tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post2713692826778860772..comments2024-02-23T03:17:22.061-06:00Comments on Destination: Austin Family: Advent Calendar - A Christmas Cut-UpThomas MacEnteehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-40934959729875727042009-12-16T10:36:18.408-06:002009-12-16T10:36:18.408-06:00Well, I was a bit young when The Sound of Music mo...Well, I was a bit young when The Sound of Music movie came out (I hear it was also called The Sound of Money since it was such a blockbuster). My thinking is that the song My Favorite Things evokes those same feeling of security, safety, being around family that the holidays do. Also realize that Christmas music is a big money maker - every star, even Jewish ones have a Christmas Album. Imagine the royalty check someone like Brenda Lee gets every January for Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!<br /><br />I also had to laugh when you mentioned My Favorite Things. I had a friend who went around singing:<br /><br />"Stringing young hitch hikers up in my attic<br /><br />Drinking ten beers then driving eratic<br /><br />Letting the air out of kids' water wings<br /><br />These are a few of my favorite things."<br /><br />LOLThomas MacEnteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-22931696616625678712009-12-16T10:14:17.444-06:002009-12-16T10:14:17.444-06:00Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg... ...Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg... Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away -- Hey!<br /><br />I absolutely loved your story of an inquisitive child wondering why the nuns didn't have children... that's priceless. Out of the mouths of babes.<br /><br />But, I have one question. This question actually came up earlier this week, during my violin lesson. My instructor and I were playing through "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music when both of us began to wonder... when did this particular musical become a <i>Christmas</i> musical?? You mentioned that you were a VonTrappe kid one Christmas, so... do you know? When or why The Sound of Music is now regarded as a Christmas themed production? Other than the fact that there is snow on the alps of course....Whitney McKimhttp://genealogy.mynechimki.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com