Mary Austin on Nostr: TIL that "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" originally started out pretty ...

TIL that "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" originally started out pretty depressed:

"Have yourself a merry little Christmas/ It may be your last" 😬

Then it got revised to a song about persevering through troubles at #Christmas, then something jollier.

I'd go with the middle version this year:

"From now on, we’ll have to muddle through somehow /
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now”

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-have-yourself-a-merry-little-christmas-went-from-morbid-omen-to-holiday-mainstay