The classic Christmas carol that won the Oscar for best original song after being featured in the 1949 film “Neptune’s Daughter” hasn’t aged well into the #MeToo era. The call-and-response duet features a woman saying she needs to leave her date and go home, while her male suitor cajoles her to stay.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these ... ewer_clickBut while backlash against the original song caused many radio stations in Cleveland, San Francisco and parts of Canada to stop playing it last year, the new, P.C. version is also getting a chilly response.
Deana Martin, daughter of the late Dean Martin (who sang one of the most popular versions of the song) told “Good Morning Britain” earlier this week that the remake is “absolutely absurd.”