What I find really funny and interesting is that Anastasia is singing about a song she can't remember but it's in the back of her mind, and reading the comments about how people seen the movie long ago and have this song stuck in their head, not really remembering where it's from, and that's what I really like about this song, it sticks with you like her grandmother's song sticks with Anastasia.
She was 17, and she's actually a princess, only on a higher status than other Princesses from another country, as she was titled as " Her Imperial and Royal Highness " (from what i remember, i forgot about that). Grand Duchess was the translation in English for them, i guess.
Yeah. There was like this theory that Anastasia and her brother Alexei did actually survive the attack, but it turns out their bodies were buried like ten feet away from the rest of the family.
Same exact thing, now im upset because now i know the truth behind the story and its sad, i makes me feel like i never want to stop singing the song and just sing it over and over even tho im not very settled by the true story but i love the song but upset at same time.
1-dancing bears, painted wings( her kingdom flag design) 2-things I almost remember (she forgot about her past) 3-and a song someone sings, once upon a December (her grandmother telling her about the December war) 4-someone holds me safe and warm (her mother hugging her because her father died) 5-horses prance though a silver storm(all the arrows flying in the sky during the war and horses used for riding into the war) 6-figures dancing gracefully, across my memory(the people in the war falling off the horses as the die and that being what she kind of remembers) 7-far away, long ago (meaning her past) 8-glowing dim as an ember(all the fires from the war starting to go out) 9-things my heart used to know(she remembered this as a kid detail for detail by heart) 10-things it yearns to remember (she don't remember anymore and is trying to) 11-and a song someone sings (the story about the war) 12-once upon a December (when the war started or was happening) If u read all this, thx. These are all guesses and things that I believe mean in the song. None of them are true to my knowledge. Pls no hate, I was just simply stating what it COULD mean. And this was intended to be kinda dark and sad considering she had a rough childhood.
This movie makes me sad when I think of the historical Anastasia. The poor girl...If only she really had made it out alive like the Anastasia in this movie did.
The Chaos Dragoness. saw a thing on History Channel a few years back that they did find her, alive (though attempting to commit suicide jumping from a bridge) many years later. Her "Grandmama" identified her.
Jessi Nicole She's dead, she's been dead for almost a century. The bodies that were actually missing were Alexei's and Maria's, and they were found a few years ago, just a few meters from the rest of her family.
It's crazy to think that this movie came out in 1997 and only 12 years later, it was officially confirmed that Anastasia and her brother did die with their family in their basement. An event that happen 98 years ago, turned into a mystery that took 90 years to solve. In the end, the conclusion was grim and not as one would hope for.... R.I.P. Romanov family
+Виктория Яблонский I believe that Anatasia escaped. What is said about many things on media: If a statement is actually the truth, people will believe that it's not the truth/false. When is the untruth, people will believe that it's true/fact. In many cases this is what it's like behind the real details in history. Maybe she did escape but no one will know that entire details or there is false coverup somewhere. In time let the real Romanov family rest in peace. There is hope for life if people believe God is trustworthy at Revelation 21:1-5, yet there is life in future to come at 1 Timothy 4:8b. In God We Trust does have true meaning - it simply means that there is a higher source in creation above humankind and all living creation at Psalm 83:18, Exodus 6:3. His name is Jehovah God/YHWH or Adonai. People need to know that because there is creator that is caring, merciful, kind, and loving. A lot of die and have no hope for life, there is hope in life. Christ Jesus is Jehovah God s son. Jesus means Jehovah is Saviour for which corresponds to Jeshua/Joshua. Christ means Messiah. Immanuel mean God Is With Us and corresponds to Michael means Who Is Like God? Immanuel by the looks of it means the Christ Jesus is Mighty God. Michael means by the looks of the name means that Christ Jesus has the personalities, and fine qualifies of his Father Jehovah God the Almighty. Unlike Jehovah God is the true God, Christ Jesus is the true Messiah. They're not same, Christ Jesus and Jehovah God are separate individuals just like the many people here on earth are. Just like they is myriads of angels in heaven that are spiritual individual beings So if people ever survive the battle of Antichrist best know the truth of the true Messiah meaning now. I know it is ever getting closer to litteral real Antichrist's uprising. Be aware of the changes to the government and read at Revelation chapters 12 to 13. Now back to the truth about history other than bible topics, history's past is something that we will never thoroughly gain all knowledge about and pieces of the puzzle will never be solved. Always missing links to the clues.
I hummed this tune to my baby brother and he fell asleep so quickly, and he has trouble sleeping, I adore this so much and it makes me fall asleep too haha
Don’t care how young you were when you heard this song and how many years it’s been since you last heard it, you can absolutely remember 80% of the lyrics
Yup. When I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter and knew we were going to name her Anastasia, I put the movie on (love you Disney+!). It had been about 20 years since I last saw the film as a 9 year old and I STILL knew all the words to the songs.
This will be the lullaby I sing to my children, but I won't tell them the name of the song. If they're lucky, then one day, far after I've left the world, they will come across it again on a lovely December night.
What hurts me was when the execution occurred, they were told they were going to another captivity house and were told to wait in a room. The Tsar only said "What" before turning to his family and were shot when they were told they are to be executed. According to the diary/notebook by the Commander (?) (the ones who were assigned to kill them), he stated that Maria and Anastasia were alive (shaking and crouching while protecting their heads) because their corset (lining with jewels to protect them) did protect them. Alas, they both were killed by using bayonets minutes later. ANDDD the Whites Army (good guy), are coming for them at this time. They were killed just before the saviours came. This is Spain without the 's'. I only googled this.
@@thatssofetch3481 A family deserved to die? The things this person missed was the two girls were stabbed to death. But Maria, the sister, was considered the prettiest. So sadly she was raped and THEN killed. Do you really think that that's a way to go? Not only that but the father was holding the son as they were shot, and each of the princesses was holding a dog, (they each owned one), the dogs witnessed their owners being massacred. One dog was found alive but in bad condition. And forever traumatized. That is NOT a way to go. And to think you're over here saying they deserved it? To be kidnapped, starved to death, tortured and THEN killed, but it didn't even end there for Maria cuz she was raped first. Dogs traumatized and I'm sure the princesses were just as traumatized before being hurt/killed. So STFU. They didn't deserve that much pain.
I just love how this song stuck in people's mind for years after watching the movie. I watched the movie about 6 years ago and pretty much forgot about the plot but I heard this song one day on youtube and gave me temporary amnesia like I remember a particular movie that I once watched that goes with the song but can't quite remember what the plot was about. The movie was awesome and watching it again made me realize how moving it was. The song is made in a way that it sticks in you like a distant memory but you can't remember where you've heard it, now i do
you are right even thought i watched the movie two ot three times this song i have listened it a hundred times.For the most magically about this song is how it suit in my each emotion state.
you are right even thought i watched the movie two ot three times this song i have listened it a hundred times.For the most magically about this song is how it suit in my each emotion state.
I FOUND IT. I watched this movie named "Anastasia" one time when I was like 3 or 4 years old. I´m 18 now. THIS SONG WAS STUCK IN MY HEAD MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND I JUST FOUND IT I AM FLIPPING THE FUDGE OUT.
Same!! I found this song last year. I was like seven when I saw this movie and I would always hum it. My sisters also freaked out cause they love this movie
The winter will forever be my favorite season. The most beautiful, but also the most deadly. A snowy night of villager children building snowmen can also be a stormy night of freezing death for another. The beauty of a snowflake surpasses that of a raindrop or burning ember. The cool winds of winter that bring forth unique flakes that surrounds you. You know it can be dangerous but it’s like a mermaid’s song, inescapable. The frost that we see turn the grass white and the ice that keeps us from going too fast. I don’t think anyone will ever truly appreciate the winter and all its wonders. It’s the most unique of our seasons. I will forever love the winter’s icy breath, even if it ensures my death.
In some ways, Anastasia did survive. Not in flesh but in the memory of those who adored and loved her as the beautiful princess she is. Through musicals, movies and documentaries, her voice echoes into our hearts as we honor her spirit.
I don't think it's that hard. I have a little more difficulty with Journey to the Past. This is also easier because it has a lot of instrumentals and doesn't focus on belting, but rather controlled soft but powerful singing.
Man, this brings back so many memories. I used to be very obsessed with Anastasia and this was absolutely my favorite song from it. Heck, I tried to memorize and sing the song in Russian at a very young age... I-I still haven't succeeded.
Anastasia is literally what got me through my life. My name is Anastasia as well and I was always shy. I used to listen to this song when I was little all the time. And this movie just makes me so happy. When the Broadway play came out I saw it immediately and it made me so happy! Just to see how brave she is, is how i want to be when i grow up..
Anastasia was one of my favorite movies, but the took it off Netflix, so I couldn’t watch it for a while. I really only remembered a few pieces of this song, so I searched it up. Someone said that’s similar to Anastasia’s memories in the song, just bits and pieces.
my legal name is Anastacia, and the movie Anastasia used to be my favorite movie! (i dont go by Anastacia anymore though so thats why i put "legal" lol)
Actually to be clear. It does match up in a way because their were many girls claiming to be the Duchess of the Romanov family, they found one exactly like her but when she died, scientists ran a DNA test and it wasn’t really her so it still remains a mystery on if she is alive or dead. But if you go deeper the name Anastasia means resurrection and comes from the Greek. So maybe she did die but got resurrected. She could be any one of us now. Just let that sink in
I was listening to this song one time and I was outside. I closed my eyes and started twirling around my backyard pretending I was in my own mini ballroom. When the song was over and I opened my eyes my neighbor was looking at me like I was crazy. That was awkward.
hahaha itsokay . i am a singer and have just posted my acapella cover of once upon a december : ruclips.net/video/9ZFGIotPOjs/видео.html would make my day if you can listen to it and lemme know wt u think
I keep seeing comments about the commentor only vaguely remembering this song and it was only the tune or lyrics. I genuinely think that was the point of this song, to be similar to her memory, she could only remember bits and pieces.
Yeah thats how it was with my. My sister performed this for a talent show. I barely remembered then boom i find lyrcis and years later im singing this at our new home
quotes from the tsar and his family: *nicholas:* "all around me is cowardice and deceit." "there is no justice among men." "what is going to happen to me and all of russia? i am not prepared to be a tsar. i never wanted to become one. i know nothing of the business of ruling." *alix of hesse:* "i don't mind whether a person is rich or poor. once my friend, always my friend." "life is so fragile that any parting can be eternal. we can never be sure that we will still have an opportunity to ask for forgiveness and be forgiven." *olga:* "father asks us to remember that the evil which is now in the world will become stronger yet and that it is not evil which conquers evil, but only love." "give my love to all who remember me." *tatiana:* "love is light and it has no end. love is great suffering. it cannot eat, it cannot sleep. it is mixed with sin in equal parts. and yet it is better to love. in love, one can be mistaken, and through suffering he expiates for his mistakes." "i want to believe there will be light when my journey has ended." *maria:* "time flies by with a horrible quickness. soon it will be a year since we saw our friends. well, it's nothing. god will grant us all to meet again." "it is difficult to write about anything cheerful, because there's all too little cheerfulness here. on the other hand, god doesn't abandon us. the sun shines, the birds sing, and this morning we heard the bells sounding matins." *anastasia:* "sleep sweetly and see me in your dreams and i will see you so we are quits!" "olga is hitting maria, and maria is shouting like a big idiot. a dragoon and a big idiot." "...i am in tatiana's room. tatiana and olga are here... i am sitting and digging in my nose with my left hand. olga wanted to slap me but i ran away from her swinish hand..." *alexei:* "i enjoy the sun and the beauty of summer as long as i can. who knows whether one of these days i shall not be prevented from doing it?" "when i am dead, i will not hurt anymore, will it mama?... when i am dead build me a little monument out of stones in the woods."
As a huge fan of Disney movies, I have to say that Anastasia is by far my favorite non Disney animated feature. All of the songs in this are so good, this one is the best!
@@placeholdername3818 and his wife's blatant ignorance of politics and need to control Nik despite that ignorance. Neither one of them should have ever been in power
@@placeholdername3818 What about all the times it went right? i.e Most of history where there wasn't a bloody revolution? It's actually one of the best. It's just the technology couldn't keep up with the scale needed for maintenance. Just needs to vote so the commoners can let off some steam and you've got a good kingdom
***** yeah i love this song but now there are ones like ' let it go " or " do you want to build a snowman " sure those songs are cute but i love this song its classic
This song just gives me so much memories in one second because, when I was around 12 or 13 and was taking ballet classes, it was this song I first ever publiclly danced to. I still remember all the rehersals and all the moves
This, Swan Princess, and Thumbelina are the best non Disney fairytale/Princess movies that should have could have been Disney classics but sadly aren't
But we still think they are Disney. Also dont forget Spirit Prince of Egypt and Sindbad. All of them are Disney for me. We know that they arent Disney, but we just dont care about it and still claim that they are.
Honestly, this song made me think this movie was from disney. When i was a lot younger and found out it wasn't, i was really surprised, and it made me respect the song and the movie for being almost on par if not better than disney movies and songs that came out around then. I loved this movie so much, and at least once a year my mother and i sit down and watch it together.
:) Love this song. Reminds of me when I was little and watched the movie at least one dozen times daily... sitting on my Anastasia blanket, with my Anastasia doll, and my Anastasia sippy cup. :D I recently recorded and released it in both English and Russian... brings back memories. :) ~Anastasia Lee~
True story and why I think I love this song. Anastasia was actually the first person I fell in love with. Yes, I know it is a cartoon. But I was a kid, my mom died early on and my birthday is 26th of December.
Joel Elmlund my mum died when I was 10 so I know how you feel, I found out 2 months after she died I was adopted so journey to my past struck a chord too the whole film does me in everything xxx
I used to do voice lessons and my voice teacher gave me this song to sing. I had never heard it and had never seen Anastasia. I loved the song and then my family rented the movie from the library. I loved the movie so much even though I've only seen it once. Thanks to my teacher for introducing me to this song
Jennifer Schillig Anastasia wasn't a Disney wannabe it was made by Disney so she may not be an official princess to Disney but she was a real Russian princess idk the time period thought
This makes me feel sad because when i was ten something bad happened to me in December the person i loved the most left me (my father) and left with my half siblings leaving me and my little sister alone with my mom which is always at work
I remember listening to this song all those years ago when in my youth, and listening to it now just both makes joyous me and sad. If you know the history of the Royal Family of Russia as I do about the Tsar and his family especially Anastasia, it really hit you deeply in that sort of way in a tragic sense. I could see having more emotion in this but I think this song does it well.
My older sister dedicated this song to me while I was 10 yrs old and bedridden in the hospital for a month. She said it was a special sister song, we'd sing it together. I'm so grateful for her, that memory, and the beautiful emotions this song invokes. ❤
Dancing bears, painted wings Things I almost remember And a song someone sings Once upon a December [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] Far away, long ago Glowing dim as an ember Things my heart used to know Things it yearns to remember [Outro] And a song someone sings Once upon a December
OMFG now I remember where I heard this song before and why it was stuck in my ming for about 10 years! I watched a movie, the name was Anastasia if I remember right and I loved the movie as a child and this song was one of my favorites because of the melody so it was painted to my mind to stay there 4ever or something, but I only rememberd the melody of the song and because I was so yong and I didn't understand english back then so I didn't learn the lyrics and I only rememberd the melody because of that. I could wrote 4ever if I wanted to about the movie but maybe I shouln't. This doesn't even make any sense any more so yeah... Thank you for awesome lyrics video ^-^ (I'm not from England so my english isn't the best... oh well YoLo)
I first saw this in class when I was in 5th grade. Then a good 8 years later, I remembered it, and found it in a facebook post. Then I watched it, and wow. I forgot how amazing this film was. Very moving too, and I nearly forgot the song. I was like, "OH, YEAH!" when I first heard little Anastasia singing it with her Grandmother in the beginning.
the scene in the movie was one of the best ive seen in a animated movie too. back when they hand drew everything with minor comp on details. movies now days just don't have a soul to it. all computer and so much is lost.
ava tuohy it could and may not at same time. it just seems more on a non comp thing. most comp made things(not all) are or seem more rushed and short cuts but I know it still takes a lot of time but they still ave their tricks. im more in the story and the writing but I know before a certain time it was much better then now.
This song has haunted me for years, from me subconsciously humming it during the SATs to casually mumbling while cuddling. This is a song that has possessed me and I couldn't be happier.
Oh come on!! "Let it go" is a GREAT song! Yeah, it may not be the best song ever made by Disney, but it's GREAT and it has a very important message... then, if you don't understand... well you all are bad people V_V
@@onelIux, having been that person, my friends have been kind enough to put up with my obsessions but it is definitely annoying. It's cool that something can resonate so deeply, but others dont share that experience.
Once upon a December is part of my childhood and it is so magical and enchanting, I'm glad I had a movie like this when I was a baby. So many memories! This song means the world to me.
Anastasia is not a Disney movie. It is a 20th Century Fox movie. I had the VHS for years and its way different from the disney VHS boxes and it says 20th Century Fox on it. Look up who created the movie
+bri9317 I watched it on dvd and vhs and dvd is way better. Mostly because the sound on vhs was totally up-and-down. Al the stuff with rasputin was too loud and the rest was super muffled. :-(
WesleyRogers71 It's true that DVD is better than VHS, but I like the VHS better, and I have a reason. Sentimental value. I've had the VHS ever since I was little and I just love VHSs so much better, I can barely tell the difference between the two.
It's even more beautiful in French. Seriously I was in love with it in English then I heard it in French and now I'm like.... eh to the English version. You should check it out.
This movie was timeless, it was utterly unique in its plot and premiss. A princess with amnesia was something not used before, and it gave the movie a fountain of originality. When listening to this song, I can here the thoughts of Anastasia as she vaguely remembers her childhood, it was a captivation scene in the movie.
when she sings "Horses prance through a silver storm" I always think of a war. The silver representing arrows and horses being used for horseback riding. "Figures dancing gracefully" meaning that people dying. I know I'm pretty f*cked up, okay?!
I think that's kind of what it's supposed to mean. Like in the movie, most her family had been killed and I think that would historically have been when Russia was in war. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong but that's my interpretation too. Like she's trying to remember but she has just visions like that.. Idk dark but beautiful
+BeYOUtiful Makeup I maybe wrong, but if am correct historically Russia was having it's revolution and in real life the entire family was killed. Cough cough during ww1 a.k.a The Great war(good to time have a revolution). Am about to go full nerdy so am just going to post this. Great typing to myself now yep I blame egg nog and waffles.
First time I heard this song was at my cousins' wedding,they danced on this song,and ever since I never forgot this song :) i am glad i re-discovered it,it's so beautiful. I even want to dance on this song at my own weddin,it;s so lovely! chicken skin
I've read a lot of comments debating the "fairness" of the death (or the assassination, or the execution, or the extermination, which way you want to put it) of the Romanov family. There's people who say that they deserved it, for the misery in which they reduced the Russian people and because they were in fact ruthless monarchs; other says that it was no pleasure, but necessary, for preventing the reinstallation of monarchy after the revolution; other still says that it was a tragedy, that nobody deserves to die in such a brutal way, especially innocent children who had nothing to do with politics or social and historical issues. I frankly think that all of these positions are equally valid and the only way to resolve the question is to embrace a more wise, all-considering view: History is the result of human lives and actions, and shall never, unfortunately, be deprived of pain and tragedy. Innocents dies, murderers get along unpunished, that's life. The only reality on which we can agree, respecting the sad fate of this family, is that their assassination was the result of multiple factors, multiple causes and courses, multiple actions and consequences of which they were only partially responsible and conscious (they partially were, that's clear to anyone). This means that they deserved their horrible death? No, who affirms that is at least heartless and compassionless. This means that their death is totally a brutal, unjustified crime and they are only victims? Neither, for they were absolute monarchs and their rule caused endlessly suffering to russian people, comprehensive of innocent children died in famine. Has the life of the poor Anastasia less value of countless other children? No. Does it have more value? No. We should respect and grieve about the death of a poor little girl, but we shouldn't at the same time minimize and ignore the reasons of the men and women (I'm talking of Lenin and the bolsheviks) who caused her death, for they had their reasons, their suffering, their part of injustice and, despite the political view of each of us, we can agree they were convinced to build a better world for them and future generations.
Thank god Disney didn't get to make this movie! Love this song and love studying the Romanov family. I've actually started writing a manga based on Anastasia. One day my friend and I who's also obsessed with Anastasia and her family will take a tour of the palace
Kiara Hoyle yeah whenever I finish the first one. I have to redo some of it, hopefully over my winter break I can work a lot on it and try to somehow get it up online
Eggboy Not anymore 😭 I have it on VHS, but the system has been acting strange and I don’t want the tape to be ruined. I miss old movies, they were mine and my mother’s childhood.
This song has been in my mind ever since I first watched Anastasia and I love it to bits!!! Like Anastasia, I can't remember some parts but it's there in my mind!
Fun fact: The Grand Duchess Anastasia was actually murdered alongside her family July 17 1918 not December, the movie represents what might have happened if she survived just disney style, her body wasn't identified until 2007 because her burial place was unknown, she was found with her brother.
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
Ok. As a 90s baby I remember having the ever lasting argument that Anastasia isn't Disney. Then Disney goes and buys 20th century fox....talk about saying screw you to Don Bluthe and making me eat my words.
I grew up watching this movie. This was and still is my favorite movie. My mom, grandmother and aunt played the movie for me so I could go to sleep. I still watch this movie when I get bored from time to time... I'm naming my first daughter Anastasia ☺️
Best Animated none Disney movie ever. It's hard to get your head around the fact this wasn't created by Disney because it's so easy to mistake the animation. Fox in the past have made some really god awful kids movies but this stands out as the best. It's quite a shame Disney often get credited for the movie instead of Fox, the same way Tim Burton often get's praised for Coraline even though he had nothing to do with the movie.
What I find really funny and interesting is that Anastasia is singing about a song she can't remember but it's in the back of her mind, and reading the comments about how people seen the movie long ago and have this song stuck in their head, not really remembering where it's from, and that's what I really like about this song, it sticks with you like her grandmother's song sticks with Anastasia.
nice
white Demon oof
I want my wig back you imbecile you commented 4 days ago 😂😂 from 2 hrs ago I thought I’d be the on,y one to comment on this from 2 yrs ago
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You have snatched my wig
What's really sad is that Anastasia was a real princess and all her family including her died that night. She was like 16 or 17 when she died.
nikki F she was not a princess yet she was a Grand Duchess
She was 17, and she's actually a princess, only on a higher status than other Princesses from another country, as she was titled as " Her Imperial and Royal Highness " (from what i remember, i forgot about that). Grand Duchess was the translation in English for them, i guess.
Yeah. There was like this theory that Anastasia and her brother Alexei did actually survive the attack, but it turns out their bodies were buried like ten feet away from the rest of the family.
@@dijivukovic8002 Yes she was
She didn't die in the storming of the Palace. She died years after when Lenin ordered their mass murder when the royal family were under house arrest.
It's the kind of song where you'd stick your arms out and start spinning... Hoping your parents don't come into your teeny ballroom called bedroom.
Saitama Trash AMEN
Saitama Trash Yas!
Saitama Trash I couldn't have said it more perfectly myself lmao
I thought I was the only person who does that!! XD
Saitama Trash Omg I do that LOL
Young me: sings happily
Older me: cries while singing
Same, love the song..now its a coping mechanism. I sing it when im over whelmed and or anxious
That’s every movie for me now
this was my comfort movie as a kid i listened to the soundtrack 24/7 and still do
Same exact thing, now im upset because now i know the truth behind the story and its sad, i makes me feel like i never want to stop singing the song and just sing it over and over even tho im not very settled by the true story but i love the song but upset at same time.
@@comestargazewithme3860 same
1-dancing bears, painted wings( her kingdom flag design)
2-things I almost remember (she forgot about her past)
3-and a song someone sings, once upon a December (her grandmother telling her about the December war)
4-someone holds me safe and warm (her mother hugging her because her father died)
5-horses prance though a silver storm(all the arrows flying in the sky during the war and horses used for riding into the war)
6-figures dancing gracefully, across my memory(the people in the war falling off the horses as the die and that being what she kind of remembers)
7-far away, long ago (meaning her past)
8-glowing dim as an ember(all the fires from the war starting to go out)
9-things my heart used to know(she remembered this as a kid detail for detail by heart)
10-things it yearns to remember (she don't remember anymore and is trying to)
11-and a song someone sings (the story about the war)
12-once upon a December (when the war started or was happening)
If u read all this, thx. These are all guesses and things that I believe mean in the song. None of them are true to my knowledge. Pls no hate, I was just simply stating what it COULD mean. And this was intended to be kinda dark and sad considering she had a rough childhood.
BCF fields I read it all, you’re welcome
I read it all thats what i thonk all of that stuff means😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I thought that the line "once upon a december" was just a song her grandmother would sing to her
@@xxjackxx1150 maybe
I love it! It’s sad and deep but I love it
This movie makes me sad when I think of the historical Anastasia. The poor girl...If only she really had made it out alive like the Anastasia in this movie did.
The Chaos Dragoness. saw a thing on History Channel a few years back that they did find her, alive (though attempting to commit suicide jumping from a bridge) many years later. Her "Grandmama" identified her.
Jessi Nicole She's dead, she's been dead for almost a century. The bodies that were actually missing were Alexei's and Maria's, and they were found a few years ago, just a few meters from the rest of her family.
The Chaos Dragoness she did
fullmetalgirl1234 not Maria’s but Anastesia’s
Jessi Nicole I’m pretty sure that was Anna Anderson
It's crazy to think that this movie came out in 1997 and only 12 years later, it was officially confirmed that Anastasia and her brother did die with their family in their basement. An event that happen 98 years ago, turned into a mystery that took 90 years to solve. In the end, the conclusion was grim and not as one would hope for.... R.I.P. Romanov family
or maybe that's just what they wanted you to think.....maybe they really did live. alumati
Alumati is too hard to explain. Look it up on google
+Виктория Яблонский I believe that Anatasia escaped. What is said about many things on media: If a statement is actually the truth, people will believe that it's not the truth/false. When is the untruth, people will believe that it's true/fact. In many cases this is what it's like behind the real details in history. Maybe she did escape but no one will know that entire details or there is false coverup somewhere. In time let the real Romanov family rest in peace. There is hope for life if people believe God is trustworthy at Revelation 21:1-5, yet there is life in future to come at 1 Timothy 4:8b. In God We Trust does have true meaning - it simply means that there is a higher source in creation above humankind and all living creation at Psalm 83:18, Exodus 6:3. His name is Jehovah God/YHWH or Adonai. People need to know that because there is creator that is caring, merciful, kind, and loving. A lot of die and have no hope for life, there is hope in life. Christ Jesus is Jehovah God s son. Jesus means Jehovah is Saviour for which corresponds to Jeshua/Joshua. Christ means Messiah. Immanuel mean God Is With Us and corresponds to Michael means Who Is Like God? Immanuel by the looks of it means the Christ Jesus is Mighty God. Michael means by the looks of the name means that Christ Jesus has the personalities, and fine qualifies of his Father Jehovah God the Almighty. Unlike Jehovah God is the true God, Christ Jesus is the true Messiah. They're not same, Christ Jesus and Jehovah God are separate individuals just like the many people here on earth are. Just like they is myriads of angels in heaven that are spiritual individual beings So if people ever survive the battle of Antichrist best know the truth of the true Messiah meaning now. I know it is ever getting closer to litteral real Antichrist's uprising. Be aware of the changes to the government and read at Revelation chapters 12 to 13. Now back to the truth about history other than bible topics, history's past is something that we will never thoroughly gain all knowledge about and pieces of the puzzle will never be solved. Always missing links to the clues.
CombatWombat I agree
oh my gosh I've heard the true story of Anastatia, did it really
take 94 years to unfold?
So soft & gentle at the start, growing into a booming explosion, & dying back down a gentle exit.
That's true beauty.
fax
This song is still my lullaby. Who else is here in the year 2020?
I hummed this tune to my baby brother and he fell asleep so quickly, and he has trouble sleeping, I adore this so much and it makes me fall asleep too haha
Me!!
Me!
It’s been a long year
Mr
Don’t care how young you were when you heard this song and how many years it’s been since you last heard it, you can absolutely remember 80% of the lyrics
Yup. When I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter and knew we were going to name her Anastasia, I put the movie on (love you Disney+!). It had been about 20 years since I last saw the film as a 9 year old and I STILL knew all the words to the songs.
Yes. I also watched the dubbed and translated version so I have no idea how I remember the ENGLISH lyrics. It's probably magic.
All of them
@@leianog same. My daughter is named Anastasia and this is her song. We even have a little music box that plays it
This will be the lullaby I sing to my children, but I won't tell them the name of the song. If they're lucky, then one day, far after I've left the world, they will come across it again on a lovely December night.
that's deep..
Miss Seaweed that sounds awesome but I know that would piss me off
Lee waters XD
How do you know they won't find it in JULY, HM?!
***** I don't, of course. But songs like these are rarely ever played in the summertime, if you haven't noticed.
What hurts me was when the execution occurred, they were told they were going to another captivity house and were told to wait in a room. The Tsar only said "What" before turning to his family and were shot when they were told they are to be executed. According to the diary/notebook by the Commander (?) (the ones who were assigned to kill them), he stated that Maria and Anastasia were alive (shaking and crouching while protecting their heads) because their corset (lining with jewels to protect them) did protect them. Alas, they both were killed by using bayonets minutes later. ANDDD the Whites Army (good guy), are coming for them at this time. They were killed just before the saviours came.
This is Spain without the 's'.
I only googled this.
:(((
They deserved it.
@@thatssofetch3481 A family deserved to die? The things this person missed was the two girls were stabbed to death. But Maria, the sister, was considered the prettiest. So sadly she was raped and THEN killed. Do you really think that that's a way to go? Not only that but the father was holding the son as they were shot, and each of the princesses was holding a dog, (they each owned one), the dogs witnessed their owners being massacred. One dog was found alive but in bad condition. And forever traumatized. That is NOT a way to go. And to think you're over here saying they deserved it? To be kidnapped, starved to death, tortured and THEN killed, but it didn't even end there for Maria cuz she was raped first. Dogs traumatized and I'm sure the princesses were just as traumatized before being hurt/killed. So STFU. They didn't deserve that much pain.
@@Love_Nyxus The rape and torture wasn’t necessary, but their deaths were.
@@thatssofetch3481 Explain what they did to deserve all of what happened? Besides the rape and torture apparently
Honestly, I liked Anastasia more than Frozen and the movie "Anastasia" isn't even from Disney
It's Disney now that Disney own fox!
same
Link&Lola same though
Same here
Link&Lola it is now that Disney bought out Fox! 😂
I just love how this song stuck in people's mind for years after watching the movie. I watched the movie about 6 years ago and pretty much forgot about the plot but I heard this song one day on youtube and gave me temporary amnesia like I remember a particular movie that I once watched that goes with the song but can't quite remember what the plot was about. The movie was awesome and watching it again made me realize how moving it was. The song is made in a way that it sticks in you like a distant memory but you can't remember where you've heard it, now i do
i think the word is nostalgia, not amnesia lol
you are right even thought i watched the movie two ot three times this song i have listened it a hundred times.For the most magically about this song is how it suit in my each emotion state.
you are right even thought i watched the movie two ot three times this song i have listened it a hundred times.For the most magically about this song is how it suit in my each emotion state.
FTjack AoE7AoT YAS
When I was younger, I had watched this movie once or twice, and it wasn't until a few days ago where the melody came into my head out of nowhere
I FOUND IT.
I watched this movie named "Anastasia" one time when I was like 3 or 4 years old. I´m 18 now. THIS SONG WAS STUCK IN MY HEAD MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND I JUST FOUND IT I AM FLIPPING THE FUDGE OUT.
Congratulations! I hope you enjoy it the 1,476,283 other times you will listen to it in the next.... I'm gonna say year.
Same!! I found this song last year. I was like seven when I saw this movie and I would always hum it. My sisters also freaked out cause they love this movie
That was me about a year ago. I kept singing it and had to find the movie xD Still have all the VHS tapes. I'm almost 22 xD
Omg I've had this song stuck in my head for years! The last time I watched this movie it was on the black diamond tapes
wow me to haven seen the movie in 7 years
It's so heartbreaking re-watching the movie after knowing the real story of Anastasia and her family.
I agree, its so sad :((
Yup
Winter is no doubt the most beautiful of the seasons. This song is perfect!
Ima sing this at my church on Christmas
Definitely
FINALLY! SOMEONE AGREES!
The winter will forever be my favorite season. The most beautiful, but also the most deadly. A snowy night of villager children building snowmen can also be a stormy night of freezing death for another. The beauty of a snowflake surpasses that of a raindrop or burning ember. The cool winds of winter that bring forth unique flakes that surrounds you. You know it can be dangerous but it’s like a mermaid’s song, inescapable. The frost that we see turn the grass white and the ice that keeps us from going too fast. I don’t think anyone will ever truly appreciate the winter and all its wonders. It’s the most unique of our seasons. I will forever love the winter’s icy breath, even if it ensures my death.
I agree
In some ways, Anastasia did survive. Not in flesh but in the memory of those who adored and loved her as the beautiful princess she is. Through musicals, movies and documentaries, her voice echoes into our hearts as we honor her spirit.
Am I the only one who had a crush on the guy when i was younger lol
Dmitri is quite attractive
I just thought he was kinda annoying tbh
still do
mine was on the girl but that’s another story...
Um no? Except for handsome, Dmitry was a really nice guy as well! I just need one in my life!
When you hit the last note and hear your voice harmonizing with Anastasia's..........
Life goals....
dude fuck my life i feel like my existence makes no sense
cauz i cant sing along with her ( or anyone )
damn
Can't relate haha
I don't think it's that hard. I have a little more difficulty with Journey to the Past. This is also easier because it has a lot of instrumentals and doesn't focus on belting, but rather controlled soft but powerful singing.
Relate
Yes
Man, this brings back so many memories. I used to be very obsessed with Anastasia and this was absolutely my favorite song from it. Heck, I tried to memorize and sing the song in Russian at a very young age... I-I still haven't succeeded.
***** sure :D
I'm doing great thanks for askin'. What about you? :)
***** heck yeah!
***** Too many. I can't name them all XD
its not disney but i remember this movie more than Cinderella...this is coming from a boy too
Anastasia is literally what got me through my life. My name is Anastasia as well and I was always shy. I used to listen to this song when I was little all the time. And this movie just makes me so happy. When the Broadway play came out I saw it immediately and it made me so happy! Just to see how brave she is, is how i want to be when i grow up..
Omg same ! Only mine is the Serbian version of it so it's spelled Anastasija and this song and movie always brought me comfort
Anastasia was one of my favorite movies, but the took it off Netflix, so I couldn’t watch it for a while. I really only remembered a few pieces of this song, so I searched it up. Someone said that’s similar to Anastasia’s memories in the song, just bits and pieces.
my legal name is Anastacia, and the movie Anastasia used to be my favorite movie! (i dont go by Anastacia anymore though so thats why i put "legal" lol)
Kid movie: she goes missing
Real life: she ded
😶😒
Actually to be clear. It does match up in a way because their were many girls claiming to be the Duchess of the Romanov family, they found one exactly like her but when she died, scientists ran a DNA test and it wasn’t really her so it still remains a mystery on if she is alive or dead. But if you go deeper the name Anastasia means resurrection and comes from the Greek. So maybe she did die but got resurrected. She could be any one of us now. Just let that sink in
@@maddym1874 she could be any one of us! Even YOU!
@@geraldodelrivero8982 right. That’s my point..it’s scary to think about
@@maddym1874 There's no mystery, they all died and that's it.
I was listening to this song one time and I was outside. I closed my eyes and started twirling around my backyard pretending I was in my own mini ballroom. When the song was over and I opened my eyes my neighbor was looking at me like I was crazy. That was awkward.
that sounds like literally goals i’ve got to try this lmao
@@risa8197 its so much fun bro. And really freeing
hahaha itsokay . i am a singer and have just posted my acapella cover of once upon a december : ruclips.net/video/9ZFGIotPOjs/видео.html would make my day if you can listen to it and lemme know wt u think
bro hahahahahaha this brought me joy and made me cringe at the same time, that's awesome :D
Lmao 🤣
I keep seeing comments about the commentor only vaguely remembering this song and it was only the tune or lyrics. I genuinely think that was the point of this song, to be similar to her memory, she could only remember bits and pieces.
O shit you're rigHT!-
Yeah thats how it was with my. My sister performed this for a talent show. I barely remembered then boom i find lyrcis and years later im singing this at our new home
I had to sing it for chorus in like 4th and I don’t really remember the lyrics but I’ve always liked the song
i could only remember the last line till i looked it up a few years ago.
No this song does the tingle thing I remember loving this song because of the tingley thing
Love the sound of this song, mesmerizing and kind've haunting.
YummyTubbyToast It is pretty much about the tragedy czar Nicholas when the family got killed ),:
0:58 Chills. Every time.
Ikr
same
I swear you're everywhere
I cant hold against it
Same but # love this song
Like if you agree :D
quotes from the tsar and his family:
*nicholas:* "all around me is cowardice and deceit."
"there is no justice among men."
"what is going to happen to me and all of russia? i am not prepared to be a tsar. i never wanted to become one. i know nothing of the business of ruling."
*alix of hesse:* "i don't mind whether a person is rich or poor. once my friend, always my friend."
"life is so fragile that any parting can be eternal. we can never be sure that we will still have an opportunity to ask for forgiveness and be forgiven."
*olga:* "father asks us to remember that the evil which is now in the world will become stronger yet and that it is not evil which conquers evil, but only love."
"give my love to all who remember me."
*tatiana:* "love is light and it has no end. love is great suffering. it cannot eat, it cannot sleep. it is mixed with sin in equal parts. and yet it is better to love. in love, one can be mistaken, and through suffering he expiates for his mistakes."
"i want to believe there will be light when my journey has ended."
*maria:* "time flies by with a horrible quickness. soon it will be a year since we saw our friends. well, it's nothing. god will grant us all to meet again."
"it is difficult to write about anything cheerful, because there's all too little cheerfulness here. on the other hand, god doesn't abandon us. the sun shines, the birds sing, and this morning we heard the bells sounding matins."
*anastasia:* "sleep sweetly and see me in your dreams and i will see you so we are quits!"
"olga is hitting maria, and maria is shouting like a big idiot. a dragoon and a big idiot."
"...i am in tatiana's room. tatiana and olga are here... i am sitting and digging in my nose with my left hand. olga wanted to slap me but i ran away from her swinish hand..."
*alexei:* "i enjoy the sun and the beauty of summer as long as i can. who knows whether one of these days i shall not be prevented from doing it?"
"when i am dead, i will not hurt anymore, will it mama?... when i am dead build me a little monument out of stones in the woods."
As a huge fan of Disney movies, I have to say that Anastasia is by far my favorite non Disney animated feature. All of the songs in this are so good, this one is the best!
L Fernandez He said it was his favorite NON Disney animated feature. Read it all again.
This is Disney
No it's not... It's Fox. That's why I said that it's my NON Disney movie
I also love Spirit by Dreamworks. That movie was and still is amazing!
***** they are wonderful! I love them.
This is an amazing movie. It's sad that not many people talk about it. And it's way better than ' Frozen',I swear.
渚葉月 Frozen sucks. Anastasia is awesome
True
I kind of prefer it this way, sort of like a little secret that everyone knows but forgets
There's a certain magic to it
@Shadow Violets
I agree
This song did in fact get nominated for an academy award!
The story behind this isn’t so beautiful unfortunately...
i always cry when i hear this song.
😞
Unfortunately the Tsar did it to himself. To bad his family suffered for his actions.
@@placeholdername3818 and his wife's blatant ignorance of politics and need to control Nik despite that ignorance. Neither one of them should have ever been in power
@@alissamercer2585 Which is why a true Monarchy is poor system of government
@@placeholdername3818 What about all the times it went right? i.e Most of history where there wasn't a bloody revolution? It's actually one of the best. It's just the technology couldn't keep up with the scale needed for maintenance. Just needs to vote so the commoners can let off some steam and you've got a good kingdom
The history behind Anastasia is so sad. RIP to the Great Romonov family.
Why can't movies have music like this anymore? :'(
***** cause their all lazy creating music like this that's why
***** yeah i love this song but now there are ones like ' let it go " or " do you want to build a snowman " sure those songs are cute but i love this song its classic
yes i love this movie btw this was not made by disney
Anastatia
CaptainUniverse100 JUST A BIT
IF your here in 2020, your a legend!
2021 :)
I’m here in 2021
but what if your here in 2021?
2021
I'm in 2021 I was already a L E G E N D
To anyone who's here in 2021...
You are a legend, I adore you
Thank you and you are 2
@KAITLYN PLAYZZ Oml thaNK YOU, this means sm
@@dundee5630 thank you, really
You as well!
I adore u too luv 😘
This song just gives me so much memories in one second because, when I was around 12 or 13 and was taking ballet classes, it was this song I first ever publiclly danced to. I still remember all the rehersals and all the moves
***** haha, me too!
***** well closeish I just really like the song
1DFangirl365 so did i
1DFangirl365 for me it wasn't ballet but waltz :D My partner and me were all over the room when this one was on...
1DFangirl365 I totally want to go choreograph a dance for this now...
I cry every time I remember am not a lost princess
At least you're not lost.
Love location SAME
You can always believe you are
@@bluegloriousgames ikr
Princesses don't cry
i cried when i heard this song. dont know why. something inside is like empty.and i love this song
Ikr same
Js
I’m in love with the moment once the figures start to pop out of their paintings and dance along with Anastasia.
I always had a crush on Anastasia
I know Disney's like, "Damn."
f
Kaylin McDaniel Lmao, true.
Kaylin McDaniel Yass! This movie is so good. I still sing this song till today.
this isn't a Disney movie
+Kaylin McDaniel
Anastasia has got to be my most favorite child hood movie~
No kidding. XD
I know right?!
I love this movie
It always was the best
Even if its old
gears man mine is princess and the frog. I love all the cool colors and weird bugs and especially the old blind lady😂😂
gears man true that
always my favorite lullaby. i had seen its movie when i was 2 or 3 but this music is still stuck in my head. i'm 19 now btw
Pink Scarlet yes the arabic vertion is so waaaaw . اغنية عن شهر ديسمبر
Pink Scarlet my brother sings this to put his baby to sleep lol
music forever musica para siempre are an arab if you are you are like me ☺
This song is haunting. It gives you strongest sense of nostalgia ever.
I would pay money to see this in live action remake
A good one. We won't stand for it if it does injustice to the original.
@@Jenny-zz8uc I loved the Cinderella love action that came out in 2015. I have high they will
There is a musical version that came to Broadway in 2017 I think. I'm sure you can find a bootleg of it if you're into that stuff
problem is the Russian Orthodox chruch would get mad
@@sputniknz2937 why is that ?
This, Swan Princess, and Thumbelina are the best non Disney fairytale/Princess movies that should have could have been Disney classics but sadly aren't
I love swan princess
I only seen Thumbelina..But I like Anastasia more, she pretty much sings this song cause your Grandma taught her it or something .w.;
Sparks Flamanic yeah
Brett Messer Don't forget The Road to El Dorado!
But we still think they are Disney. Also dont forget Spirit Prince of Egypt and Sindbad. All of them are Disney for me. We know that they arent Disney, but we just dont care about it and still claim that they are.
Once upon a December. In the middle of a pandemic, we return
This song gives me literal CHILLS.
RIP Anastasia
Honestly, this song made me think this movie was from disney. When i was a lot younger and found out it wasn't, i was really surprised, and it made me respect the song and the movie for being almost on par if not better than disney movies and songs that came out around then. I loved this movie so much, and at least once a year my mother and i sit down and watch it together.
if you listen to this without watching the scene from the movie, you would think it is a really sad song
+Glenda Ofiana isn´t it still sad song though?
+Elador1000 yea the story behind the song is really sad
The story behind the whole movie is really fucking sad
Ya it was just a really depressing freaking movie. Everyything to it is sad haha
That's why I love it so much... 🎶
the really sad part of this song is it really happened in history
Can still remember the ghost people dancing in my house from last night 😣
I always tear up a bit when she says “someone holds me safe and warm” as if she has a loving family member or friend to help her through hard times.
:) Love this song. Reminds of me when I was little and watched the movie at least one dozen times daily... sitting on my Anastasia blanket, with my Anastasia doll, and my Anastasia sippy cup. :D I recently recorded and released it in both English and Russian... brings back memories. :) ~Anastasia Lee~
TheAnastasiaLee is very kull
TheAnastasiaLee my names also anastasia
That's so wonderful! do you still have them ?
TheAnastasiaLee SAME!!!!!
Lol my name is Anastasia to
True story and why I think I love this song. Anastasia was actually the first person I fell in love with. Yes, I know it is a cartoon. But I was a kid, my mom died early on and my birthday is 26th of December.
Joel Elmlund so sorry to hear. Hope your doing fine now.
Heh yea, but still get a bit teary eyed when listening to this song, in a good way! Brings out a lot of good memories you know? :)
Joel Elmlund my mum died when I was 10 so I know how you feel, I found out 2 months after she died I was adopted so journey to my past struck a chord too the whole film does me in everything xxx
Mine is 20th of december, I totally understand you! This song is my childhood
I often sing this song, both in English and the translated
Swedish version while driving. Lame.... I know XD
I used to sing this with my daughter she is 18 now and still calls this our song. I miss her shes away at college :[
Mine too! Lol now I sing it to my son. 18 year age gap hahahaha
I used to do voice lessons and my voice teacher gave me this song to sing. I had never heard it and had never seen Anastasia. I loved the song and then my family rented the movie from the library. I loved the movie so much even though I've only seen it once. Thanks to my teacher for introducing me to this song
I got a soft spot for this song...
me too
me three
me four :)
me five XDXD
Me 110.
^ that's binary...
This is probably the best of the Disney-wannabes. The score is so exquisite--this song especially.
it wasn't a Disney movie
that's why the wanna be was added
Jennifer Schillig Anastasia wasn't a Disney wannabe it was made by Disney so she may not be an official princess to Disney but she was a real Russian princess idk the time period thought
it wasn't made by Disney, it was made by Fox
it wasn't made by Disney :(
Does this give anyone else goosebumps??
It gave me too ;)
Didn't give me goosebumps but it sends a chill up my spine. This piece of music is gorgeous
Super Henri i agree and been thinking the same for awhile now
Yesss!!!
I love you
This makes me feel sad because when i was ten something bad happened to me in December the person i loved the most left me (my father) and left with my half siblings leaving me and my little sister alone with my mom which is always at work
i'm truly sorry.. my sympathies
how old are you now?
God bless you
:(
I remember listening to this song all those years ago when in my youth, and listening to it now just both makes joyous me and sad. If you know the history of the Royal Family of Russia as I do about the Tsar and his family especially Anastasia, it really hit you deeply in that sort of way in a tragic sense. I could see having more emotion in this but I think this song does it well.
Lord Grogar it is based of the the royal family but in real life Anastasia died (or some say).
really tragic and sad 😞
My older sister dedicated this song to me while I was 10 yrs old and bedridden in the hospital for a month. She said it was a special sister song, we'd sing it together. I'm so grateful for her, that memory, and the beautiful emotions this song invokes. ❤
This is perhaps the most emotional song to ever appear in an animated feature. It's been years since I've seen the movie, but it still stuns me.
Dancing bears, painted wings
Things I almost remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember
Things my heart used to know
Things it yearns to remember
[Outro]
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December
Rayane lyrics on the lyric video lol 😂
Thank you for wasting your time putting lyrics up here even though they're in the video
It's for people who want to know what comes up next or find it hard to read with the screen .
69 likes lol cant like
Yes, it's easier to read when I know what's coming next and the text is not moveing😄😆
Am I the only one who feels like this song is about the feelings of the true Anastasia ?
the movie of the song is better than any Disney Movie
and it was so beautifully drawn- HAND drawn, at that!
Lol the guy who did it used to work for Disney
Don Bluth movies almost always looked good.
OMFG now I remember where I heard this song before and why it was stuck in my ming for about 10 years! I watched a movie, the name was Anastasia if I remember right and I loved the movie as a child and this song was one of my favorites because of the melody so it was painted to my mind to stay there 4ever or something, but I only rememberd the melody of the song and because I was so yong and I didn't understand english back then so I didn't learn the lyrics and I only rememberd the melody because of that. I could wrote 4ever if I wanted to about the movie but maybe I shouln't. This doesn't even make any sense any more so yeah...
Thank you for awesome lyrics video ^-^
(I'm not from England so my english isn't the best... oh well YoLo)
OMG IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WATCHING IT NOW WHERE U GOT THE IDEA TO COME HERE?!?!?!
+Nini Lapi Just looking for some good 'old' songs
Mind*
yes I really love this and eleven years ago I watched the movie anistasa and always knew this melody and hummed in so I could fall asleep!
I first saw this in class when I was in 5th grade. Then a good 8 years later, I remembered it, and found it in a facebook post. Then I watched it, and wow. I forgot how amazing this film was. Very moving too, and I nearly forgot the song. I was like, "OH, YEAH!" when I first heard little Anastasia singing it with her Grandmother in the beginning.
This brings back so many fond memories of my grandmother, I absolutely cry every time but I love it.
Sing this to my little one when its time for her to go to bed and it works like a charm ❤️
This song made me cry yesterday... Has this ever caused extreme emotional attacks????
Annabeth Levesque i thought i was the only one who got attacked by this song
Tatiana Aliakseichyk it makes me cry almost every time I listen to it. Just like when I think about Ariel's mom :(
Annabeth Levesque meeee i cried from feels the first time i heard it
I cry inside. Watched this and when it was in credits my grandma said she wants it on her funeral. Maybe i will sing it then. Shes still alive.
Annabeth Levesque I saw this in class and everyone looked at me like; "What the fuck? This isn't even fucking sad"
probably one of the most beautiful song ever sung by a cartoon
the scene in the movie was one of the best ive seen in a animated movie too. back when they hand drew everything with minor comp on details. movies now days just don't have a soul to it. all computer and so much is lost.
ava tuohy it could and may not at same time. it just seems more on a non comp thing. most comp made things(not all) are or seem more rushed and short cuts but I know it still takes a lot of time but they still ave their tricks. im more in the story and the writing but I know before a certain time it was much better then now.
This song has haunted me for years, from me subconsciously humming it during the SATs to casually mumbling while cuddling. This is a song that has possessed me and I couldn't be happier.
Better than let it go
So true
Haley Hernandez Better than let it go
every disney or non disney animated song is better than let it go
Yeah True
Oh come on!! "Let it go" is a GREAT song! Yeah, it may not be the best song ever made by Disney, but it's GREAT and it has a very important message... then, if you don't understand... well you all are bad people V_V
My parents are sick of me because i'm ALWAYS talking about this film, about the russian revolution and about the tsar and his daugthers😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Miss Bianca check out studio ghibli
No offense but I would easily get sick of a person like that too lol
@@onelIux, having been that person, my friends have been kind enough to put up with my obsessions but it is definitely annoying. It's cool that something can resonate so deeply, but others dont share that experience.
My daughters fist name is Elena
I was obsessed with it for a long time too LOL
Once upon a December is part of my childhood and it is so magical and enchanting, I'm glad I had a movie like this when I was a baby. So many memories! This song means the world to me.
I remember my momma sat me down infront of a TV and made me watch this, and I don't regret it 🙏
she is one of the sassiest princess after Megara.
Tiana was a little sassy too
What about Merida? :o
***** did I say that she is?
I fucking love Tiana
no but she still isn't an offical princess
Anastasia is not a Disney movie. It is a 20th Century Fox movie. I had the VHS for years and its way different from the disney VHS boxes and it says 20th Century Fox on it. Look up who created the movie
***** Eww?What do you mean"eww"?!>:-( VHS rule!
+Nicamon Yeah! I love VHS's so much better than DVDs.
+bri9317 I watched it on dvd and vhs and dvd is way better. Mostly because the sound on vhs was totally up-and-down. Al the stuff with rasputin was too loud and the rest was super muffled. :-(
WesleyRogers71 It's true that DVD is better than VHS, but I like the VHS better, and I have a reason. Sentimental value. I've had the VHS ever since I was little and I just love VHSs so much better, I can barely tell the difference between the two.
Sakura Ichigami Exactly.I would never replace my VHS with the DVD versions.
i know this makes me seem wimpy but this song makes me cry because i just love it so much
that doesn't make you wimpy
cool thanks
Rainbow Sparkle Pants with that youtube name you wouldn't think your sad
It's even more beautiful in French. Seriously I was in love with it in English then I heard it in French and now I'm like.... eh to the English version. You should check it out.
The original version of the song is actually in English.
This movie was timeless, it was utterly unique in its plot and premiss.
A princess with amnesia was something not used before, and it gave the movie a fountain of originality.
When listening to this song, I can here the thoughts of Anastasia as she vaguely remembers her childhood, it was a captivation scene in the movie.
when she sings "Horses prance through a silver storm" I always think of a war. The silver representing arrows and horses being used for horseback riding. "Figures dancing gracefully" meaning that people dying.
I know I'm pretty f*cked up, okay?!
not the only one I thought of ww1
I think that's kind of what it's supposed to mean. Like in the movie, most her family had been killed and I think that would historically have been when Russia was in war. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong but that's my interpretation too. Like she's trying to remember but she has just visions like that.. Idk dark but beautiful
+BeYOUtiful Makeup I maybe wrong, but if am correct historically Russia was having it's revolution and in real life the entire family was killed. Cough cough during ww1 a.k.a The Great war(good to time have a revolution). Am about to go full nerdy so am just going to post this. Great typing to myself now yep I blame egg nog and waffles.
+francisco rivera haha either way it's cool to think about
More like representing war and the graceful dancers represent the wealthy who are oblivious to the violence.
First time I heard this song was at my cousins' wedding,they danced on this song,and ever since I never forgot this song :) i am glad i re-discovered it,it's so beautiful. I even want to dance on this song at my own weddin,it;s so lovely! chicken skin
Reynnard96 I'd dance to this shit at my wedding any day!!
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This song is one of the most beautiful things that haz ever graced me with it's presence
I've read a lot of comments debating the "fairness" of the death (or the assassination, or the execution, or the extermination, which way you want to put it) of the Romanov family. There's people who say that they deserved it, for the misery in which they reduced the Russian people and because they were in fact ruthless monarchs; other says that it was no pleasure, but necessary, for preventing the reinstallation of monarchy after the revolution; other still says that it was a tragedy, that nobody deserves to die in such a brutal way, especially innocent children who had nothing to do with politics or social and historical issues. I frankly think that all of these positions are equally valid and the only way to resolve the question is to embrace a more wise, all-considering view: History is the result of human lives and actions, and shall never, unfortunately, be deprived of pain and tragedy. Innocents dies, murderers get along unpunished, that's life. The only reality on which we can agree, respecting the sad fate of this family, is that their assassination was the result of multiple factors, multiple causes and courses, multiple actions and consequences of which they were only partially responsible and conscious (they partially were, that's clear to anyone). This means that they deserved their horrible death? No, who affirms that is at least heartless and compassionless. This means that their death is totally a brutal, unjustified crime and they are only victims? Neither, for they were absolute monarchs and their rule caused endlessly suffering to russian people, comprehensive of innocent children died in famine. Has the life of the poor Anastasia less value of countless other children? No. Does it have more value? No.
We should respect and grieve about the death of a poor little girl, but we shouldn't at the same time minimize and ignore the reasons of the men and women (I'm talking of Lenin and the bolsheviks) who caused her death, for they had their reasons, their suffering, their part of injustice and, despite the political view of each of us, we can agree they were convinced to build a better world for them and future generations.
Thank god Disney didn't get to make this movie! Love this song and love studying the Romanov family. I've actually started writing a manga based on Anastasia. One day my friend and I who's also obsessed with Anastasia and her family will take a tour of the palace
Lucky! hey do think you link me to your manga?
Kiara Hoyle yeah whenever I finish the first one. I have to redo some of it, hopefully over my winter break I can work a lot on it and try to somehow get it up online
Astrological Dream did you finish it??
"glowing dim as an ember"
still brighter than my future though
this just makes me want to watch the movie again
Smol but Tol Don't worry Shiro,
it's still on Netflix!
Shiro?
...sPACE DAD
Eggboy
Not anymore 😭 I have it on VHS, but the system has been acting strange and I don’t want the tape to be ruined. I miss old movies, they were mine and my mother’s childhood.
This song has been in my mind ever since I first watched Anastasia and I love it to bits!!! Like Anastasia, I can't remember some parts but it's there in my mind!
Fun fact: The Grand Duchess Anastasia was actually murdered alongside her family July 17 1918 not December, the movie represents what might have happened if she survived just disney style, her body wasn't identified until 2007 because her burial place was unknown, she was found with her brother.
just watched this again. so amazing. like its so hauntingly beautiful
Every time I hear this song I instantly go back to my wonderful childhood
Listening to this while reading The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & The Fall or Imperial Russia.
TRYING TO IGNORE THE INACCURACIES
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
Juvia Lockser, can I mention that I love your screen name☝🏻(I can’t do the correct hand signal using emojis)
@@annewolfe4829 Here you go! ✌️
If I ever have kids. I'm definitely naming my first daughter Anastasia and playing this for her.
Also it's a really pretty name.
Why doesnt anyone remember this movie it was better than frozen and twilight
Purple killing Shadow this is better than twilight but I don't know its better than frozen
+Ashley Burkhalter for me I mean I honestly didn't enjoy frozen
"Twilight isn't literature!"
Ok. As a 90s baby I remember having the ever lasting argument that Anastasia isn't Disney. Then Disney goes and buys 20th century fox....talk about saying screw you to Don Bluthe and making me eat my words.
I grew up watching this movie. This was and still is my favorite movie. My mom, grandmother and aunt played the movie for me so I could go to sleep. I still watch this movie when I get bored from time to time... I'm naming my first daughter Anastasia ☺️
I love this song I sing it almost all the time, I also sing a journey to the past
Same
Best Animated none Disney movie ever. It's hard to get your head around the fact this wasn't created by Disney because it's so easy to mistake the animation. Fox in the past have made some really god awful kids movies but this stands out as the best. It's quite a shame Disney often get credited for the movie instead of Fox, the same way Tim Burton often get's praised for Coraline even though he had nothing to do with the movie.
^I agree with this guy.... and it's not just because he's my favorite Disney prince. :P
Ruth Lin Of course cause Flynn is like the only one of the princes with a personality. Of course not including Princess and The Frog and Aladdin.
I think Tim burton was the producer.
Saphire Dairano Nope. He had NOTHING to do with Coraline.
The sad thing is that Anastasia died and I believe that to this day no one knows for sure where her body disappeared