Can’t help but proceed sticking to the topic of Holiday and the music that adds up to its atmosphere. I've realized that such a genre as Christmas songs is the type of music I personally feel like listening to only in December. Not that it would hurt listening to them any other time of the year, no, but in December you feel like you actually LIVE this music letting it through yourself.
There are songs that are composed on the eve of Christmas but can live one season only. And there are hits that once composed immediately turn into timeless classics. “Merry Christmas, Darling” no doubt belongs to them – the first and successful attempt of The Carpenters in Christmas music. The lyrics had actually been written long beforehand, by Karen and Richard’s choir director Frank Pooler. But Richard composed the music and Karen decorated it with her angel voice. The song was released in 1970 as part of the album “Christmas Portrait” and is still one of the strongest associations with this holiday. It was covered multiple times and also appeared in TV series like the popular Glee.
