Before Carrie’s song was recorded, it’s been a minute since the Christmas song was also a big hit.
If you’re counting Hit!“Last Christmas” Sad as a holiday staple, we’re talking about 1984. If you prefer more enthusiasm in your reindeer step. Jose Feliciano He first wished us “Feliz Navidad” in 1970.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono made her cultural mark with “Happy Birthday (War Is Over)” in 1971, but it wasn’t a big hit in the United States at first. It is more sad than funny, and Carey herself described it as “very sad”.
Really not since then Brenda LeeThe 1958 movie “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (written by Johnny Marks) was such an upbeat addition to the canon that it also sold millions of records. Suffice it to say, Carrie’s magic has yet to be duplicated.
Comparing their song to “a cosmic event that happens once every 5 billion years,” Atanasiev said. Billboard that “thousands of original Christmas songs have been written in the past 20 years… but for whatever reason, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has become just which – which song.”
“It was the last major song to enter this Christmas canon, and then the door closed. It just closed.”
As for why is Carey thought the song lasted for three decades, Carey said: “I think it’s because I really like vacations.” Night Line in 2023. “It’s not fake.”
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