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V is for Very Special, like the Christmas CD It brought fame and good fortune to Run-DMC You can’t have Christmas without Clement Moore His “Visit from St. Nick” is holiday lore Very Special Christmas What would later spawn a slew of follow-ups, the first “A Very Special Christmas” CD was released in 1990 to raise money for the Special Olympics. Though the premiere edition had rockers like U2, The Pretenders, Bon Jovi and more, there was one Addidas-wearing trio from Queens who stole the show. Run-DMC’s “Christmas in Hollis” was the only original song on the list, and to this day it is a favorite on radio stations throughout the holiday season. Christmas In Hollis By Run-DMC It was December 24th on Hollis Ave after dark When I see a man chilling with his dog in the park I approached very slowly with my heart full of fear Looked at his dog, oh my God, an illin’ reindeer But then I was illin’ because the man had a beard And a bag full of goodies, 12 o’clock had neared So I turned my head a second and the man had gone But he must have dropped his wallet smack down on the lawn I picket the wallet up then I took a pause Took out the license and it cold said “Santa Claus” A million dollars in it, cold hundreds of G’s Enough to buy a boat and matching car with ease But I’d never steal from Santa, cause that ain’t right So I was going home to mail it back to him that night But when I got home I bugged, cause under the tree Was a letter from Santa and the dough’s for me It’s Christmas time in Hollis, Queens Mom’s cooking chicken and collard greens Rice and stuffing, macaroni and cheese And Santa put gifts under Christmas trees Decorate the house with lights at night Snow’s on the ground, snow white so bright In the fireplace is the yule log Beneath the mistletoe as we drink egg nog The rhymes that you hear are the rhymes of Darryl’s But each and every year we bust Christmas carols Rhymes so loud and proud you hear it It’s Christmas time and we got the spirit Jack Frost chillin, the orchids out And that’s what Christmas is all about The time is now, the place is here And the whole wide world is filled with cheer My name’s D.M.C. with the mic in my hand And I’m chilling and coolin’ just like a snowman So open your eyes, lend us an ear We want to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Visit From St. Nick “Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, the stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.” Clement Moore is said to have written his famous poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” which is also known by its first line, on a sleigh ride from his homestead in Elmhurst to Greenwich Village, where he was headed to buy his family’s Christmas turkey in 1822. Moore said the famous poem was written as a Christmas gift for his children. He originally wrote it anonymously and it might have been left in obscurity if a Moore relative had not sent the poem to a newspaper upstate. The paper published the poem with no name but when it became a perennial favorite, Moore finally admitted authorship. Moore’s homestead can still be visited in Elmhurst at the Clement Moore Homestead Park at 45th Avenue and Broadway |
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