If it is, let this one be seen as a genuine historical artifact. (Has anyone living today even heard of Dennis Day?) Because I had Irish grandparents, Day was well known in my family. An Irish Tenor with a brogue claiming Christmas for the Irish? Those grandparents loved the damn thing. (Listen for the “Santy” instead of “Santa”. My father was the only person I ever heard say it that way; probably came from his own childhood.
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Ah, indeed. Dennis Day! Now I know exactly how old I am.
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LOL My full, real name is John Michael Thomas Patrick Nolan or, if you prefer Ian Micheál Tomás Pádraig Nuallain. How do think I like it?
It’s is a bit early though…
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And I? MáIRÍN Ó hÓileáin. My grandfather pronounced the surname with an ‘s’ sound in there. And the first name has sounded to me like there’s a ‘v’ somewhere in there.
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😆 A daughter of the wolf.
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Is that the first or last?
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Last. HÓileáin is a corruption / shifting of Faolan, which is the diminutive for wolf in Gaeilge. O’ means simply “of the line of”‘ or “descendant of.”
Your first name simply translates as a diminutive of Mary.
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Redolent it is of the many Jack Benny radio shows that featured Dennis. My mother, nee Murphy, would approve. 🙂
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Thanks, Jim. I’d somehow forgotten Mr. Benny and you brought up a bunch of fun memories for me.
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Not only do I remember, I can sing the first couple of lines. 🙂
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Pat – my Dad sang it all the time . . . and he happened to have a gorgeous ‘Irish’ tenor voice.
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My whole family sang this all the time — Bing’s version. Santy Claus and all. Thanks for the smile.
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Elyse, really? They said ‘Santy’???? You mean my sibs and I weren’t the only kids in the vicinity of Sasco Creek who heard ‘Santy’??? I am no longer alone! Hallejuliah!
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Oh no, I’m wrong. It must have been the way my Dad sang it. I just played Bing’s version and he says Santa. Sniff. I always say Santy because Dad did. Dad was 1/2 Irish — his mother a Culley.
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