"Music was embedded in the city's Treme neighborhood, where he was raised. During Christmas Eve Mass, he sometimes sang along to "O Come All Ye Faithful." But Boutte said Stevie Wonder's "Someday at Christmas" best embodies the purpose and hope of the Christmas season. "One of these days, we'll get it straight and we will have a really beautiful Christmas," he said. "I don't know if it'll be this year.""
"later became choir director, and has gone on to record a handful of Christmas songs that are "strictly Big Freedia." Among her favorites? Freedia's "Santa is a Gay Man." Her family didn't have much growing up, but her parents always found a way to make Christmas joyful. "They made sure that they went hard and did everything in their power to make sure that we woke up with gifts and we were thankful for the day that Christ was born," she said."
John Boutte's singing career gained momentum after a chance encounter with Stevie Wonder, who called his voice "signature." Boutte grew up in the Treme neighborhood and sometimes sang along to "O Come All Ye Faithful" at Christmas Eve Mass. Boutte favors Stevie Wonder's "Someday at Christmas" for its sense of purpose and hope for a better future. Big Freedia grew up in a Baptist church, served in the choir and became choir director, and records Christmas songs in her own style. Freedia emphasizes her faith as a Black, gay artist and credits her parents for making Christmas joyful despite limited means.
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