Vraie fiction: Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?

Well, no, this is not a rhetorical question. And I know I have uploaded this song in the past (at least twice). I thought I needed to kick start the Countdown to Christmas (we are the first day of Advent) with a Christmas song. A very silly, yet irresistible song, in spite or because of its silliness. It was taken from On Her Majesty's Secret Service, an underrated Bond movie. In the movie, Bond is trying to escape Blofeld's henchmen, there is a huge Christmas celebration going on outside, in the Swiss Alps, the atmosphere is festive, and he is trying to save his life. The song is all about innocence and love, Santa Claus and reindeers and so on and so forth. I find this deliciously ironic. Maybe you need to watch the movie to really appreciate it, maybe by itself it is just something cheesy. Nevertheless, here it is.The picture on the left is a courtesy of my cousin.

4 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...: Hmmm, I can see why this song never became a modern Christmas classic.; 2 December 2012 at 04:02
Guillaume said...: Hey, it's a great song!;-) (Even though not a good one.) It fitted the scene perfectly and it is a must have on every Bond fan's playlist.; 2 December 2012 at 09:48
The Gill-Man said...: Yeah, the song is a bit silly, but it works so well in the context of the film (and, I agree, this flick is criminally under-rated! I'll take Lazenby's Bond over Roger Moore ANY day!); 4 December 2012 at 00:42
Guillaume said...: Lazenby was uneven for my taste, but he did deliver good punches and played a convincing emotional Bond. I often wonder what Connery could have done with the movie, had he not been bored with the role. Both the movie and the novel made me want to write a crime fiction story set during Christmastime.; 8 December 2012 at 10:54