Meet me in St. Louis

 We are starting to watch holiday movies

    Some of the classics.....and maybe not so classic.  Who is to judge?

    I love Meet Me in St. Louis.  I don't think it is a Christmas movie as such, but Christmas is a big part of the movie.  The climax, so to speak.

    Judy Garland sings, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and I always seem to get a little teary eyed.

    The movie was released during WW II, and the song was included to tell people that the war was not forgotten.  Since then, it has been recorded by dozens of artists and is one of the most popular Christmas songs.

    I'm sure you have heard it.

    But what version?

    Here are the original lyrics as sung by Garland:

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Let your heart be light

Next year all our troubles will be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Make the yuletide gay

Next year all our troubles will be miles away

Once again as in olden days

Happy golden days of yore

Faithful friends who are dear to us

Will be near to us once more

Someday soon we all will be together

If the fates allow

Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow

So have yourself a merry little Christmas now

    So here it is.  1944.  Next year all our troubles will be out of sight......someday soon we all will be together, if the fates allow......muddle throiugh somehow.....

    Pretty sad stuff for a Christmas song!

    But  hundreds of thousands of young Americans were fighting the Nazis in Europe, and the Japanese in the Pacific.  And thousands were dieing.  If the fates allow, we all will be together someday.

    There is sadness and optimism....next year all our troubles will be miles away.

    The song makes me sense the feeling of being a family during WW II, with a son, father, brother, friend, husband serving on the front lines while people back home are struggling to keep Christmas.

    They muddled through, that Great Generation.  

    I just hope we do to.

Peace and Love