Favorite Holidays

It's really, really cold friends! 

 Saturday 9: I Wouldn't Trade Christmas (1968) 

This is a really nice song and very much neglected I think.

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

  

1) In addition to Christmas, this song name-checks many major holidays, including Mother's and Father's Day, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Valentine's Day. Which holiday is your favorite?

 I really like the 4th of July and the fireworks.  I am also a great fan of the secular New Year's Eve. Number one though is Sukkot or feast of tabernacles which lasts 8 days. 

2) The Sinatra family posed in all-white for this album cover in August 1968. Are there any pictures of you and your siblings in matching outfits?

My siblings were massively older than me, so no.  I barely knew them really and since they were old enough to be my parents are no longer in the land of the living.

3) Nancy is the oldest of the Sinatra children. She's also the one who performed most often on TV and film with her famous father. She played his daughter (of course!) in a movie and appeared in two of his TV specials while he appeared in one of hers. In 1967, she and Frank scored a #1 single with a duet of "Somethin' Stupid." Have you ever worked with a family member or spouse? 

 I worked with my husband in gymkhana for a while.

4) Frank, Jr., was the middle child and only son. A dedicated musician, he labored in his father's long shadow and joked that he would have had an easier time if he'd chosen real estate instead of music. Tell us about your path not taken. (Examples: A career you wish you'd pursued but didn't; a person you could have married but didn't; a city you almost moved to, but changed your mind.)

 Perhaps forensic anthropology which I didn't realize how much I like for a long time.

5) Unlike her father and siblings, Tina Sinatra never wanted to be a singer. She found success as a theatrical agent and, at her father's request, became involved with his business affairs. Today she helps manage the rights to Frank Sinatra's movies and music. Do you have a good head for business?

Probably not.

6) Nancy and Frank, Jr., were born in Jersey City. By the time Tina was born, the family had relocated to Los Angeles. Did your family move around a lot when you were young?

Nope.   Not at all.

And now, in the spirit of the season ...

 

7) Do you consider snow globes a holiday decoration, or do think they should be displayed all year around?

Snow globes are so cute and I think good for all year if you like them.

8) Which of Dickens' Christmas ghosts would you most enjoy spending time with: past, present or future? Past.. that would be kind of nice to revisit old times.

9) Have you crafted, cooked, or baked any gifts this holiday season?

I will be making latkes which are potato pancakes by the millions this year.   I also bake cookies and cakes to give to people.