Tra i grandi classici natalizi da riproporre anche nel 2016 non può di certo mancare “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”, lanciato nel 1951 dal compositore statunitense Robert Meredith Willson, originariamente con il titolo di “It’s beginning to look like Christmas”.
Nel corso degli anni, il brano è stato riproposto da moltissimi artisti, che ne hanno eseguito diverse cover, tra cui: Johnny Mathis, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Anne Murray, Dionne Warwick, Perry Como, The Fontane Sisters, America, Lori Andrews, Ray Anthony, Scott Bakula, Kate Smith, Michael Bublè e dalla nostra Laura Pausini, che lo ha utilizzato per aprire il suo disco di cover natalizie “Laura Xmas”, impreziosito dagli arrangiamenti fiabeschi di Patrick Williams.
IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS | video
IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS | testo
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
evrywhere you go
take a look in the five-and-ten
it’s glistening once again
with candy canes and silver lanes that glow
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
toys in ev’ry store
but the prettiest sight to see
is the holly that will be
on your own front door
and a pistol that shoots
is the wish of Barney and Ben
dolls that will talk and will go for a walk
is the hope of Janice and Jen,
Mom and Dad can hardly
wait for school to start again
there’s a tree in the Grand Hotel
one in the park as well
it’s the sturdy kind that doesn’t mind the snow
and the thing that will make them
ring is the carol that you sing
right within your heart
toys in evry store
but the prettiest sight to see
on your own front door
once a-more
