Winter Was Warm

Scene where Belle dumps Scrooge.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Scrooge
• Christmas
• Carol
• Belle
• Winter
• Warm
• Mr
• Magoo

[misspaddylee]

Such a lovely song. It's a mystery to me that it hasn't become a standard.

[Houdini774]

How sad. Old Ebenezer pleaded for Belle to stay, while young Ebenezer just sat there with his face in his hands. And they both truly loved her madly. Is that what greed can do to you? Let a beautiful woman you love walk out of your life just like that? I would have made her stay, and made soft beautiful love to her while the snow gently fell outside. But that's just me. Merry Christmas.

[TheCatgirl6]

Absolutely gorgeous lyrics by Bob Merrill (with partner Jule Styne; they composed the songs of "Funny Girl" and there's a wonderful picture of them with a young and smiling Streisand on Merrill's official website). Vivid imagery and a heartfelt, deceptively simple lyric. Does anyone nowadays write poetic songs like this?

[TheCatgirl6]

@LadyFan05 Neither--thanks to another poster here I recently learned it was Jane Kean, who played Trixie Norton on the Honeymooners segment of the Jackie Gleason variety show (Known as the "Color Honeymooners" 1966-'70). Very cool; I used to watch that show as a kid and don't remember ever hearing her sing in any of the episodes. I had no idea she had such a lovely voice!

[Deankut]

@TheCatgirl6 Yes I agree.. I love them!  My Mom and I used to watch all the classics together when I was little. :)

[TheCatgirl6]

@barbaricyawper14 OMG, I concur. That song is still tough to sit through for all the reasons you mention.

[TheCatgirl6]

@jnoller49 Holidays are especially tough when you're alone, I know. God bless.

[TheCatgirl6]

@CripShat27 Well, they must have received plenty of complaints about doing that, because this aired twice last month around the holidays and "Winter Was Warm" was back and completely intact (thank goodness). My guess is CN was previously deleting the song to make room for more commercials rather than concern about feelings. Because you're right--this song is the story's beating heart. Belle's love redeemed and humanized Scrooge; losing her explains a lot of his bitterness

[TheCatgirl6]

@Deankut Oh, yeah--me too! My mom--who was born in 1936 and used to be taken to the movies all the time by her mom or one of her big sisters when she was young--introduced my brother and me to wonderful specials like "Gay Purr-ee" and "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" when we were very young and I bless her every day for it! (And can you imagine getting to see movies like "The Harvey Girls," "Gilda" and "An American In Paris" when they were newly released??)

[Deankut]

@TheCatgirl6 I LOVE and OWN Gay Purr-ee!!! That is really cool too!!

[Deankut]

@ralp3 WOW... I'm 43, and I can't add anything else to what you've written. As a child, I recorded this with a tape recorder (back then the tech high) and I would play it over and over and over and over again. During the day, at night as a lullaby. It too, has also haunted my heart all of my life. It truly is special. Much thanks for the post SamuraiSam. My tape deck is long gone, but I will revisit this when ever and where ever I feel the nostalgia..

[LadyFan05]

I love that song! Was that Joan Gardner singing or Dinah Shore?