Henry’s enduring short story, “ The Gift of the Magi.”Īccompanying herself on ukulele as she performs under her parlor rock pseudonym, Sweet Soubrette, Bisker’s sound is both sunny and plaintive. It’s a difficult balance, but singer-songwriter Ellia Bisker pulls it off beautifully, above, by turning to O. More recent bids by Coldplay and Taylor Swift have failed to achieve the proper mix of hope and hopelessness. “ I’ll Be Home for Christmas” manages to ring some of those same bells.Īs a rule, the oldies are the goodies in this department. Next year we may all be living in the past Next year all our troubles will be out of sightīut the tension between the promise of a better tomorrow and her emotional delivery holds a place for Hughes’ appealingly dark sentiment: (Judy Garland famously stonewalled on the first version of “ Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” until lyricist Hugh Martin agreed to lighten things up a bit. There’s got to be some hope in the balance though, some sweetness to savor as we muddle through.
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