#christmas musical songs

[musicalrecs]

Yesterday we has Angela Lansbury singing a Christmas song in a Jerry Herman musical. Today we have... Angela Lansbury singing a Christmas song in a different Jerry Herman musical. You're welcome. :D

A Hallmark Christmas movie from back when that meant something very different than it does today, Mrs. Santa Claus is about, well, Mrs. Santa Claus. She accidentally gets stranded in New York while testing out a new sleigh route and ends up marching for women's suffrage, unionizing a toy workshop, and, as this is a Jerry Herman musical, wearing a stunning red gown while the cast toasts her for being an impeccable woman.

I've loved this movie since my family first taped it off the TV, so I'm thrilled it's been uploaded to youtube so I can share it with all of you.

[thejohnnieguilbert]

Santa smelled like cigarettes

[shadowpuppetteer]

So we've all heard of the "I Want Song" genre in musicals.

But what about the "Let's talk about the bitch behind their back like they're not in the room" song, or "singing s*** behing a bitche's back". There's a surprising amount of them.

"Belle" from Beauty and the Beast

"Scrooge" from Muppet Christmas Carol

"Maria" from The Sound of Music

"Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee" from Grease

"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from How The Grinch Stole Christmas

"Jackass In a Can" from Galavant

"Phony King of England" from Robin Hood

"Stepsister's Lament" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella

"Non-Stop" from Hamilton

And, of course, the man, the myth, the legend...

"We Don't Talk About Bruno" from Encanto

You can learn a lot about a character and story from what they sing versus what other people sing about them.

[snowflakesonchristmas]

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Weird Al made a Christmas polka, which is just Polka Face but Christmas songs. It was completely unintelligible and four hours long.

[secondbeatsongs]

"Wonderful Christmastime" with every second beat removed

[jurakan]

"What will we do with a Christmas turkey? What will we do with a Christmas turkey? What will we do with a Christmas turkey? Early in the morning!"

[dangerliesbeforeyou]

let's be haters together this christmas <3

(based on my own opinions and the responses from that one inthetags post from a few weeks ago lol)

[halloweensongbracket]

Halloween Song Bracket

Please listen to both songs before voting.

This Is Halloween

Dragula

[appleteeth]

Note, I tried to think of the songs that are actually hated, not just overplayed.

Don't forget to share to widen the reach!

Edit: For the people saying I missed out [popular overplayed Christmas song], this was made in response to another poll with the sort of songs you'll hear on hard rotation throughout December. (If you do have to regularly listen to any of the songs I've listed, I am so sorry.)

[knizuu]

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know~

— HEEHHE BASED ON THIS SPECIFICALLY

[musicalrecs]

Today's musical Christmas song is an entire damn special, featuring none other than Julie Andrews on location in Salzburg (where The Sound of Music was filmed).

The Sound of Christmas was a childhood favorite of mine, and I was delighted when it appeared on Youtube in HD glory a few years ago.

And oh, what's that? You're not a big fan of The Sound of Music? Well this special also includes a suite of songs from Sondheim's A Little Night Music (because why not?) and even Mozart's specially composed "A Christmas Fantasy." (No, really.)

This special is an absolute treat, is what I'm getting at, and you owe yourself a watch. Maybe share with your mom, too.

[world-of-yana]

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt (1953)

[snowflakesonchristmas]

[jakeperalta]

and when we get the taylor swift holiday collection (taylor's version). then you will see