{"id":8712,"date":"2017-12-12T11:39:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T15:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=8712"},"modified":"2017-12-08T16:53:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T20:53:39","slug":"8712","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2017\/12\/12\/8712\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Holiday Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Black Friday to January first, Holiday music and movies are playing nonstop in stores and on TV. \u00a0Most of the classic holiday movies also have very popular songs to accompany them. \u00a0Here is list of classic holiday songs and the movies that accompany them:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer \"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

The popular song, \u201cRudolph the red nosed reindeer\u201d actually came from a book written in 1939 by Robert May. \u00a0The song was created in 1949 by Johnny Marks. \u00a0The first claymation movie adaptation was created in 1964.<\/span><\/p>\n

Santa clause is coming to town\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song \u201cSanta Claus Is Coming To Town\u201d was written in 1934 by <\/span>John Frederick Coots. \u00a0The claymation movie was made in 1970 starring Kris Kringle, A.K.A. Santa Claus, and his journey of becoming Santa. \u00a0A book was written in 2008 to accompany the song and movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frosty the snowman\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song \u201cFrosty The Snowman\u201d was written in 1950 by Walter E Rollins. \u00a0The first movie adaptation was a 2D animation created in 1969. \u00a0Many more movies have been created after this showing Frosty\u2019s life and featuring the song. \u00a0There have also been countless books that depict his life as it is laid out in the song.<\/span><\/p>\n

Little drummer boy\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song \u201cLittle Drummer Boy\u201d was written in 1941 by Harry Simeone, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Henry Onorati. \u00a0The claymation movie were released in 1968. \u00a0Ezra Jack Keats wrote the book adaptation in the same year,1968.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Year Without a Santa Claus\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

The classic songs \u201cHeat Miser\u201d and \u201cSnow Miser\u201d were in the claymation movie \u201cThe Year Without A Santa Claus\u201d. \u00a0The movie was created in 1974. \u00a0Unlike the other classic Holiday songs on this list, the songs were written for the movie and become classics and popular through the movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grandma Got run over by a reindeer\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song \u201cGrandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer\u201d was written in 1979 by Randy Brooks. \u00a0The animated movie adaptation was created in 2000. \u00a0This newer movie has quickly become a classic for people under 30, with the movie appearing on Cartoon Network frequently over the Holiday season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jingle Bells\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

The song \u201cJingle Bells\u201d was written in 1857 by James Pierpont(not the man Pierpont Commons in named after). \u00a0The song was originally called \u201c<\/span>One Horse Open Sleigh\u201d. \u00a0There have been many movie adaptations of this song, and many other movies have used the song to add a Holiday feeling to them. \u00a0\u201cJingle Bells\u201d was the first song to be broadcast from outer space. \u00a0The two astronauts sang the song to mission control with bells and a harmonica after pulling a prank on them!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Black Friday to January first, Holiday music and movies are playing nonstop in stores and on TV. \u00a0Most of the classic holiday movies also have very popular songs to accompany them. \u00a0Here is list of classic holiday songs and the movies that accompany them: Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer The popular song, \u201cRudolph the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2188,"featured_media":8714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1066,776,901,393,415,1068,198,192,1067],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8712"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8724,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712\/revisions\/8724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}