Is he based on a real person? Let's investigate! When "Winter Wonderland" was written in the s, "parson" was a term for Protestant or Anglican ministers. They would often travel from town to town performing wedding ceremonies for those who did not have a local minister of their own faith. Although it's winter-themed, in the Northern Hemisphere we tend to treat it as a beloved holiday song.
And here's an interesting fact—"Winter Wonderland" was penned by a man in quarantine. According to his widow, Dick Smith was inspired to write the lyrics as he gazed out at children playing in the snow from the window of West Mountain Sanitarium in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he was a recovering tuberculosis patient.
Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere, though Christmas itself is never actually mentioned in the lyrics. However, there is one line of the original lyrics that isn't very clear for the average listener:. The following lyrics are: 'He'll say, Are you married? We'll say, No man But you can do the job When you're in town. Collins dictionary defines a Parson as 'a priest in the Church of England with responsibility for a small local area', which explains the lyrics about tying the knot.
However, Parson Brown wasn't actually a real person — not that we know of, anyway. I prefer the silence to think and drive carefully. But, for Christmas music, I do have a lot of the traditional music on my iPhone, so I will crank them up on my laptop in iTunes.
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Learn how your comment data is processed. Hi, I'm Michael. By day, I'm a writer and editor. By night, I'm still a writer and editor. I'm also an engaged work-at-home dad, a voracious foodie, an avid traveler, and a thinker who thinks he might be thinking too much.
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