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Mistletoe and Wine
For the Mediæval Bæbes album, see Mistletoe and Wine (album).
1988 single by Cliff Richard
"Mistletoe and Wine" is a Christmas song made famous as a chart-topping single by Cliff Richard in 1988.
The song was written by Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart and Keith Strachan for a musical called Scraps, which was an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl" set in Victorian London.
Background
[edit]Scraps was first performed at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London in 1976.[1] The musical was renamed The Little Match Girl and adapted for television by HTV in 1987, and featured Roger Daltrey, Paul Daneman, Jimmy Jewel and Twiggy.[2] As originally conceived, "Mistletoe and Wine" had a different meaning from that for which it has come to be known. The writers wanted a song that sounded like a Christmas carol, intending it to be sung ironically while the little matchgirl is kicked out into the snow by the unfeeling middle classes. By the time the musical transferred to television, the song had become a lusty pub song sung by the local whore, as played by Twiggy.[1]
Cliff Richard version
[edit]Richard liked the song but changed the lyrics to reflect a more religious theme (which the writers ac
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Globalcomment.com called it one of the best Christmas songs of all time. It was performed in the 1986 British television Christmas musical ‘The Little Match Girl’ by ex-model Twiggy. The song was based on the Hans Christian Andersen story of the same name. The show’s producer thought the song would be ideal for Cliff. Richard liked the song but decided to change the lyrics giving the song a more religious theme. It was first performed as part of the musical Scraps before it was titled ‘The Little Matchgirl’ in London in 1976. In an interview with songfacts.com Leslie Stewart’s wife Sarah said: “Twiggy was indeed in the TV version made for HTV some ten years later. The most interesting aspect of the song and its subsequent fame is that in its original context it is meant to be a kind of pastiche carol – all the Christmas clichés – which is sung by well-to-do carol singers who are in fact indifferent to the fate of the starving little matchgirl, despite the words they sing. Leslie was at first horrified at the idea of the song being recorded by Cliff, and losing the edge its original context supplied.” The musical was renamed and adapted for television by HTV in 1987. “Mistletoe and Wine” had a different meaning from that for which it has come