Today we go from an Irish carol to a popular American Christmas song. Frosty the Snowman was written by Walter “Jack” Rollins and Steve Nelson. Gene Autry was the first to record the song in 1950 as a holiday follow-up to his 1949 seasonal hit, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Frosty went on to inspire a children’s book and several television shows. I believe at one point Frosty and Rudolph even co-starred in a stop-motion animation show.

When Christmas songs started their endless radio marathon in early November this year, Aria and I commented how often we heard this song. Regardless of repetition fatigue, Aria chose it for us to perform together:

The two of us have a Christmas recital we’re doing for the music school later this month. I’ll play my piece in the next “Uketide” Tunes installment.