By LA Guzda<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winter Wonderland, Happy Holidays<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWalking in a Winter Wonderland\u201d the great traditional Christmas classic was written by Richard Smith, a native of Honesdale, PA. He was inspired to pen the lyrics after a snowfall blanketed Central Park. Smith had written the lyrics while in the West Mountain Sanitarium in Scranton whole being treated for tuberculosis<\/a>, better known then as consumption. The original recording was by Richard Himber<\/a> and his Hotel Ritz-Carlton Orchestra in 1934. Other artist who enjoyed success with recordings are Artie Shaw<\/a>, Guy Lombardo’s orchestra (a top ten hit), Johnny Mercer (#4 on the Billboard chart) and Perry Como.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honesdale, PA is named for Phillip Hone (October 25, 1780 \u2013 May 5, 1851). Mayor of New York<\/a> City from 1826 to 1827 and a member of the Whig party, he was nicknamed \u201cThe Party Mayor\u201d due to his lavish gatherings at his home as well as City Hall. Married at 22 to Catherine Dunscomb, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. Hone became wealthy in the auction<\/a> business. By age 40, the self-made Hone had amassed such wealth that he effectively retired to the life of a “gentleman”. Hone was elected Mayor in 1826, but served only one term. He became a man of great prominence in New York society, for his wealth, sophistication, extensive travel and good taste, and was good friends with most of the political, artistic and scientific leaders of his day. Most notable among them were: Washington Irving<\/a>, Samuel Morse<\/a>, Daniel Webster<\/a>, John Jacob Astor<\/a> and U.S. Presidents John Quincy Adams<\/a> and Martin Van Buren<\/a>. He was the first President of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company<\/a> in 1825 and 1826 which later became the D&H Railroad \u2013 his connection to the area. He was most notable for a detailed diary<\/a> he kept from 1828 until the time of his death in 1851. His recorded diary is said to be the most extensive and detailed of his time in 19th century America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Irving Cliff is named after Washington Irving\u2019s visit to the lookout in 1827. In addition to The Legend of Sleepy Hallow, Irving also penned Old Christmas, a classic of its day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a safe and joyful holiday season. Be patient. Be kind. It\u2019s not about gifts received, but love shared. Count your blessings as you count down to a new year. May 2024 be a year of inspired creativity, a year of abundance for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on Instagram @PoconoSecrets and on Facebook @PocoPike<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit www.LAGuzda.com<\/a> or www.PoconoSecrets.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By LA Guzda Winter Wonderland, Happy Holidays \u201cWalking in a Winter Wonderland\u201d the great traditional Christmas classic was written by Richard Smith, a native of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,62,5,70,37,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holidays","category-hot-good-stuff","category-life","category-our-area","category-pocono-secrets","category-popular","category-slider"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401,"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400\/revisions\/2401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodstuffconnections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}