26. "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN" is actually has a depressing back story. Songwriter James "Haven" Gillespie was broke and jobless and his brother had just died when he was asked to write a Christmas song. he was originally too overcome with grief but eventually found inspiration in his brother's death and the Christmas memories they had together. "Hence "You better not cry, You better not pout.")
27. The original lyrics to "HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING" was "Hark! How the Welkin Rings." Welken is an old Englishe term for heaven.
28. "JINGLE BELLS" was originally supposed to be a Thanksgiving song.
29. Boston church leaders tried to have the song "I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS" banned in 1950 because they thought it promoted "physical intimacy. Singer Jimmy Boyd had to fly to Boston to explain why it wasn't obscene.
30. Mariah Carey's "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU" is considered the most popular of the newer Christmas songs.
31. The highest grossing Christmas movie of all time is "HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS," the Jim Carrey version.
Who'd have Figured That? --DaChristmasCoot
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