Decades ago one winter morning, My friends and I headed up to Wachusett Mountain to do some skiing. As we were waiting for our passes and gear, music was blaring out from the ski lodge. One of the songs being blared was a cover of John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," which (among other changes) substituted the chorus of "War is over if you want it/War is over now..." with "Merry Christmas everybody/Happy New Year everyone..."
I was disgusted over the changes this version had made. I've since carried that disgust all the way to today when I finally searched for the cover and found out Andy Williams was the singer.
Worse, there's one YouTube comment from the clip above saying Williams "improves" on the original.
To those people who cry War on Christmas, this is your battle anthem.
Edit: I had to try three times to get this YouTube link to embed onto this blog. I have never had a problem until today. Andy Williams is a worthy opponent.
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