As on its 1960s forebear, her choice of material here is mostly as fresh as it is surprising. Just as Streisand has always used music as a stepping stone to something more ambitiously dramatic, she’s used the holiday season here as an excuse to explore rich emotional sentiments, if not necessarily sentimentalism itself. But then, this companion piece to Barbra Streisand’s 1967 A Christmas Album has a mature, jazzy charm and sometimes smoky atmosphere that don’t exactly conjure chestnuts roasting by an open fire. Reuse or republication without prior written permission is specificallyįamily Christmas Online(tm) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to ’s a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn cum internationally renowned pop diva doing releasing a(nother) Christmas album? Well, maintaining a long-lived American tradition, for one thing. Note: Family Christmas Online TM is a trademark of Breakthrough Communications(tm) (All information, data, text, and illustrations on this web site areĬopyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 by Paul D. Visit any of the links below to see quality collectible Christmas gifts andĭecorations that have been popular with our readers. To return to the Family Christmas Online TM Home Page, click here. Please get in touch and let us know what memories you'd like to share with our readers. Our attempts to restore and preserve George's pages includes this charming feature. George Nelson's well-used web page dedicated to old Christmas tree lighting included several pages of great Christmas memories. Popular Mechanics TM Christmas 'Project-a-Plans' - A remarkable series of "How-To" projects in the 1960s set a new standard for front yard Christmas decorations in North America."Small Miracles" an original story about a family that has just lost a beloved grandmother needs - and receives - a small extra blessing to get through Christmas.Don't Try This at Home (Anymore) - Dangerous Decorations People Used to Use.Remembering: America's First Christmas Store In 1932, a pharmacist with time on his hands started a folk art tradition that drew tens of thousands to sleepy Smethport, Pennsylvania.Remembering: Christmas Candy Boxes and Oranges - Did your church or local Santa or community gives these out? Here are some fun notes about how this tradition may have got started.See if these articles don't get the old "memory juices" stirring: You'll notice that a few of the articles listed here are from other "departments" of this site, but we figure they're worth a look if you haven't seen them yet. At some point we will probably receive too many to use them all, but for now, we have a lot of space in this "department" and we know there are a lot of folks with great Christmas memories to share We're starting off with a few of our own memories, which will probably stretch from the prosaic to the profound, but we want your stories, too, even if it's just a paragraph or a worn photo that brings back memories. What was special about Christmas for you as you were growing up? Shopping downtown? Unexpected visits or gifts? Family coming together? "Midnight" Mass? Setting up treasured family decorations? But just about everybody has positive memories of Christmas that are worth recalling - and maybe musing over - as Christmas approaches.įor 2009, we're starting a collection of special Christmas memories, and we want your input, including photographs if possible. Yes, many families, including our own, have suffered hardships that make the Christmas season "hurt" in one way or another. Special Christmas Memories, From Family Christmas Online TMĪ big part of Christmas is remembering past Christmas blessings. Special Christmas Memories, from Family Christmas OnlineTM
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