Annie Zaleski

And they conjured kind of the Wallace Sound production style. They kind of modernized it and kind of drew on that. And, you know, basically, true love makes Christmas better. I think it's one of those timeless songs that they went with the classics and decided to go for it. I think her vocal performance too.

And they conjured kind of the Wallace Sound production style. They kind of modernized it and kind of drew on that. And, you know, basically, true love makes Christmas better. I think it's one of those timeless songs that they went with the classics and decided to go for it. I think her vocal performance too.

And they conjured kind of the Wallace Sound production style. They kind of modernized it and kind of drew on that. And, you know, basically, true love makes Christmas better. I think it's one of those timeless songs that they went with the classics and decided to go for it. I think her vocal performance too.

She is obviously a big fan of Mariah Carey's, but also some of the other powerful songwriters and powerful female vocalists through the years. There are a lot of women who have sang Christmas songs, Darlene Love, obviously, the Ronettes. She's in the long tradition of those very powerful women singing Christmas songs.

She is obviously a big fan of Mariah Carey's, but also some of the other powerful songwriters and powerful female vocalists through the years. There are a lot of women who have sang Christmas songs, Darlene Love, obviously, the Ronettes. She's in the long tradition of those very powerful women singing Christmas songs.

She is obviously a big fan of Mariah Carey's, but also some of the other powerful songwriters and powerful female vocalists through the years. There are a lot of women who have sang Christmas songs, Darlene Love, obviously, the Ronettes. She's in the long tradition of those very powerful women singing Christmas songs.

It's been around since the 40s, which feels like forever, I guess, depending on your perspective. This was in Meet Me in St. Louis, which is Judy Garland. So it's very connected to her post Wizard of Oz. And what was so fascinating about the song is that it almost didn't come to be. So the songwriters are Ralph Blaine and Hugh Martin.

It's been around since the 40s, which feels like forever, I guess, depending on your perspective. This was in Meet Me in St. Louis, which is Judy Garland. So it's very connected to her post Wizard of Oz. And what was so fascinating about the song is that it almost didn't come to be. So the songwriters are Ralph Blaine and Hugh Martin.

It's been around since the 40s, which feels like forever, I guess, depending on your perspective. This was in Meet Me in St. Louis, which is Judy Garland. So it's very connected to her post Wizard of Oz. And what was so fascinating about the song is that it almost didn't come to be. So the songwriters are Ralph Blaine and Hugh Martin.

And basically, Hugh was writing the song and played it, just couldn't get the song to work, and he threw it in the trash. And Ralph was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a second. And he actually said, no, no, no, this is good, and made him take it back out of the trash so they could finish it. And even then, obviously, it's such a pivotal part of Meet Me in St. Louis as well.

And basically, Hugh was writing the song and played it, just couldn't get the song to work, and he threw it in the trash. And Ralph was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a second. And he actually said, no, no, no, this is good, and made him take it back out of the trash so they could finish it. And even then, obviously, it's such a pivotal part of Meet Me in St. Louis as well.

And basically, Hugh was writing the song and played it, just couldn't get the song to work, and he threw it in the trash. And Ralph was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a second. And he actually said, no, no, no, this is good, and made him take it back out of the trash so they could finish it. And even then, obviously, it's such a pivotal part of Meet Me in St. Louis as well.

And it actually almost didn't end up in the movie, apparently, because they were worried that it was a little bit too dour. Yeah.

And it actually almost didn't end up in the movie, apparently, because they were worried that it was a little bit too dour. Yeah.

And it actually almost didn't end up in the movie, apparently, because they were worried that it was a little bit too dour. Yeah.

Absolutely. And I think, you know, when I was talking about female vocalists, you know, just really nailing Christmas songs, she really did. And this one as well. So, you know, Richard Carpenter handled the music and Frank Pooler wrote lyrics and people might not necessarily know who he was. What's interesting is that he wrote the song basically as a Christmas gift for a girl to get a crush on.

Absolutely. And I think, you know, when I was talking about female vocalists, you know, just really nailing Christmas songs, she really did. And this one as well. So, you know, Richard Carpenter handled the music and Frank Pooler wrote lyrics and people might not necessarily know who he was. What's interesting is that he wrote the song basically as a Christmas gift for a girl to get a crush on.

Absolutely. And I think, you know, when I was talking about female vocalists, you know, just really nailing Christmas songs, she really did. And this one as well. So, you know, Richard Carpenter handled the music and Frank Pooler wrote lyrics and people might not necessarily know who he was. What's interesting is that he wrote the song basically as a Christmas gift for a girl to get a crush on.

And it didn't work out or anything, but he kind of kept the song. And he later became a teacher. He was a choral director at California State University, Long Beach, and met Richard and Karen Carpenter. And basically, they asked, hey, do you have any Christmas songs? they could perform. He dug out his lyrics and Richard wrote music to it. What a lovely story.

And it didn't work out or anything, but he kind of kept the song. And he later became a teacher. He was a choral director at California State University, Long Beach, and met Richard and Karen Carpenter. And basically, they asked, hey, do you have any Christmas songs? they could perform. He dug out his lyrics and Richard wrote music to it. What a lovely story.