It’s never Christmas in my world until I have heard this song at least once of a young Montreal boy eagerly contemplating the rapid approach of Christmas back in the 1960s. Now a Quebec classic.
“Parce que je voulais me faire passer pour Doug Harvey“
The Doug Harvey mentioned in the song was one of the most legendary players to have ever played the blue line back in the heyday of the NHL’s original six. The idol of many a young Canadien’s fan growing up back then. Addicted to booze from his early days in the Canadian navy during the war, towards the end of his life he was the security guard at the local race track and living in a railway caboose. All his Stanley Cup memorabilia sold off. Sad.
On se reverra le 7 Janvier!!