# Who did this version of "Winter Wonderland?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871 "2005-11-27T03:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871/1 "2005-11-27T03:08:55Z")
It’s Christmas time again, and the radio stations are playing Christmas songs. There’s one version of _Winter Wonderland_ that amuses me for a certain reason, and I’m trying to figure out who sung it so I can store the fact in my mental file. Here’s what I know: -It’s sung by a woman. -It was recently used at the end of an episode of _How I Met Your Mother_ (I don’t watch the show, I overheard someone watching it). -It contains the rare opening verse (“Over the ground lies a mantle of white…”) -The song ends with the words “Walkin’ in a winter wonderland” sung over and over by a chorus, with the woman singing various phrases in between each one. One of these phrases is “in the cold, cold snow.” -(This is the reason this version amuses me) During the second part of the rare opening verse (“Love knows no season…”), the background to the vocals is six notes repeated, going up and down, sounding like a demented circus organ or some sort of backdrop to an appearance by a murderous clown or somesort. Anyone know the singer? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871/2 "2005-11-27T03:10:51Z")
I just looked it up (forgot Google- or in this case, Yahoo- is my friend), and I got a source which says it is the Eurythmics. Does sound like Annie Lennox’s voice. Is this correct? ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871/3 "2005-11-27T03:28:02Z")
Yes. It is The Eurythmics. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871/4 "2005-11-27T03:40:29Z")
Track #2 on the first _A Very Special Christmas_ CD, and should be available via the iTunes Music Store. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871/5 "2005-11-27T05:47:47Z")
\ The name of the group is Eurythmics, not The Eurythmics. I met Annie and Dave many years ago and was admonished for that when I was interviewing them. Made damn sure I left that part in the interview, too. \ ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871/6 "2005-11-27T09:18:19Z")
Annie Lennox was born on December 25. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871/7 "2005-11-27T12:22:20Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Track #2 on the first _A Very Special Christmas_ CD, and should be available via the iTunes Music Store. It’s on iTMS? Woo hoo! (Every year, I think about buying this CD, mainly for this track. However, I always put it down again, after remembering how much I dislike Whitney Houston’s rendition of “Do You Hear What I Hear”.) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-this-version-of-winter-wonderland/332871/8 "2005-11-27T15:40:00Z")
Thanks for the responses.