Anastasia / Once Upon a December (Lyrics)
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2021
- Singer: Liz Callaway
Song: Once Upon a December
Movie: Anastasia
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{ Lyrics }
[ANASTASIA]
Dancing bears, painted wings
Things I almost remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December
Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory
[Chorus]
Ahh, ahh
Ahh
Ahh, ahh
Ahh
Ahh
Ahh, ahh
Ahh
[ANASTASIA]
Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory
Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember
Things my heart used to know
Things it yearns to remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December
#Anastasia
#OnceUponaDecember
#LizCallaway - Hudba
When her father kisses her on the forehead, a goodbye he never got to have, so heart breaking.
I loved how when she says “Someone holds me safe and warm,” her mother and father emerge from the portrait.
I know I can't deal
If you think that's sad, look at who is walking right behind Nicolas at 02:04 and most of all, HOW he is walking. The creators clearly know their history
this movie isn’t real 👍🏻 the romanov offspring were all adults
@@pe7287 Euhm ….what? They most certainly were not. Alexei was 13
The moment you see her sisters join her makes me so sad to know that she never saw them again. I know this story makes Anastasia alive when it most likely she died that day but man this movie makes you feel things.
She definitely did die. Her corpse was found in 2007 and in 2008 National Geographic did a documentary on the location and DNA confirmation. They also found Alexei's body as well. I mean, technically their bones.
@@PersephoneDaSilvayeah all of their bodies have been found
@@PersephoneDaSilva wait what
@@alphadroid_131 Yep. They're bones have been found for 16 years.
What is interesting to think about is that in '97 when the movie came out, the great Anastasia mystery was still very much unsolved. In fact, I believe Anna Anderson was still alive maybe? I haven't revisited this story for some years so I cannot recall the exact timeline as it developed through the years, but I was captivated by the story after I saw the movie with Ingrid Bergman which shares this same storyline and could be based somewhat on the Anna Anderson claim. I was maybe 16 yrs old, was late 70's, but the Bergman portrayal would have been from the 40's I believe...I have loved the story ever since. But of course, now we ALSO know that after Ms. Anderson passed away, the DNA tests she refused to undergo while she was alive were finally done and proved she was not Anastasia Romonov. I believe this occurred before the discovery of the last family member's remains. This is all from memory though so if anyone wants to check the timeline to confirm or correct my statements, please do!
At any rate, what a great story that lasted for so many years. It made for two great movies and a lot of intrigue for several decades!
I appreciate that someone has pointed out that the Romonov family should not be judged too harshly, as they really were victims of their era. Perhaps Nicholas was clumsily responsible for plunging his country into despair, but I certainly don't think even he deserved such an ending. And the rest of the family - didn't deserve it at all! It is just so awful and sad to think an entire beautiful family was slaughtered that day. 😞
But thank goodness because of some crazy rumors, they will now never be forgotten.
I honestly don't remember this movie, but this song, this scene...it has always been imprinted on my mind. It's possibly one of the most chillingly beautiful songs I've ever heard.
I remember bits and pieces, but I know one thing for sure, if I watched it again now it would mean something totally different than it did when I watched it as a child..
Same
Update: I was right..
@@ItzGaBiE I still love this song! What about you (Jonah: a Veggie tales Movie/San Francisco 49ers/Whales in the Bible/Frosty as Baymax)?
Same! This scene really was the only thing that stuck in my mind when I was a child. Never forgot about that chilly night watching this magical movie. ❤️❤️❤️
as someone with ptsd and missing so many of my childhood memories, this song is so beautiful and i love how sorrowful yet comforting it is
This is my traumas therapy. It’s like the song connects with my pain and numbs it for the short time period it plays.
@@averya.4466 I still love it! Are you still a fan of it (Joy and American Hustle/Daphne Reynolds as Anastasia Imposter/Indianapolis,IN)?
Same. One of the only songs I can listen to and relate to about my memory issues
As much as I hate to admit it, I can't remember much either. And since I was a small child I loved this song! I have the movie in vhs.
😢
What's so great about this movie is that despite all of Disney's catalog this is the only one that truly captures the essence of the princess dream, the grandiose of royalty, the wonders of an actual bal with many nobles as the king and queen stand high, music complementing the scenery while everyone dances with such wonder and magic
This is the princess dream.
And it's not even a Disney movie.
@@GuukanKitsune Well, it was part of Fox's catalogue that Disney bought, so Disney owns it ow
@@clarehidalgo Even if they refuse to acknowledge it.
I feel for Don Bluth. He got away from Disney, created American Tail, Fievel Goes West, Atlantis, Treasure Planet and Anastasia and Land Before Time. And now Disney owns most of it anyway. Poor guy.
@@blissinchains I don't think Don Bluth had anything to do with with Atlantis or Treasure Planet. Those were both made by Disney themselves. Treasure Planet was made by John Musker and Ron Clements, I know that much, at least. What Don Bluth did make besides those other movies you listed was Titan A.E., which does admittedly have some similarities with both Atlantis and TP, so you were probably thinking about that one.
But yeah, I agree, I feel for him, too. The quality of the stuff he's made is really hit and miss, but I respect him a lot as a really creative and clearly talented person. You gotta give the man credit for making a studio that could even compete on Disney's level earlier on, but Disney just got way too big and powerful for that to last
2024 anybody ?
Yes and me, Once Upon a december…
Yeap
I swear, never gets old and will forever hum this at the most random times walking
Of course!!!
It's May and already yearning for this!
When you thought it was sad but also beautiful but years later as an adult I hear this song and the meaning of the song is even more devastating. An innocent family murdered no survivors, she didn’t get to live to the fullest, get married hopefully a very happy marriage like her parents’ marriage and have children
This movie is loosely based on a rumor that she had survived, a girl was claiming to be her, it was later determined that it wasn't her but when the bodies of her family were dug up, Anastasia's and her brother Alexis's remains were missing. There are many rumors that while imprisoned in their home the ones holding them became fond of the kids and smuggled the youngest two out amidst the chaos of the execution. Even today there are no remains from the youngest two Romanov children and only those in the basement that day know what happened to them.
@@quackity3343 they did find their remains though. She never escaped
@@kathrynorozco5416 from what I learned in school. They found the remains of the Romanov family except for prince Alexei and Anastasia(possibly one of her sisters but from the size of the skeletons they did find they believed it was Anastasia who was missing) they searched the whole area where the family was found but there was no sign of alexei or Anastasia. I was actually wrong before in my original post, they did find the remains of the two children, but they were only found in 2007 roughly 50-100ft away from the other family members. It's said that the two children were killed after the rest of their family.
@@quackity3343 yes but as I was saying she never lived longer than her family. She was already dead like they were. She didn’t survive
@@quackity3343 The remains of the remaining two children (Alexis and one of the girls) were found in 2007. All members of the family are now accounted for.
When her sisters touch her arms and hands to see how much she’s grown, while they’ve been gone, is touching and painful at the same time.
Like they're so happy and proud of her. "Oh you've grown so much, now you're just as tall as us-" and they put jewelry on her...the actual Anastasia apparently was a little mischievous and so of course they'd have to help her with her fancy dress...
If I recall correctly, I once read that each grand duchess got a pearl and diamond necklace on her sixteenth birthday. It was kind of like a Russian royalty sweet sixteen kind of thing. She would get the necklace, switch from flats to heels and be able to wear her hair up. Her sisters giving her the pearl and necklace in the movie would thus be significant because Nicholas abdicated the throne before Anastasia could have her party, having been born in June.
@@PersephoneDaSilvathat's so cute🥺
@@adjadenisedoumbia9305I understand (July 12th,2023 and September 6th,2023/another 3,000 dollars).
I thought they were just putting stuff onto her
1:03 Will never not get chills at visual and orchestral swell of the song. The shot of the ghosts of the past bursting out of the paintings and portraits is so beautiful!
😢
I honestly don't care of this movie is historically correct or not, but it's definitely one of the best animations out there. I was six years old when this was released and I've seen it so many times and I still can't get enough of it. I honestly hope they once will make this is real-life movie. That would be amazing! This movie is most definitely top 3 best animationmovies ever (imo)
I agree. Didn't most people believe she was alive back then?
With the amount of live remakes, I wouldn't be surprised if they did one. All I hope is that if they do make it, Disney doesn't butcher the story.
It's one of those movies in my opinion that has aged like fine wines some other animated movies like that are iron giant, prince of Egypt
I agree! Here's one live action movie I'd die to watch.
Not little mermaid or the Lion King which are fine already as cartoons.
@@eimardgomes1128 idk, anastasia is a fine animated film by itself (even if the movies historical subject on anastasia's family is an extremely slippery subject) (on the subject of the live action little mermaid the original ariel approved of the movie)
I like how the writers incorporated some of the real Anastasia's personality into the character. The real Anastasia was pretty mischievous and sassy. She usually didn't care much for royal gatherings as they rarely had anyone interesting to talk to, even people her own age. She also hated having servants dress her up for big events and didn't care much either for fancy dresses. The palace was pretty much the only place where she was allowed to be free-spirited and spent much of her free time pulling pranks on the palace staff, hiding in cupboards when her parents or tutors were looking for her and throwing snowballs at her sisters but as she got older she matured out of her mischievous nature and started writing satires and jokes in her free time, though she continued to be sassy and smart-mouthed. This made her Alexei's favourite sister, since she was sometimes able to ease his suffering by making him laugh. And as Alexei got older, he and Anastasia became very close even though he was considerably calmer and more respectful of authority than her.
Honestly, the fact that someone so full of life was murdered stings my heart. The Romanovs were such a loving family.
They were a loving family if you were a rich elite lmao. They didn’t care about the average Russian whatsoever
@@mysteriousmuffin6017 Actually they did. Nicholas advocated for better education, better health care, modernized infrastructure and he frequently visited hospitals just to lift people's spirits. In fact, all the prosperity that the Soviets enjoyed was based on the foundational works of Nicholas II.
@@vetarlittorf1807 If he truly cared about his people he would have given them the power to make their own decisions. In 1905 he ignored his people’s wishes and established an essentially powerless Duma so that he could retain all the real power. He also arrogantly put himself in charge of the army during WW1 when perhaps a more experienced general could have made more effective decisions and prevented some of the millions of deaths. He also actively suppressed peaceful protestors during bloody sunday and did nothing to prevent anti-jewish killings in the Russian Empire.
@@mysteriousmuffin6017 I'm sorry, but everything you said is based on Soviet propaganda and anti-Russian sentiments.
"if he truly cared about his people he would have given them the power to make their own decisions"
He DID do that. In fact, he put higher taxes on the rich to redistribute the wealth, which led to many peasants becoming landowners. In 20 years under Tsar Nicholas II the population of his realm increased from 123 million to 175 million. By 1913 the speed of industrial development in Russia had outstripped that of the USA, leading to more employment opportunities. By 1913 its grain production had outstripped that of the USA, Canada and Argentina combined by one third. The Russian Empire had become the granary of Europe; its grain production increased by 70% between 1894 and 1914. Between 1894 and 1913 its industrial production quadrupled. Social Insurance was introduced in 1912, and there was a factory inspectorate, but laws banning certain forms of exploitation had been passed for the first time in the world as early as the eighteenth century, including introducing a maximum ten-hour day. 80% of the arable land was in the hands of the peasants by 1914, the Tsar himself freely giving up 40 million hectares of land in Siberia. So many tens of thousands of schools were opened that by 1917 the level of literacy stood at 85% - comparable to that in the USA today.
"In 1905 he ignored his people’s wishes and established an essentially powerless Duma so that he could retain all the real power."
No, he didn't. He put Pyotr Stolypin as head of government in response to the public outcry. And the Duma was not powerless. The Tsar may have had the power to appoint and dismiss ministers, but he was not able to pass any laws or legislations without the Duma's approval. Nicholas was the first Tsar to push for a more British-style constitutional monarchy.
" He also arrogantly put himself in charge of the army during WW1 when perhaps a more experienced general could have made more effective decisions and prevented some of the millions of deaths."
There is no evidence of Nicholas' involvement having been what caused the massive casualties. Especially since he wasn't involved in any actual planning or strategizing and his role was only to boost morale.
"He also actively suppressed peaceful protestors during bloody sunday"
Those were NOT peaceful protestors. They were a violent mob engaging in a chaotic riot to the point where the people of Saint Petersburg were barricaded in their own homes. Yes, soldiers opened fire on the mob, but they did so as a last resort and only because the rioters had become a danger.
"did nothing to prevent anti-jewish killings in the Russian Empire."
Wrong. The Tsar’s government did its utmost to defend the Jews of his Empire, who had moved there, seeking protection from persecution in Western Europe. Thus, the Jews were kept away from large areas of Russia for their own protection from peasants, who felt exploited and aggrieved by the successful commercial genius of the Jews.
@@mysteriousmuffin6017 Honestly I agree with all your points about Nicholas being a pretty shit monarch but in the end...a family was brutally murdered.
This is the only song in any animated movie that gives me chills in the back of my spine, and so make me tear up
I like the song that say evil , evil …. Something like that
I can’t quite remember the full song
@@TheDukens90 You mean "In the Dark of the Night"? Or you mean another movie?
@@BeruBeruIce in the dark of the night
Thank you
@@TheDukens90 Ya welcome! Have a nice week ^^
The moment of Olga, Tatania, and Maria dressing Anastasia is so sweet and I like to think it happened IRL at some point, the sisters were close, they would most likely help each other dress. The moment with Nicholas and Anastasia is sweet to, Nicholas lived his family and most likely would have been happy if him and his family were middle class. He was not a fan of being Tsar. Nicholas kissing Anastasia's head feels like something he did in life many times. The forehead kissed in Anastasia's day dream feeling like Nicholas kissing his youngest daughter good bye.
Upper middle class would be where it's at. You have a little bit extra to enjoy life and live/work comfortably. But not too much that you lose appreciation nor envied.
The real life Anastasia was usually dressed up by her servants, but she hated being treated as a dress-up doll. In fact, she found royal gatherings to be very boring because she could rarely find anyone interesting to talk to. Anastasia was a jokester and unfortunately as a representative of the royal family there were boundaries on what she was allowed to say during certain events.
I didn't even realize that those women were her sisters, that hurts my heart even more
I think it would have been better for Nicholas if he truly didn't want to be tsar, but he believed in the divine right of kings so thought that everything he did was destined from God to be correct. If he truly acknowledged his own ignorance and incompetence, he likely could have sorrounded himself by the most effective advisors and what happened in Russia would have been different.
@@mitchellhouser1572 I mean, didn't Rasputin dismiss all the advisors and bureaucrats who were competent?
I tear up almost every time I listen and watch this, so beautiful, yet so heartbreakingly sad...
even more so if you know the history, she was holding her dog that night, she and her brother managed to survive the initial shot due to the angle, and amount of jewelry she had sewn into the lining of her clothes. (something her mother told her to due incase they managed to escape)
for decades there were rumors that both her and her brother managed to escape, which her aunts and grandmother tried to dearly hold onto some hope while they escaped to Crimea.
Em trai công chúa anastasia không thể sống sót được vì từ nhỏ cậu đã mắc bệnh máu khó đông và chỉ cần một vết thương nhỏ cũng đã giết chết cậu bé rồi
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 my heart
While commies were killing children and infants. Then they burned people alive on Red Square. Hundreds of people were crucified along the road to Moscow. Then they starved to death millions of people. Killed all engineers, scientists, writers, poets, doctors. Bombed churches, buildings of cultural heritage, banned and burned books. Tortured and raped people in KGB cellars. Glorious times. Basically, zombie apocalypse.
Yeah, her grandmother hoped to her dying day that some of her son's family survived and were out there somewhere.
😭💔
Aww when her big sisters Olga, Tatiana and Maria dress her up, they show her the sisterly love she almost remember. So cute 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
This part wrecked me😭 I had no idea they were her sisters until recently and it breaks my heart
I could only make out Tatiana from these 3 girls because of her unique hairstyle. Always had a trouble differentiating between Olga and Maria because of their similar feature but likewise it still makes me cry.
@@tbakhalid4781 I think purple is Maria. The girl in the peachy pink dress is Tatiana and i think the girl in pink is Olga
You know you're a historian when you either tear up or get a awful spine tingeling chill at 02:04 ...
Because of the royal protocol of the Emperor walking first and then his son with the Empress and other female following after the heir? Or the fact that her daddy came to have one last dance with her and kiss her goodbye?
Or was there some other reason that I completely missed at that time stamp?
Personally, 2:02 gave me some feels when the 2nd male that Anastasia danced with blew her a kiss goodbye after he handed her off to her next dance partner…
I wonder if that male was supposed to represent a particular person…
@@heymikey4025 Nope, look at who is also walking behind Nicolas and most of all, HOW he is walking ..
To cut things short, the fact that they even made Alexei limb is a clear nod to history, should google how Alexei Romanov lived an died and I'm sure you'll get it
@@obiwanfx oh, I totally missed that! Thank you for explaining it to me!
@@heymikey4025 Np, Rewatched this movie shortly after studying WW1 and the Russian revolution, and seeing a limping Alexei hit me right in the feels :) It's like the creators wanted to say" Ok we made a fantasy anime about it but , yeah, we know..."
There was little to no treatment for hemophilia back then.
Alexei must've suffered so much pain throughout his life.
My dad recently passed away, and Anastasia was always a favorite of ours. Listening to this made me tear up and even cry. I'm glad that I get to remember this song and know that he loved it as well.
My condolences
I'm really sorry for your lost. I suggest you to check the live Arabic Version - it's amazing!
im sorry for your loss
sorry for your loss
А у меня мама… и тоже самое 😢
I love the details in this movie so much. When the family arrives, and you can see Alexei walking, he actually has a limp, as he had a bad fall when he was young and never walked properly again.
This was the time when Anastasia's death was not confirmed. It is a modern fairly tale that is sad, but beautiful. I remember watching this movie with my brother & sister on VHS.
yeah in 98 they found the bodies of little anastasia and her brothers
I’m not royalty, but as someone who grew up with nothing and then had everything and then lost my whole family, this song will always rip my heart out. My mom and I survived and are good now, but there was nothing like the good old days. 💔
The mom is the most important in family!
I remember hearing something about the line "Horses prance through a silver storm" could be an allusion to the family attempting to escape (horses prance), and the bullets flying through the air (silver storm) as the palace was invaded in the beginning of the film.
I used to LOVE this movie as a little girl. I remember knowing it was based on the unfortunate real family, and I had wished that the situation of this movie could be true, that she was alive. I didn't know the full story, but I knew that the situation was just heartbreaking. I remember holding onto that for years, until it just faded away after time.
Nothing breaks my heart more than this movie and it’s story line yet it’s so beautiful
Me tooo
This Scene is
1.Beautiful
2.Gorgeous
3.Magical
4.Sweet
5.Cute
6.Dazzling
7.Exquisite
8.Irresistable
9.Iconic
10.Heartwarming
11.Heavenly
12.Broadwayish
10 :)
Haunting
11
And you get Chill's.
And sad
this song is so hauntingly beautiful. and the story behind it- it gives me chills.
I was little when I saw that movie... At that age, I didn't understand what had happened to the Romanov family, so I asked my dad (who knows a lot about history) if Anastasia really existed. He told me she did, and later, I asked him about the fate of the Romanovs. That's when I found out they were executed, and Anastasia had indeed not survived.
Now that I've grown up, I've researched for years, and it remains painful. Please, let's not try to justify the murder of an entire family despite Tsar Nicholas II's bad decisions. This song is just a 'what if' Anastasia had survived...
Simply sad.
bad decisions???? bro it was a bolshevik takeover of the state, engineered and designed exactly the way it happened
I cried listening to this
This was one of my favorite movies
omg that's me rn 😭😭
I'm glad I'm not the only one crying!
Shoutout to Liz Callaway, the incredible singer who ingrained this song from my childhood into my memory. I would hum this for YEARS until I did it front of a friend who happened to love this movie, and she asked if this is where it was from. I didn’t remember, it had been at least two decades since the movie came out, and so we watched it…hauntingly beautiful song conveying so many emotions of longing and love and goodbyes that never got to happen.
Dancing bears, painted wings
Things I almost remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December
Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory
Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory
Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember
Things my heart used to know
Things it yearns to remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December
Gracias💗
Are you sure that the second word is "Bears"??? I think it's "Pairs"!
@@KocmocuHAit’s bears! she’s describing the room she’s in at the moment and she’s talking about the bears from the pot in front of her
I FOUND U, YES!!!
the lyrics are on the screen already lol
Look at the sister with shorter hair. Whoever did the facial features of her, captured Tatiana perfectly.
It's one of the most heartbreakingly brutal chapters in human history what happened to them all. Rest in peace dearly departed Romanov family. Forever in our minds and hearts
I loved this movie as a child and it’s still so good but it’s now also really sad once I found out about the Romanov family, the four sisters and one brother all murdered for the father’s incompetence, the BRUTALITY of their murders too and how it took numerous tries to kill the children because of the jewels hidden in their clothes that stopped the bullets.
And it’s also interesting to note that Anastasia’s body is the one who was found with the rest of the family, I think it was Maria (?) and Alexei found separate so all the Anastasia imposters were what they were - imposters. But there are plenty of conspiracy theories out there regarding one of the children escaping. I haven’t found any convincing ones for the sisters but I did see one about a young man who was believed to be Alexei who also had haemophilia and who disappeared shortly after. But sadly I think this is all conspiracy theory.
I like that their family lineage lives on though, the remaining Romanovs but also the other European royals. Prince Philip (UK) for example was amongst the people used to test the DNA of the remains in the 90s.
Yeah their bodies were found in 2007
Nicholas', Alexandra's, Olga's, Tatiana's and Anastasia's bodies were found in the early 90s and buried in 1998. Maria and Alexei were found in 2007, and still waiting to be buried 😔
The father wasn’t a bad man just a bad ruler unfortunately…then came communism, something much worse
日本でももっと知られて欲しい…ガチの名曲
When this movie came out there was still many myself included who thought Anastasia could have survived. The hope that at least one of the family members got away was intriguing . I use to imagine her escaping and the life she lead after. I remember feeling absolutely crushed when I learned she didn’t survive and that none of them did . No one deserves to die the way the Romanovs did and their story still fascinates haunts me to this day
This song can only be described as hauntingly beautiful
This song is amazing. From the great music and the amazing singing from Anastasia’s VA, to the haunting vocalization and the somewhat somber tone of it all. The lyric “like a memory from a dream” shows just how fuzzy this memory is for Anastasia. She’s not even entirely sure it happened, just like how people can be unsure if a dream they think they had really happened. Memories can already be tricky to remember, yet the added fuzziness of a dream makes it all the more difficult to remember. But as the song goes on, she remembers more and more of what happened. It starts small, with a song someone sings and a familiar vase. Then she remembers more, the dancers, the ballroom etiquette, a golden dress, and a fathers love. And then the loss, the quiet disappearance of the dancers, her father walking away, and it all being suddenly interrupted by a yell. This song may seem like an “I want” song, where she wants to remember more. And that might be true, but it isn’t just that. It isn’t just a girl trying to remember her past, it’s about a woman finding her past, a past of dancers and kings, the woman remembering a song and a family lost to time, and the haunting memory of a fateful night.
Wow! Are you a writer Mr Hans?
@@Sigma.674 yup
Just a small correction, it’s actually not her VA: the speaking and singing are done by two different people :)
@@Anna_96oh thanks
1:02 never gets old
My grandma introduced me to this movie when I was a child. I remember I absolutely loved it. I did that thing where I related to Anastasia a lot, and saw myself as her in the movie, and I saw my Nana as her grandmother. Something was always so comforting about Anastasia reuniting with her at the end, it was one of the few movies i didnt mind watching more than once.
The reason I probably related and projected so much is because I also dont remember most of my childhood-- it was so traumatic I blocked most of it out, and the perpetual memory loss started young.
I'm also autistic and I wasnt diagnosed until adulthood. Everyone knew something was "off" about me but I did well in school so I went under the radar for decades. In a lot of ways, I was the disabled child my father didn't want. I'm pretty sure he wanted a normal, fully abled and healthy one. I always felt like I "came out wrong", and I was never good enough for him. The way the abuse happened tended to confirm that.
My nana and the time I spent with her was one of the things I do remember. I was always good enough for her, more than. She'd play boardgames with me, teach me how to play her handheld poker game, watch movies, I'd unravel her yarn for her as she crocheted. She taught me how to play Uno and would always kick my ass, I remember the first time I won I was so happy. My love of games was unquenchable, but she'd still play games with me all day for hours on end. I was never "too much" for her, and I always felt so valued and loved.
She also always loved Christmas, and that's exactly how I felt around her and at her house every year. Safe and warm. Because it was truly safe when most everything wasnt.
She also babysat me a lot when I was younger and gave me little reprieves, it was some of the happiest times in my childhood. She taught me how to draw, introduced me to video games, and so many things I never knew I needed. She was the one who taught me to eat at certain intervals because I struggle with interoception and don't always know when my body needs things bc I just straight up don't feel it until I've reached a point of neglect.
She did all these things for me, and I don't think she ever knew I should've been classified as special needs, but she was such a loving, kind woman that caring for others came naturally to her, no matter how different they were. My uncle was never able to live independently as an adult, and he lived with my grandparents as long as they could help him. She didn't have the words like autism to describe it, but she did have compassion and a beautiful, open heart. And that's really all you need.
She taught me bits and pieces of Polish, she encouraged my creativity, she was such a ray of light.
And now... she's gone.
Her funeral is tomorrow.
I looked this up for comfort and remembering the movie, how sad it was, yet how comforting that was to me... I cant describe it. she never knew how bad the abuse was at home, but she did somehow always know how to love me, care for me, and teach me all the things i needed to survive and then thrive. She'd show me movies she thought I'd like, almost everything I love can be traced back to her. I was the weird 8 year old that everyone thought would hate Chinese food, but I saw Nana eating it and it became my absolute favorite, just like hers. She also had an amazing sense of fashion, always dressing up and looking beautiful everywhere she went, even if it was just for an airplane trip or time in the hospital. She loved decorating, and her house always was beautiful, but comfortable as well. She'd change things up regularly, and loved adventure and traveled the world. She LOVED painting her nails, and she was so creative she'd use nailpolish to paint things you'd never think to paint. Whenever I have a hard phone case I decorate it with nail polish because I developed the same love. She was a daycare teacher for over 40 years, and her kids all loved her. I could go on for hours about how amazing she was...
Nana I love you and miss you so much. Everyone misses you, the hundreds of peoples lives youve touched. I hope, once upon a December, I can reunite with you when I inevitably pass
Sorry for trauma dumping, readers. I figured if you got this far you were invested enough to want to know. Please pray for me and my family. Thank you.
Just in love with this song 💖
Me too omg 🌙
Me too bro👌👌
Since Rumor Weed (Dark Wing Duck and Mr. L),anyone could enjoy Panda Express.
The way this movie would be perfect for any kid, its not overstimulating, and in this scene in particular is so calm, its like a vivid dream.
Хочу поблагодарить авторов этой музыки и мультфильма. Вы действительно смогли проникнуть в глубину русской души. Мультфильм моего детства.
У вас є душа?
Не забывайте только кем был Николай 2 и сколько людей погибло в одно кровавое Воскресенье ! И какой посыл несется в этом фильме и какое искажение истории показано !!
Спасибо большое за тёплые слова, мы старались!
здраствуйте, как мультфильм называется?
@@dowagon смешно.
I sang this song for my grandpa when I was 5yrs old. I was so obsessed with this movie, and he watched that video of me singing it for him till the day he passed away 🕊️
Wow
Ow so heartwarming 😢 may he rest in peace
I always get chills when the portraits come alive. 💗
This is definitely gonna be the lullaby I sing to my child in the future
🥺❤️
This is a lullaby I'm gonna sing to myself in the future
Most definitely
Calms both of my children🥰
I've sung this to all my babies and it worked with all 3 of them
I don't if it's just me but it is a mixture of haunting ghostly figures but also dreamy glowing beautiful dancing figures from a sweet dream
this movie truly was a fever dream, i love it so much. tbh it gives old disney vibes :)
Disney recently claimed rights to it so technically it is a Disney movie now
@@zee3204 Disney "own" it but they didn't make it.
@@sundus928 yeah i know
Don Bluth who animated this film used to work for Disney. He left, and made The Land Before Time, American Tail, and many other beloved films--along with this one. He must be so bitter right now that Disney owns his work anyway.
Exactly I really thought it was a Disney movie too!
I just heard Anastasia’s voice actor Liz Callaway at a Sondheim tribute concert, and she is just as amazing as ever. I even got to meet her backstage and she is such a lovely person.
I come back to this movie/scene as an adult, loving it as a child, realizing how heartbreaking this story really is. A Princess who had the world in her hand, torn apart from her family and future. Growing up in poverty is quite the contrary to what she was born into. She kept true to herself and remained optimistic through something that seems impossible, especially during the earlier 1900's and against all odds reconnected with her remaining family. From what I know, this had a happier ending than the real story. It's unfortunate that not everyone gets a 'Happily Ever After' ending. Brilliant movie nonetheless.
Yeah, in reality, Anastasia died with the rest of her family. But at least here, she gets a happy ending.
I haven't seen this movie since I was probably five or six, yet this song has always stayed in the back of my head. Chilling, haunting, ethereal in a way Disney never quite achieved. Nostalgic in a very real way that made my heart ache.
The moment the royal family walked towards Anastasia and when the Czar kissed her forehead he knew his little girl was all grown up🥹🥺❤️ it’s still sad in real life that they all died💔
Blame the communists for that. Putin, anyone?
@@altarush Show how much you know about history. Putin wasn't around back then you dummy.
@@rommix0It was a joke.
@@altarush wut
This is such an eerily beautiful and hauntingly charming song! Every time I hear it, I get goosebumps! I also greatly appreciate the animators' attention to detail: if you look at the ballroom floor when the spirits of Anya's family emerge, she's the only one with a shadow/reflection, confirming that the other guests aren't physically there.
The most underrated movie ever!!!!! This is a classic and pulls at my heart strings every single time.
Вообще русская версия нравится мне намного больше, потому что на моменте, когда Николай целует Анастасию в лоб, звучат строчки «Будешь ты в декабре вновь со мной, дорогая». Каждый раз, пропевая их, вспоминаю папу и думаю о том, что скорее бы наступил Новый Год😢
Да. Жаль, что это не добавили в английскую озвучку
Да это детское чувство обещание родителей. В этих словах суть и глубина всего мультфильма воссоединение родных душ, преодоление трудностей на этом пути. Но это добавляет большей трагичности, ведь в реальности этого не будет никогда.
This song always made me sad. I love it 🥰 it makes me think of what my life could've been like if my parents stayed.
I feel the same exact way with my own parents if they stayed
My mother always song this song to me when I was younger, I never knew where it came from though. It seems as if memories do come to haunt you.
to be honest, as for me, russian girl, this film is a big tribute to a lasted long russian history of the romanov dinasty, and a legend about anastasia, daughter of the nicholas the second. i love that film, and fuck war guys, love yall❤❤❤
Man..i tear up everytime. Loosing your whole family so many years back and then you finally come back where you lived with them many years..I just wish it never happend.
25 years later, Goosebumps
Esta canción fue una de mis favoritas en mi infancia 😔👌♥️♥️
Same on a CD in the car
I think its so crazy that this specific song gives chills to like everyone who hears it or draws out some mind of emotional responses even if you dont know the story yet i cant put my finger on what it is about this song that gives me goosebumps and tears everytime i listen to it.
She is a very underrated Disney princess ❤
Как же это прекрасно..
I cry every time. I have no chance. Always. How emotional knowing what happened to them. 😭😭😭😭❤️ This is a MASTERPIECE and I am happy Disney hasn’t been able to get ahold of it.
Same 😢
Well, Disney actually do own this after the Disney-Fox merger 😅
I think I sang this song every day for months after seeing this movie. I even got the little dog from Burger King, you would squeeze his tummy and his ears would pop up. I loved that thing so much, brought it every where. One of the most under rated animated films ever made. The sound track is just incredible and the story is so sad and so sweet, it really should have been up there with things like The Little Mermaid and Lion King. Love Anastasia ❤️
One of my favorite songs from the movie. I still remember most of the lyrics, too. Great magical scene, too! Don Bluth is such a great animator!
The song of past life memories
It's one of the most beautiful animated movies i've ever seen, and this song wow... makes me cry. ❤
Note how she only has a shadow because she is real. Everyone is a ghost with no shadow. Damn that detail with the animation
Chills every time the dancers come out of the paintings 😭
As someone but broken ties with my family in some ways. This movie always makes me yearn for something that is missing.. I miss my grandmas when watching this.. And the relationships I could have head with my family.. Something about this movie makes me so emotional and yearning for something ive never had. Something old and nostalgic. Its beautiful and I have loved the movie since I was a little girl. I always loved the name Anastasia because of the movie.
слушая эту песню с трудом осознаю что была жизнь до нас и будет после нас ..
I like to think (though it may be somewhat sad at the same time) that the people she imagines are in fact the ghosts of the royals and aristocrats the Communist revolutionaries practically exterminated during the Red Revolution - and her being there made them appear for one last dance, along with her family and her father getting one last dance - a last hope for his family legacy.
The pose he has in the end basically says: "Behold, the true ruler of all the Russias - Tsarina Anastasia."
This song has made a permanent place in my mind. I’ve been singing this song for 23 years
This is one of the most haunting songs in all of cinema. What happened to the Romanovs was tragic.
Pls spoil,how did they die
@@saeromissie. They were executed by communists.
They were killed by ruskas,now they kill ukranians.
I remember being 13 and obsessed with this movie (it wasn’t that long ago) and I always dreamed to becoming a princess for some strange reason😂
Im love this song very much this is my childhood also am going to play anastasia in my college theater play here in the philippines this is based on anastasia broadway😍😍plss support for my play thanks for this music
E vorba doar de imaginație, iarba e verde soarele străluceşte.
Kocham najmocniej na świecie tę bajkę 💝 Za każdym razem płaczę jak głupia 💔
I remember this song used to scare me... it gave me chills on my spine
Why? Does it remind you of Ballora’s music box?
probably the only song that gives me goosebumps
Everytime I listen to this song I always get the chills and just how beautiful it is. Truly magical.
2023/2/24 When I was little, my family and I would watch it and cry And now I'm 16. I came to bring back the good memories I cried so hard when I learned that it was a true story but it is good that the movie ended with a happy ending 🥺💝There is a legend that says that the absent person returns one day in the month of December. That's why she was singing about the month of December This is beautiful and genius 🥺💝
I love everything about it. The best cartoon of my childhood. And the way the made the puppy to react to the figueres that are supposed to be just her imagination. It makes it so real
Gorgeous, magical, emotional, lovely😍. And the last part when her father kissed her goodbye, it was so beautiful and sad in the same time. I had got tears in my arms🥹
This song always makes me cry, it's amazing❤️.
I always tear up when her father dances with her and gives her a kiss on the forehead. The goodbye they never got to have.
I like how when Anya starts interacting with the ghosts, Pooka doesn't look at her as if she's acting weird. It actually looks more like he can actually see the ghosts as well.
The shortened form of Anastasia is Nastya, not Anya
@@kddqr dude, Anya is the only name she knows herself by at this point in the film, do try to pay attention.
Anastasia will always be my favourite princess 👸
I can't define beauty rather than this art
Summoning the poem inside my heart,
The chandelier and the grace hitting to my little yet sorry heart,
I don't know yet sometimes while listening I cry and at times fall apart,
Such is the gracefulness O Reader, it's hard to describe
Chronicles lives within me revive,
Such a tragedy cause by the red army to blind people into the haze
Yet this story never fails to amaze
Singing tales of...
The fallen tales of Russian Romarov
Such a Reviere and serene is this song,
Lost have I, upon the merry yet tragic tale all along.....
~ Ace
I love this poem sm
Мой любимый мультик детства и у него один из лучших саундтреков
It's so sad on how underrated this movie is
The song, the movie, the plot, ITS JUST AWESOME
the fact its based on what happened irl is haunting. I wish she actually lived but it was just a rumor because they were missing one of the daughters remains. They found her years later after this movie came out and her brother :/
I am proud that this is a Russian cartoon. so insightful and at the same time ordinary scene and hides the dream of a princess, it's just gorgeous.
Its so crazy when you think about how historically accurate this video is. The tsar family went to a ball right after the Khodynka tragedy and right before their imprisonment.
Their family dog (who Anastasia loved) was murdered with the family.
This song is beautiful yet makes me cry every time for so many reasons
it makes me cry too. It's the moment she reconnected with her past and started to remember familiar things. So sad she couldn't live to tell her story
This is truly hauntingly beautiful.
I loved this movie so much as a kid and I still do
She’s not part of Disney but she’s my favorite princess
This song and scene has always been burned
The dancing ghost is what awed me so much as a kid I thought it was so cool
The only "christmas" song i'm willing to listen.
Thank you so much for this, I don't know why youtube doesn't let "kids content" be saved in playlists and I was about to cry I couldn't find a version
Thank you for putting this up. I adore this song so much. I woke up with this song in my head repeatedly this morning and had to listen to it over and over to satisfy my brain.
I often hear people say this movie romanticized the Romanov family even though the Tsar was horrible, but would Anastasia have known what her father was up to? This could be her innocence showing through, that she had a wonderful life (even though I heard documentation that she was considered something of a mischief-maker with one of her sisters and people weren't too fond of their pranks) where everything was 'magical'. Doesn't mean it was true. Just her perspective.
He was also racist calling the Japanese enemies monkeys. He was ignorant rich prince.
@@altarush Tsar Nikolai Romanov was too kind. The Japanese empire was a brutal place. They slaughtered the chinese people, destroyed and sacked Shangai, put a puppet emperor to control Manchuria, they made horrible chemical nazi experiments on chinese prisoners in concentration camps, they tortured and starved to death American, British, Australian, dutch and neozelander prisoners of war in labour camps. They were ready to kamikaze the entire country to prevent invasion. Fortunately we bombarded them with the atomic bombs and they were forced to surrender.
It's almost december!
This is like a cozy hug while a storm is happening outside and all the fantastic creatures that are only on the realm of the imagination come alive, dancing... the crude world coming back to harm us.
This song is the song I think of when I think of calming lullabies. I sing it to myself, kinds I'm watching, even my dogs.. it's so relaxing