When Greg Lake started working on ““I Believe in Father Christmas” he didn’t start out thinking it would be a Christmas song. But when he worked on it with his writing partner who suggested turning it into one, Lake agreed it would be a cool idea.
I wonder how many of the songs we play at Christmastime, weren’t really intended to be a Christmas standard. “My Favorites Things” from The Sound of Music is played a lot during the holidays. Is it really a holiday song? Is it because it mentions packages? “Let It Snow” could be played any time during the winter, right? I like snow in February. Would it be too weird to hear it on the radio then? “Winter Wonderland” is another that comes to mind. I guess we only have a tolerance for the hokey songs when we are feeling in good cheer around Christmas.
It would be fantastic to actually have a white Christmas. I can’t even remember the last time we had one. We might have had one a few years back but it was old snow in the dirty piles left after a big snow that hasn’t melted for a while. I can’t remember ever waking up and seeing fresh snow outside. Maybe this will be the year! It certainly is getting cold enough. “Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!”
Today’s obvious choice for a song is “I Believe in Father Christmas” one of my favorites. When I heard of Lake’s death today, I thought of this song and these lines from the song seem to be a nice sendoff for him:
“All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear”
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