Child of Winter: A "Love" Song for Christmas
by Stephen Kalinich
Brian and I always had fun in the studio. We weren’t thinking of history or anything like that. We were just having fun trying to put joy into the world. I wrote the lyrics first and then we put the music to it . Brian wrote melody and we used a section from the Gene Autry "Here Comes Santa Clause" song.
I wrote the spoken part for Brian and he made up that voice. Brian's young daughters Carnie and Wendy were in the studio so we had them playing the bells bells and I played the kazoo. It was Brian's and my intent to just have a fun song that involved the kids. Marilyn was also there at Brother studio ... We were all in the studio together ... When we finished it up it was amazing. We had so much fun.
None of the other Beach Boys were involved except on recording. I think they wanted more background voices, but there was no promotion on that record which is a shame because it’s a great classic, a one of a kind record probably that will never be duplicated again. Child of Winter is a lot of fun and we had fun making it.
Brian and I just wanted to make a fun record for kids and adults, a song to make you feel good that captures the spirit of Christmas. It’s a fun, amazing, joyful record.
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