The Lab was in Starbucks this week and “Winter Wonderland” was being played. I generally detest the junk that gets played in SB’s and this was song was of the normal SB’ized ilk. I didn’t notice anything different with the song, but
Original:
In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend he is Parson Brown
SB version:
In the meadow we can build a snowman
Then pretend he is Santa Clause
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there’s also a version where they pretend he’s a circus clown.
I guess the reason for this is that the original verse is more for adults, as they’re pretending that they’re getting married by the Parson. The Santa Claus/circus clown versions are for kids. So I can kind of see why they do it. But still, kind of too bad.