Not Many Songs About Winter Leave You Whistling a Happy Tune
02 January 2011
Snow along Broadway in New York City on December 27 after a blizzard dropped up to 74 centimeters of snow in the northeastern United States. The storm limited travel at the end of the busy Christmas weekend.
BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein.
STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we play some favorite songs about winter.
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BARBARA KLEIN: It is winter in many parts of the world. For some areas, that means snow. Maybe even lots of snow. If you do not have to drive in it or remove it, snow can be very beautiful.
When snow covers everything around you, the world looks like a "Winter Wonderland." That is the name of a very popular song about winter. Richard Smith and Felix Bernard wrote the song way back in nineteen thirty-four.
There are hundreds of recordings of this happy song. Here is a lovely version by James Taylor.
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STEVE EMBER: But winter is not always such a beautiful and happy time. It is cold outside. The wind blows to make it even colder. You try hard to keep warm. The days are shorter and darker.
The sun rarely shines. The leaves on the trees are brown or have fallen to the ground. The flowers are mostly gone. It is not surprising that some people are sad in winter.
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