I didn´t have a happy childhood. I'll spare you the details. But my best christmas memories are of the time when my children were kids or when they were young, and my husband and I built these beautifull memories. Now, my children are parentes themselves, and have done the same with their own children. I miss them on christmas because they live far away, but still, the beautifull memories, fill my heart whith gladness and pride. I still look foreward for every christmas to come.
Kudos to you for giving your kids a much happier childhood than you were able to have. Christmas, especially, is such a magical time for kids. That's really great that you and your husband were able to start such a wonderful and loving Christmas tradition for your kids and their families. Happy holidays!
this is a very touching comment thank you i did not at times have a happy childhood and when i have children i will treat them better and have great memories like giving presents creating things with them spreading joy etc i believe that if people do what you have done the world would be a better place.
@@ohSHATTitsKATT also i believe that when people say christmas is for children and not adults, adults should see christmas through a childs eyes and become more childlike and see the magic like a child does and bring that happiness through life
Lovely. Glad that you can look forward and not back to less happy times. When my kids came along (they are 14 and 11 now) I got to experience the magic all over again, and dare I say it was even better with them to share it with. Happy Christmas 2019 everyone!
I sung this song as a holiday lullaby to my four year old niece when she was two years old. I remember it was a cold afternoon in December on Christmas Eve in 2014 and I had finished making some cookies. My niece wanted me to sing her a Christmas song and I cradled her in my arms and sang this song to her. To this day she loves the movie "Home Alone" and this song just brings memories of a special Christmas moment spent with my niece.
I watched the Home Alone films incessantly as a kid, even during the summer. I didn't listen to soundtrack albums at the time, so this little gem is "new" for me. However, though I've never heard this until recently, the song itself, its style, and Bette Midler's voice all still take me back to a time in my life when things seemed much simpler.
While I totally love this rendition to death, I wish I knew why it’s on the Home Alone 2 Lost in New York soundtrack and not in the movie itself. Not to mention, how they got Bette Midler to sing this song is a mystery too. Nevertheless, I say she kicked it out of the ballpark. It definitely gets me teary-eyed. Even though I know it never could be, Home Alone 2 should’ve won an Oscar for Bette Midler’s take on this song
It isn't Christmas until I hear this song at least once each year. I think I like it because it's one of the few holiday songs that hasn't been done over and over, and over, and over. This and Faith Hill's Where Are You Christmas?, just to name two of very few.
This Christmas song is so beautiful. It makes an excellent point. Families, friends, & neighbors should always get together. Especially during Christmas time.
I lost my dad Dec. 1 1993 and my mom Christmas day 2002, my family hasn't been the same since and this song makes me cry so hard because I miss my family being together.
I didn’t find out this song had lyrics until I was in my late twenties. And it did bring back back memories of my childhood-when I was five, six, or seven in fact-because that’s how old I was when first saw Home Alone!
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. I was disowned by adoptive parents after living with abuse from adoptive father I was disowned later to find my mother who I dreamed of being a mother figure instead she didn't live up to expectation but hey ho I still took her under my wing to be only abandoned as an adult due to here brainwashing partner and her gullibility hey ho even though I was abused by both parents there is a little good in everybody and this song for me clarifies that all my memory's are within me I have a partner of 10 years now and couldn't be happier with the life I have and I am stronger remember it is better to have loved and to have been loved than not loved at all. R.I.P To the only father I had Don Sarath Thilina Perera also thanks to my friends who have defined who I am today!. Last but not least thanks for the share. x
i am humbled by your story and revelation of what must be so scary finding your past. My eldest sister bemoans our childhood and our abusive biological father and thinks she would have been better off adopted having a better life as she puts it. You have clarified that adoption is not always the best solution but knowing who you are is no matter what or who your parents or family are or were. A tribute to you sir and to your sound mental health which we could all do with good luck for the future you have truly earned it and my respect with it!
Don't know about anyone else, but this song always reminds me of Kevin McCallistair, left alone by his family, (either at home in their Chicago home, or wandering around NYC), missing his family and feeling ashamed of the way he'd previously spoken to his mom before they got separated. Unfortunately, in real l, he should have gotten separated from his actual family.
Candles in the window Shadows painting the ceiling Gazing at the fire glow Feeling that gingerbread feeling Precious moments Special people Happy faces I can see Somewhere in my memory Christmas joys all around me Liiving in my memory All of the music All of the magic All of the family home here with me Memories of my childohood When I was 5, 6, and 7 I would wake when dawn would Living in Christmas Day heaven! Precious moments Special people Happy faces I can see Somewhere in my memory All of these dreams all around me Living in my memory All of the music All of the magic All of the family home here with me
Damn I thought this comment section gonna be filled with people referencing Home Alone not folks pouring their hearts out on the internet and reflecting on their past; what is this shit?
![John Williams - Somewhere In My Memory (Home Alone Soundtrack) [HQ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bKb2-uO8ePQ/mqdefault.jpg)
My favorite Christmas movie and song. Good job, Bette
I didn´t have a happy childhood. I'll spare you the details. But my best christmas memories are of the time when my children were kids or when they were young, and my husband and I built these beautifull memories. Now, my children are parentes themselves, and have done the same with their own children. I miss them on christmas because they live far away, but still, the beautifull memories, fill my heart whith gladness and pride. I still look foreward for every christmas to come.
Kudos to you for giving your kids a much happier childhood than you were able to have. Christmas, especially, is such a magical time for kids. That's really great that you and your husband were able to start such a wonderful and loving Christmas tradition for your kids and their families. Happy holidays!
this is a very touching comment thank you i did not at times have a happy childhood and when i have children i will treat them better and have great memories like giving presents creating things with them spreading joy etc i believe that if people do what you have done the world would be a better place.
@@ohSHATTitsKATT also i believe that when people say christmas is for children and not adults, adults should see christmas through a childs eyes and become more childlike and see the magic like a child does and bring that happiness through life
Lovely. Glad that you can look forward and not back to less happy times. When my kids came along (they are 14 and 11 now) I got to experience the magic all over again, and dare I say it was even better with them to share it with. Happy Christmas 2019 everyone!
I'm glad that you now have pleasant holiday memories, and hope you continue to do so for decades to come. Happy Holidays!
I seriously get teary when I hear this song. It's like a moment from 1992 got buried in my memories and this song awakens it. Touching really
I sung this song as a holiday lullaby to my four year old niece when she was two years old. I remember it was a cold afternoon in December on Christmas Eve in 2014 and I had finished making some cookies. My niece wanted me to sing her a Christmas song and I cradled her in my arms and sang this song to her. To this day she loves the movie "Home Alone" and this song just brings memories of a special Christmas moment spent with my niece.
This Movies' 30th Anniversary couldn't have come at a better time.
I watched the Home Alone films incessantly as a kid, even during the summer. I didn't listen to soundtrack albums at the time, so this little gem is "new" for me. However, though I've never heard this until recently, the song itself, its style, and Bette Midler's voice all still take me back to a time in my life when things seemed much simpler.
Holy mother Midler, how divine.
While I totally love this rendition to death, I wish I knew why it’s on the Home Alone 2 Lost in New York soundtrack and not in the movie itself. Not to mention, how they got Bette Midler to sing this song is a mystery too. Nevertheless, I say she kicked it out of the ballpark. It definitely gets me teary-eyed. Even though I know it never could be, Home Alone 2 should’ve won an Oscar for Bette Midler’s take on this song
Exactly described my childhood's Christmas...
Oh how I miss all those feelings. They only live within my memory now...
Special song!
All of Bette. Magic.
Not magic, DIVINE.
Bette Midler and Tim Curry are the best things about this movie.
It isn't Christmas until I hear this song at least once each year. I think I like it because it's one of the few holiday songs that hasn't been done over and over, and over, and over. This and Faith Hill's Where Are You Christmas?, just to name two of very few.
Theme from the classic Christmas movie "Home Alone:. I love this song so much.
MY CHILDHOOOD! 😭😭😭I MISS CHRISTMAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
This Christmas song is so beautiful. It makes an excellent point. Families, friends, & neighbors should always get together. Especially during Christmas time.
A song that brings back memories. It could avoid sadness/sorrow to crippled ones mental well being...
I always think of home alone 1 and 2 everything I hear this song
Tears in my eyes and memories in my head... many thanks for this awesome moment
I lost my dad Dec. 1 1993 and my mom Christmas day 2002, my family hasn't been the same since and this song makes me cry so hard because I miss my family being together.
Darlene Thurman may God Bless you and your family. Merry Christmas.
Darlene Thurman God bless you~
I can't describe how deeply sorry I am. Your precious parents are forever with you, safe in your heart, living on with you and through you always.
God bless you and God rest their souls. ❤️🙏
Me too
You will always have “your memories”
Awakens beautiful memories nobody can take away of my childhood in the fifties at my Aunties wedding/family❤️🎄🥰
I didn’t find out this song had lyrics until I was in my late twenties. And it did bring back back memories of my childhood-when I was five, six, or seven in fact-because that’s how old I was when first saw Home Alone!
Thats Great :) I Love This Song Somewhere in My Memory
Love this version but can't get it on Amazon music
Love it❤
Beautiful!
Oh, how I wish this version was on Spotify!
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.
I was disowned by adoptive parents after living with abuse from adoptive father I was disowned later to find my mother who I dreamed of being a mother figure instead she didn't live up to expectation but hey ho I still took her under my wing to be only abandoned as an adult due to here brainwashing partner and her gullibility hey ho even though I was abused by both parents there is a little good in everybody and this song for me clarifies that all my memory's are within me I have a partner of 10 years now and couldn't be happier with the life I have and I am stronger remember it is better to have loved and to have been loved than not loved at all.
R.I.P To the only father I had Don Sarath Thilina Perera also thanks to my friends who have defined who I am today!.
Last but not least thanks for the share. x
i am humbled by your story and revelation of what must be so scary finding your past. My eldest sister bemoans our childhood and our abusive biological father and thinks she would have been better off adopted having a better life as she puts it. You have clarified that adoption is not always the best solution but knowing who you are is no matter what or who your parents or family are or were. A tribute to you sir and to your sound mental health which we could all do with good luck for the future you have truly earned it and my respect with it!
Stephen Bate awwwwww remember our ste your past as brought you where you are today ;)
this is amazing
Nice rendition
I have plans for this song, going to put all of the photos we done during the Christmas season with my husband's mom & have this song play continuous
Super Lyric 👍
Don't know about anyone else, but this song always reminds me of Kevin McCallistair, left alone by his family, (either at home in their Chicago home, or wandering around NYC), missing his family and feeling ashamed of the way he'd previously spoken to his mom before they got separated. Unfortunately, in real l, he should have gotten separated from his actual family.
Candles in the window
Shadows painting the ceiling
Gazing at the fire glow
Feeling that gingerbread feeling
Precious moments
Special people
Happy faces
I can see
Somewhere in my memory
Christmas joys all around me
Liiving in my memory
All of the music
All of the magic
All of the family home here with me
Memories of my childohood
When I was 5, 6, and 7
I would wake when dawn would
Living in Christmas Day heaven!
Precious moments
Special people
Happy faces
I can see
Somewhere in my memory
All of these dreams all around me
Living in my memory
All of the music
All of the magic
All of the family home here with me
It makes me so mad we cant buy this song i had it on tape for so long but its so hard to find and not on itunes.
Why can't I find this on iTunes???
LESLIE BRICUSSE (1931 - 2021)
Soo cool! Is there a karaoke version of this? I need it for a recital in December. :-)
Damn I thought this comment section gonna be filled with people referencing Home Alone not folks pouring their hearts out on the internet and reflecting on their past; what is this shit?
This just obliterated me