wish of Bonny and Ben
\nDolls that will talk and go for a walk
\nIs the hope of Janice and Jenn
\nAnd mom and dad can hardly wait
\nFor school to start again<\/p>\n

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
\nEverywhere you go
\nThere's a tree in the Grand Hotel
\nOne in the park as well
\nThe sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow<\/p>\n

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
\nSoon the bells will start
\nAnd the thing that will make them ring
\nIs the Carol that you sing
\nRight within your heart<\/p>\n

A pair of Hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots
\nIs the wish of Bonny and Ben
\nDolls that will talk and go for a walk
\nIs the hope of Janice and Jenn
\nAnd mom and dad can hardly wait
\nFor school to start again<\/p>\n

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
\nSoon the bells will start
\nAnd the thing that will make them ring
\nIs the Carol that you sing
\nRight within your heart, right within your heart <\/p>\n