tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post7034223746496795746..comments2023-12-29T04:56:40.723-05:00Comments on NineteenTeen: The Golden Age of Christmas MusicMarissa Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-62321674409910684972010-12-18T13:33:41.008-05:002010-12-18T13:33:41.008-05:00Here's something interesting about the Twelve ...Here's something interesting about the Twelve Days of Christmas and erroneous information sometimes spread by well-meaning people. <br />http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/music/12days.aspQNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-40749013043321847432010-12-18T12:21:45.704-05:002010-12-18T12:21:45.704-05:00Cool, thanks :).Cool, thanks :).Vickynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-35380891628639250202010-12-16T13:11:17.167-05:002010-12-16T13:11:17.167-05:00Yes that's true about Rudolph. The Smithsonian...Yes that's true about Rudolph. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has the original sheet music on display in their Department Store Christmas exhibit.QNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-72369966758130867532010-12-15T14:08:10.439-05:002010-12-15T14:08:10.439-05:00QNPoohBear, thanks for the link! I'll check i...QNPoohBear, thanks for the link! I'll check it out.<br /><br />Vicky, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer appears to have been born in 1939 as a character for a giveaway coloring book for Montgomery Ward...the creator's brother wrote a song for him that was recorded by Gene Autry in 1949, and the rest, as they say, is history. :)<br /><br />Jingle Bells is also American, and seems to have originally been written in the late 1850s by a Boston minister for a Thanksgiving celebration for his sunday school...but it made it's way across the calendar to become associated wuth Christmas.Marissa Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-91298361186412713342010-12-15T13:38:51.544-05:002010-12-15T13:38:51.544-05:00Very interesting! What about Jingle Bells and Rud...Very interesting! What about Jingle Bells and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer?Vickynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-40359913266076981712010-12-15T13:38:34.668-05:002010-12-15T13:38:34.668-05:00I love Christmas Carols! I always think of A Chris...I love Christmas Carols! I always think of A Christmas Carol when I hear God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Last year I read The Battle for Christmas by Stephen Nissenbaum, which covers the evolution of Christmas from Europe to 19th. century America. <br />http://bluestockingmusings.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.html<br />I remember reading a bit about music in it. It's always interesting to know where our favorite tunes come from. Thanks!QNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-59166832098145179362010-12-15T13:30:37.427-05:002010-12-15T13:30:37.427-05:00We may have had our own renascence of Christmas, b...We may have had our own renascence of Christmas, but it was pretty much inspired by QV and Charles Dickens. It's funny how we think it must have always been this way, but really, Christmas as we know it is only a little over 150 years old.Marissa Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-52099746302206099802010-12-14T22:11:26.469-05:002010-12-14T22:11:26.469-05:00I recently plucked a little tome called Hundred Do...I recently plucked a little tome called Hundred Dollar Holiday from a dusty pile on a whim (Think it was pub'd in the 90's or early 00's/without looking), and it covers the explosion of Christmas in the States mid 19th century, but not much before that--almost to the point of making it sound like we Americans were the big pushers of the holiday. Very interesting post here!Mamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04853842158606222286noreply@blogger.com