Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Hello ~ Hello 

Today I am sharing my card for the October Sisterhood of the Traveling Cards (SOTC) Swap. What is the SOTC? We are are bunch of swappers on SCS who participate in a bi-monthly swap. Every other month a new hostess picks a theme, and we have to make 6 cards (identical) of that theme. The hostess swaps out the cards, keeps one for herself, and the participants receive back 5 other cards for that theme! 

So Gael is our hostess this month, and our theme is Broadway Shows. I thought about this one for awhile, did some preliminary research, and came up with Meet Me in St. Louis which was on Broadway at the George Gershwin Theater from 1989-1990 for 252 performances. It was nominated for four Tony Awards in 1990. 

Originally I was going to do a theme park card.....to go with the World Fair theme, well I found something even more interesting to base my card on, the story behind the song "Have Yourself A Merry Christmas" (which is one of my favorite Christmas songs) comes from the movie/play. The song was written specifically for the script, and the song was performed by Judy Garland during the Christmas scene. 

The original lyrics are a bit different than what we are used to hearing: 

Have yourself merry little Christmas

It may be your last

Next year we all may be living in the past

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Pop that champaign cork

Next year we all may be living in New York

Judy Garland thought the lyrics were depressing, so her and her co-star Tom Drake asked that the lyrics be revised. Which is how we got the traditional version of the song we know today. 

I kept my card fairly simple, as I wanted to focus on the image, which is from MFT Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ