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Singer Brenda Lee, 80, gets candid about growing up 'poor' after holiday hit reaches 1 billion streams
Brenda Lee revealed that she 'never realized' just how poor she was growing up. The Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree opened up about her childhood and growing up with a single mother.
The singer looked back on her childhood in rural Georgia and how, despite enduring tough times, she and her siblings never felt like they were living in poverty. Brenda said her mother was a 'great cook' and insisted that she and her siblings could always rely on a neighbor if she had to work to earn money for food. She shared a video of herself using the plaque as a dish while munching on Christmas tree, snowflake and pretzel shaped holiday cookies.
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