Soviet space program omitted reports of failure or trouble". Out of fear of admitting any defeat, reports of cosmonauts' missions leaned towards an exaggerated positive spin rather than factual substance. "The USSR was famously described by Winston Churchill as 'a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma' and nothing signified this more than the search for the truth behind its space program during the Cold War. Although the Space Race was literally played out above our heads, it was often obscured by a figurative 'space curtain' that took much effort to see through" says Dominic Phelan in the book "Cold War Space
Wrapped in Red (song) "The Boston Globe" described it as a sparkly treat, with a nice melancholy undertone familiar to anyone who knows the holiday blues. In his review of the album, Jon Caramanica of "The New York Times" described the song as the right combination of vintage and fresh and regarded it as the closest Clarkson can come as the only pop artist with a possibility to create a modern holiday classic along the lines of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994). On the week ending November 16, 2013, "Wrapped in Red" entered the "Billboard" Holiday Digital Songs chart