In other words, when done right, these are still indisputably Awesome Music. And for those who really like this stuff, at least one radio station in almost every town switches to all Christmas music all the time on December 1 ( if not earlier). Despite the many cheap, irritating, and soulless renditions (and re-renditions, and re-re-renditions ad nauseam) to be heard all over the place during the holiday season, the original simple melodies are still there, just waiting to be heard and to remind us why these songs really are merry and bright. Nonetheless, almost everyone's got that favorite album that they will lovingly pull out from the bottom of the cabinet when the end of the year rolls around. Sure, every so often somebody will pen an Anti-Christmas Song as an antidote, but the only real way to escape the onslaught is to become a Hikikomori – or go off the grid entirely – for at least two months each year. Even now, these tunes are virtually ubiquitous on the radio (as well as in stores, malls, and practically every other place with a PA system) every November and December. A DJ from the local radio station reads a short story about Richard Smith and points to the songwriter’s childhood home, where a lighted Christmas tree sits in his bedroom window.Long ago, back in the days when sales of vinyl singles really did control the position of songs in the charts, Christmas was a time when glurge-laden seasonal ditties dominated those charts for weeks on end, as parents and grandparents purchased them for children (and vice versa). Every year, the Greater Honesdale Parnership (a local business group) has an Annual Santa Parade that starts at Main Street and ends at Central Park. The Wayne County Historical Society placed a marker outside Richard Smith’s childhood home on Church Street, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Other reports say Richard Smith lived long enough to hear Guy Lombard and his orchestra, the Royal Canadians, perform his song the Christmas before he died.
Some reports say he died before he could hear the music Felix Bernard made for “Winter Wonderland”. Sadly, Richard Smith died in 1935, at the age of 34.
(Many Christmas songs were written and/or composed by Jewish musicians.) He set out to compose a melody to go along with the poem. He was a Jewish musician who was touched by Richard Smith’s poem. In 1934, Richard Smith showed his “Winter Wonderland” poem to his friend Felix Bernard. At the time the poem was written, parsons traveled through the country performing interdenominational services and ceremonies when no one else was available to do so. A parson was an independent priest of the Protestant faith who was not associated with any specific parishes or churches. He was a made up character intended to represent parsons.
“Winter Wonderland” mentions Parson Brown. The money from the stamps went to National Tuberculosis Association. In the 1920’s and 1930’s, people bought Christmas Seals (stamps) that had images of Santa Claus on them. It was the most common cause of death throughout the 19th century. It was a highly contagious disease that primarily affected the lungs but also caused other body tissue to waste away. Tuberculosis was also called consumption. Smith, claimed her brother was inspired by the beauty of the freshly fallen snow in the park when he wrote the “Winter Wonderland” poem. While being treated, he entered contests for jingles and ads for companies. He was in the West Mountain Sanitarium being treated for tuberculosis. A local man named Richard Smith wrote a poem in 1934. The origins of “Winter Wonderland” start in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. The story behind “Winter Wonderland” is one that not everyone is aware of. It is a familiar song that your relatives may have sung while Christmas caroling, or you might have sung in a school choir. One of the most well known Christmas songs is “Winter Wonderland”.
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