I was at a bar with my good friend Brent Crowe of the band The Spectacles in the winter of 2005. We joked about redoing a classic Christmas song.
I really didn't think seriously about actually doing it until 8 months later in August of 2005.
Dave LaChance produced at his studio in Los Angeles. A great list of musicians contributed there time and talent.
As for my vocals? After about 25 incorrect vocal takes we stopped the music and I sang the song a cappella. That is the take you hear today on the record.
In the winter of 2006 I made the "Happiness" version of the music video.
A year later I made "A Soldier's Story" to honor the men and women of the US Military and the ultimate sacrifice many of them paid.
- John Romano