Who was the little girl who sang “Mom, where are the toys?”, a melancholic Christmas theme: this is what the performer looks like at 70

Christmas can be a time of great love, but it can also be filled with nostalgia. This happens year after year in some homes where the song is often heard”Mom, where are the toys??”, a song performed by a five-year-old girl in the 1960s.

It is a theme that alludes to the feeling that arises when a difficult economic situation comes between a child and his joy over a gift on Christmas Eve.

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Aside from those sentiments, the song has become one of the most famous Christmas carols since the 70s. According to El Espectador, they took her out Raquel Castañosa Venezuelan artist who is now retired, but who remembers her song with pride.

This is how the little girl from the movie “Mommy, where are the toys?” speaks.

The Colombian portal reports that 10 years ago in an interview with SoHo, Castaños also commented: “I knew that the song is still played in Colombia and this is something that fills me with great joy, because I feel great affection for the Colombian people and their people. I know that they hear it at Christmas in every house and that many times they believe it is a child singing it. But actually it’s me, Raquel Castaños.”

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On her 70th birthday, last May 6, Raquel appeared on her Instagram husband, José ‘Pollo’ Sifontesand other friends from the art world, showed how she looks now, talked a little about the wig she wears in her advanced years and her state of health.

Just before this video, Sifontes also addressed the public, asking for help in collecting $25,000 for the artist’s health. His condition included “progressive deterioration from normal pressure hydrocephalus in the skull,” inability to walk, and memory loss.

Let us remind you that throughout his career he dedicated himself to singing, recorded more than 30 albums and appeared in television productions such as “Las dos Dianas”, “Pecado de amor”, “Pedacito de cielo”, “El Ángel Rebelde”. Some of his other songs that are also remembered are “La Hallaca”, “Abrázame”, “El Niño Pobre” or “Médanos y Leyendas”.

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