Obituary - Intoxicated

But that was not the bone of contention. Initially, the transfer was supposed to end with a traditional song that would cause a surge of feelings in all of America, gathered in front of the TV under the Christmas tree. The Colonel personally chose “I'll Be Home for Christmas” for this purpose — the standard introduced in 1947 by Bing Crosby, but Binder was not about to follow his lead. He wanted to leave his mark on the transfer, to make it modern, without any infantile nostalgia. From his point of view, the call for peace and tolerance, which is traditionally addressed on Christmas night, should take on an actual hue at the end of a difficult year, marked by extraordinary and sad events.