Pennsylvania town that inspired the song ‘Winter Wonderland’ gets historical marker
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Winter in Honesdale s Central Park was the inspiration for the Christmas classic, Winter Wonderland. (File photo)
Facebook Share
Pennsylvania lyricist Richard Smith was inspired by winter scenes in his hometown of Honesdale, Wayne County, in 1934, when he wrote the lyrics to the song “Winter Wonderland,” which has become a Christmas classic recorded again and again by everyone from Perry Como to Barry Manilow to The Eurythmics. Basically, almost anyone who has ever recorded a Christmas album has done “Winter Wonderland.”
Smith wrote the words while convalescing in a tuberculosis sanatorium outside Scranton and was inspired by the winter scenes he observed out his window. He died of the disease on his 34th birthday, Sept. 29, 1935.
Pennsylvania town that inspired the song Winter Wonderland gets historical marker msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Former Pa. Gov. Dick Thornburgh remembered as a leader who was right for his time
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
Facebook Share
Former Gov. Dick Thornburgh wasn’t the most charismatic governor Pennsylvania ever had.
He wasn’t the most beloved. Succeeding Govs. Robert P. Casey, Tom Ridge, Ed Rendell and Tom Wolf all won re-election by significantly larger vote margins.
He also wasn’t the most visionary. The public policy initiative that many remember Thornburgh for the most was being the first governor to push for an end to the state’s monopoly on liquor sales. Forty years later, Pennsylvania’s state stores are still around.