so here's a cheerful and energetic holiday song. the interesting thing about this song, and a fact that is not readily known by many people in this day and age, is that the song originates from the broadway musical mame. here's what wikipedia tells us about the song's context in the show:
"We Need a Little Christmas" is a popular Christmas song originating from Jerry Herman's Broadway musical, Mame, and first performed by Angela Lansbury in that 1966 production.[1]
In the musical, the song is performed after Mame has lost her fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and decides that she, her young nephew Patrick, and her two household servants "need a little Christmas now" to cheer them up.[2] The original lyrics include the line, "But, Auntie Mame, it's one week past Thanksgiving Day now!" Since the time the song was written the phenomenon of Christmas creep has resulted in the normal holiday season beginning much earlier than it once did, which has led to more recent recordings changing the line to, "But, Auntie Mame, it's one week from Thanksgiving Day now!"
i mention this little factoid because often the line sung by patrick is left out of many modern recordings of this song. well, i've picked a version that has left it intact (and the original lyric to boot). enjoy!
we need a little christmas - the cast of glee from glee: the music, a christmas album
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