In a Hallmark store last December, they were, not surprisingly, playing Christmas songs. As I was getting to the checkout, Joni Mitchell’s River was playing. I said to the clerk “how is one of the saddest songs of the ’70s a Christmas song?” She seemed nonplussed.
In a Hallmark store last December, they were, not surprisingly, playing Christmas songs. As I was getting to the checkout, Joni Mitchell’s River was playing. I said to the clerk “how is one of the saddest songs of the ’70s a Christmas song?” She seemed nonplussed.