Song of the Month
Well, we finally come to the end of our year's effort with the Song of the Month, posting a song with that month in its title. I found the results pretty interesting -- I thought it was pretty good the first six months of the year, with a lot less options from July on. In the second half of the year, only September had a bunch of very good options. Until finally reaching December.
This month's bundle shouldn't come as a big surprise, what with holiday festivity popping up all over the place. The only question is what to pick. I almost went with "December, 1963" from The Four Seasons, but as well-known as that is, it's best-known by its sub-title, "Oh, What a Night." Merle Haggard had a big hit with "If We Make It Through December," though that isn't festive enough for such a festive month. And Sara Bareilles has a good one with "December.
But I think I'm going to go with a song from the 1970 movie musical Scrooge. It's the best in keeping with the season, and isn't well-known, so it deserves the attention. And so, we end our Song of the Month year with Laurence Naismith singing -- "December the 25th.
Fun Fact: Seven years earlier, Naismith starred in the Broadway musical Here's Love, written by Meredith Willson, based on the movie Miracle on 34th Street -- playing the role of...Kris Kringle!
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