This will be only the second time I have ever expanded and rerun a previous column. But this one, from four years ago, has been on my heart, so here goes.
“No, babe, I have never heard that. Let me Google it right quick.” Those were the words I spoke to my dear bride last night when she asked me if I had ever heard “Snoopy’s Christmas,” usually just called the Snoopy Versus the Red Baron Christmas song.
Just a minute or two later, I was both grinning and fighting back tears. Yes, I know that makes me sappy. But listen to it yourself sometime and see how well you do. The lyrics alone cannot do it justice without the excellent drum cadence in the background, but here are the words.
The news had come out in the First World War
The bloody Red Baron was flying once more