The Holiday Music Fest 2020

Since it is now officially 12 days to Christmas, I figured what better time to post the song "12 Days to Christmas" from the musical, She Loves Me.  The show has a score by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, who wrote Fiddler on the Roof, among others.

She Loves Me is based on the Hungarian play (and its subsequent Hollywood movie, Shop Around the Corner) which were the foundation of the movie You've Got Mail.  If you've seen any of those, this song comes near the end to show the passage of time as Mr. Novak tries to build up his relationship with Amelia Balish, with whom he had long been sniping, but only recently discovered has been his pen pal with who he's in love.  While on the album here the song is only a chorus number, on stage it's interwoven with snippets of that developing relationship.