Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas the neighborhood of Southside in Birmingham, Alabama, that his father Hugh Martin designed for his mother as a honeymoon cottage. Located at 1919 South 15th Avenue (just down the street from his birthplace at 1900 South 14th Avenue), the house became the home of Martin and his family in 1923. The song first appeared in a scene in "Meet Me in St. Louis", in which a family is distraught by the father's plans to move to New York City for a job promotion, leaving behind their beloved home in St. Louis, Missouri, just before the long-anticipated 1904 World's Fair begins.
Merry Christmas from the Family Merry Christmas from the Family '"Merry Christmas from the Family" is a holiday song written by alternative country artist Robert Earl Keen. It has become extremely popular among the fans within his close following. The song was first recorded for Keen's 1994 album, "Gringo Honeymoon". A live version also appears on his 1996, "No. 2 Live Dinner". The popularity of the song led Keen to write a sequel song, "Happy Holidays Y'all", for his 1998 album "Walking Distance", and to publish a book, "Merry Christmas from the Family", in 2001. The original song, the book, and the sequel all center