Culinary Christmas - December 18: Have A Holly Jolly Christmas
Featured Foods: Gooseberry Pie
As I was picking Culinary Christmas-themed songs for this year's Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music, today's song — Have a Holly Jolly Christmas — came to mind, namely for the reference to "have a cup of cheer." Unfortunately, we had already featured the most well-known version of this song, Burl Ives' rendition, back in 2003 during our Merry Media Memories edition.
Thus I started looking for different versions. I came across today's rendition by the Disney Princesses (yeah, let's all give out a collective groan!) Ironically, they changed the lyrics to remove the phrase "cup of cheer." However, at the end of the song, there's this interaction between Snow White and Grumpy, where she bribes him to be happy by offering to bake him a Gooseberry Pie. Well, that's a food item and it's good enough for me!
As for the rest of the song, I apologize in advance. There's a reason we buried it on a Saturday! 
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- Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs – Have A Holly Jolly Christmas (Released 2009, 2:11, 3.2 MB)
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From the Archives: December 18
- 2002:
- Sleigh Ride by Arthur Fielder and the Boston Pops
- Christmas Eve in Sarajevo by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- 2003: Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town from Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
- 2004: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Kenny G
- 2005: Medley: O Tannenbaum/Deck The Halls by George Feyer
- 2006: Santa's Gonna Come In A Stagecoach by Buck Owens & Susan Raye
- 2007: Joy To The World by Daniel Newton
- 2008:
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by The Gypsy Hombres
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by The Soulful Strings
- 2009: A Mad Russian's Christmas by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
What's This All About?
New to Steve's 25 Days of Christmas Music? Take some time to read the explanation and introduction!
