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The song “C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S” (“C” is for the Christ Child), video hereunder, was written by the late country music singer-songwriter, Jenny Lou Carson (1915–1978) and co-written by the late country music singer Eddy Arnold (1918 –2008). Copyright was first registered in 1949, and the song has been performed and recorded by very many artists since then.
Vocals: Jim Reeves. (1923 – 1964).
“C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S”
“C” is for the Christ Child, born upon this day;
“H” is for herald angels in the night.
“R” means our Redeemer;
“I” means Israel;
“S” is for the star that shone so bright.
“T” is for three wise men, they who travelled far.
“M” is for the manger where He lay.
“A” is for all He stands for;
“S” means shepherds came,
And that’s why there’s a Christmas Day.
“T” is for three wise men, they who travelled far.
“M” is for the manger where He lay.
“A” is for all He stands for;
“S” means shepherds came,
And that’s why there’s a Christmas Day.
And that’s why there’s a Christmas Day.
END
The song, ‘White Christmas’ won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards, held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, USA on March 4th, 1943.
Sales of the song have exceeded well over 100 million copies, with the version sung by Bing Crosby being the world’s best-selling single with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.
White Christmas
Vocals: Country music singer Crystal Gayle
Lyrics: Composer, songwriter and lyricist Irving Berlin
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know.
Where the treetops glisten and children listen,
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,
With every Christmas card I write.
May your days be merry and bright,
And may all your Christmases be white.
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know.
Where the treetops glisten and children listen,
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,
With every Christmas card I write.
May your days be merry and bright,
And may all your Christmases be white.
END
Kerry Condon, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan and Brendan Gleeson have all been nominated for top awards ahead of this year’s annual Golden Globes ceremony.
The awards are expected to be televised and hosted by comedian Jerrod Carmichael, on Tuesday January 10th, 2023.
Note: Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon are no strangers to Thurles, Co. Tipperary, with the latter named, born and educated here in our Cathedral Town.
Colin Farrell will compete for ‘Best actor’, while Barry Keoghan and Brendan Gleeson will compete against each other for ‘Best Supporting Actor’.
Our very own Kerry Condon, not suprisingly, will compete against Angela Bassett; Jamie Lee Curtis; Dolly De Leon and Carey Mulligan, for the title of ‘Best Supporting Actress’.
Director Martin McDonagh [Remember “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”] was nominated in the ‘Best Director’ category.
The Banshees of Inisherin, the most nominated title this year, is also up for best score, best screenplay and best picture.
Nominees for Best Picture are:-
Babylon, (Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie).
The Banshees of Inisherin, (See above).
Everything Everywhere All at Once, (Absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert).
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, (sequel to the 2019 film “Knives Out”, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as master detective Benoit Blanc).
Triangle of Sadness, (A satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund, featuring the late Charlbi Dean, who passed away in August last, 2022).
“The Banshees of Inisherin“, story tells of a pair of lifelong friends, on a remote Irish island, (set on the Irish Arran Islands), who find themselves at an awkward period in their relationship, when one of them no longer wants to be friends with the other.
Pádraic (played by Colin Farrell), latter an affable and kind man living on a fictional remote island known as Inisherin, suddenly has his world seriously shaken when his former close friend Colm (latter played by Brendan Gleeson), chooses to cut off their previously enjoyed, lifelong friendship.
What begins as a minor squabble between both of these former old friends, soon sends shockwaves throughout their small close-knit community, thus causing everyone, from Pádraic’s sister Siobhán (Played by Thurles born Kerry Condon) to the local parish priest, to inquire as to the cause of Colm’s sudden active hatred.
Despite the lyrics of the song, hereunder, making no mention whatsoever of Christmas, same has come to be regarded as a Christmas song worldwide, possibly due to its winter theme.
Indeed, the song was actually first written in July 1945, in Hollywood, California, U.S., during a heat wave.
Same continues to be played on Irish radio stations during the Christmas season, and has often been included on Christmas-themed music albums by various songsters.
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Vocals: Mr Frank Sinatra
Music & Lyrics: Mr Jule Styne and Mr Samuel Cohen [Latter known professionally as Mr Sammy Cahn].
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful.
Since we’ve no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
It doesn’t show signs of stoppin’,
And I’ve brought some corn for poppin’.
The lights are turned down low,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
When we finally kiss good night,
How I’ll hate going out in a storm,
But if you’ll really hold me tight,
All the way home I’ll be warm.
The fire is slowly dyin’,
And my dear, we’re still goodbyin’.
As long as you love me so,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
He doesn’t care if it’s ten below.
He’s sitting by the fire’s gloosy glow.
He don’t care about the cold and the winds that blow.
He just says, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow (let it snow!).
Ooh-wee, goes the storm,
Why should he worry when he’s nice and warm?
His girl by his side and the lights turned low,
He just says, let it snow, let it snow (I don’t care!).
The weather outside is frightful,
But that fire, umm, delightful.
Since we’ve no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
It doesn’t show signs of stoppin’,
And I’ve brought lots of corn for poppin’.
The lights are way down low,
So let it snow, let it snow, let it snow (let it snow!).
When we finally say good night,
How I’ll hate going out in a storm,
But if you’ll only hold me tight,
All the way home I’ll be warm.
The fire is slowly dyin’,
And my dear, we’re still goodbyin’.
Long as you love me so,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
END
Ms Maura Barrett, Cashel Library, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, reports: –
“If you are out and about in Cashel on Wednesday morning next, December 14th 2022, take note that Cashel Library (Address: Friar Street, St. Francisabbey, Cashel, Co. Tipperary) are extending you an invitation to their ‘Coffee Morning‘, commencing sharp at 11:00am.
On Wednesday morning next, there will be entertainment from local schools and from Ukrainian Folk Musician Yulia Shilnikova.
So do please come in from the cold and join us.“
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