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coming Christmas time is coming It soon will be here REFRAIN </poem> We Wish You a Merry Christmas "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England. The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers, and performed it with them in concert on December 6, 1935. That same year, his elaborate four-part arrangement was published by Oxford University Press, under the title "A Merry Christmas: West Country traditional song". Warrell's arrangement
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England. The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers, and performed it with them in concert on December 6, 1935. That same year, his elaborate four-part arrangement was published by Oxford University Press, under the title "A Merry Christmas: West Country traditional song". Warrell's arrangement is notable for using "I" instead of "we" in the words; the
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coming Christmas time is coming It soon will be here REFRAIN </poem> We Wish You a Merry Christmas "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England. The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers, and performed it with them in concert on December 6, 1935. That same year, his elaborate four-part arrangement was published by Oxford University Press, under the title "A Merry Christmas: West Country traditional song". Warrell's arrangement
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tidings we bring To you and your kin We wish you a Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year! We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year! Now bring us some figgy pudding, Now bring us some figgy pudding, Now bring us some figgy pudding, And bring some out here REFRAIN For we all like figgy pudding, We all like figgy pudding, For we all like figgy pudding, So bring some out here REFRAIN And we won't go until we've got some We won't go
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Cheer. REFRAIN </poem> <poem> We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. REFRAIN Good tidings to you, where ever you are Good Tidings at Christmas and a Happy New Year Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding and bring it right here REFRAIN now bring some tea and breakfast now bring some tea and breakfast now bring some tea and breakfast and bring it right here REFRAIN Christmas time is coming, Christmas time is
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until we've got some We won't go until we've got some So bring some out here REFRAIN </poem> <poem> We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. REFRAIN Good tidings we bring for you and your kin, Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year. Oh bring us some figgy pudding (x3) and bring it right here. REFRAIN And we won't go until we've got some (x3) so bring some out here. REFRAIN It's a season for music (x3) and a time of good
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in different parts of England during the nineteenth century. The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition wherein wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas Eve, such as "figgy pudding" that was very much like modern-day Christmas puddings. A variety of nineteenth-century sources state that, in the West Country of England, "figgy pudding" referred to a raisin or plum pudding, not necessarily one containing figs. <poem> Chorus: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year! Good
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to an injury. Kriewaldt became a bit of a folk hero in his rookie season among listeners of WDFN in Detroit, despite (or likely due to) his third-string status. The staff recorded a parody of the Christmas standard "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", which went: ""We wish you a merry Kriewaldt", "We wish you a merry Kriewaldt," "We wish you a merry Kriewaldt..."" followed by Kriewaldt himself singing the line: ""And I hope that I play."" Kriewaldt was an All-State running back at Shiocton High School, earned All-Region and All-Conference honors as running back and linebacker as a prep
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ghost say "Trick or Treat" and the skeleton and witch say "Happy Halloween". In November 2011, two new female Christmas themed Sing-a-ma-jigs were released. They included a snowman and a reindeer. The snowman sings Jingle Bells and the reindeer sings "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". There are two Birthday Sing-a-ma-jigs: the pink "Birthday Soprano" and the blue "Birthday Tenor". Each sings "Happy Birthday to You" in different pitches in addition to chattering and harmonizing with other Sing-a-ma-jig characters, and rather than saying "Goodbye" or "See you later", The birthday tenor signs off by saying, "Can I have cake too?"
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on the cover. In 2001, RCA reissued the album on CD as Harry Belafonte Christmas, with five bonus tracks added: To Wish You a Merry Christmas To Wish You a Merry Christmas is an album by Harry Belafonte Recorded May 27, 31, June 1, 3 and 8 of 1958 in Hollywood. Conducted by Bob Corman. Millard Thomas and Laurindo Almeida, guitarists. Produced and directed by Ed Welker. To Wish You a Merry Christmas was originally released in 1958 as RCA Victor catalog number LPM/LSP-1887. The original LP cover featured an illustration of the Three Wise Men and a listing of
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To Wish You a Merry Christmas To Wish You a Merry Christmas is an album by Harry Belafonte Recorded May 27, 31, June 1, 3 and 8 of 1958 in Hollywood. Conducted by Bob Corman. Millard Thomas and Laurindo Almeida, guitarists. Produced and directed by Ed Welker. To Wish You a Merry Christmas was originally released in 1958 as RCA Victor catalog number LPM/LSP-1887. The original LP cover featured an illustration of the Three Wise Men and a listing of the songs in front. Side 1: Side 2: The album was repackaged in 1962 as RCA Victor catalog number LPM/LSP-2626
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Twelve Days of Christmas" than that featured in the TV special, along with their rendition of "Christmas Is Coming". "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", and "A Baby Just Like You" was released as a red vinyl 45 rpm single (RCA PB-11767), while "The Peace Carol", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", and "Deck the Halls" were issued on a radio-only promo single (RCA PB-9463). A sheet music edition was also released containing most of the songs and musical scores from the special. Notes The following credits are sourced from liner notes included with
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I'm Not Ready for Christmas I'm Not Ready for Christmas is a 2015 American made-for-television romantic drama film directed by Sam Irvin and starring Alicia Witt, George Stults, Brigid Brannagh, and Dan Lauria. Written by Hanz Wasserburger. The film premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 14, 2015. Holly Nolan (Alicia Witt) a driven advertising executive, has her life turned upside down when she discovers she can no longer lie—the result of her 10-year old niece Anna's (Mia Bagley) wish to Santa Claus (Dan Lauria) after Holly misses a Christmas recital in which Anna sings We Wish You a Merry
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split by this point. It features an extensive visit with Lennon and his wife Yoko at their Tittenhurst Park estate, where they play "what will Santa bring me?" games. Harrison and Ringo Starr appear only briefly, the latter to publicise his recent film, "The Magic Christian". McCartney sings his original ad-lib, "This is to Wish You a Merry, Merry Christmas." Starting at 1:30, at the tail-end of Starr's song, the guitar solos from "The End" are heard, followed by Ono interviewing Lennon. For the only time, the American and British jackets were identical. The US version of the flexi-disc had
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being pulled by the Blue Crystal Puffles, hovers up and flies away towards the screen. The program was directed by Tobias Fouracre, the creative producer is Matt Danner, and the writers were Martin Olson and Christopher Painter. According to a YouTube comment from a staff member, this special took nine months to make. We Wish You a Merry Walrus We Wish You a Merry Walrus is a Christmas-themed television special, based on the massively multiplayer online game Club Penguin. This was the game's first foray into television; however, there have been multiple animated shorts and commercials before on channels including
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We Wish You a Merry Walrus We Wish You a Merry Walrus is a Christmas-themed television special, based on the massively multiplayer online game Club Penguin. This was the game's first foray into television; however, there have been multiple animated shorts and commercials before on channels including the Disney Channel. Captain Rockhopper sails the seven seas on the Migrator with his pet puffle Yarr. He looks towards the camera, breaking the fourth wall, and acknowledges that the viewer has missed the events of what has occurred before. Rockhopper says that he has a copy from the Internet for the viewer
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the same meaning: not change much between all the phrase 'All I want for Christmas is you baby "and" My only wish for Christmas is you'. In summary, it appears that much of Jessica suffers a lack of inspiration ... MTV said, we know that Mariah Carey has returned to the yuletide jam with her Merry Christmas II You. And now we get some Christmas spirit from Jessica Simpson, with the jaunty, playful "My Only Wish." Not unlike Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You", Simpson's track covers up some heartache with a buoyant and peppy track, complete
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together": The working title of the album was "Cosmic Christmas". In the hidden coda titled "Cosmic Christmas" (following "Sing This All Together (See What Happens)"), Wyman says in a slowed-down voice: "We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy New Year!'" Some of the album's songs were also recorded under various working titles, some appearing rather non sequitous and radically different from the final titles. These working titles include: "Acid in the Grass" ("In Another Land"), "I Want People to Know" ("2000 Man"), "Flowers in Your Bonnet" ("She's a Rainbow"), "Fly My Kite"
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Burt proceeds to sing "Deck the Halls", and "I Wish You a Merry Christmas" (a modified version of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"). The Mirthworms of Wormingham are all excited about the annual Masquerade Ball, and Bert is planning to ask Crystal to be his date. But Wormaline Wiggler forces Bert to dress as Prince Pringle and accompany her to the ball when the real prince fails to show up, forcing Bert to break Crystal's heart. At the ball, Bert causes trouble, then leaves. The real Prince Pringle then arrives and puts on Bert's discarded mask, causing Wormaline to
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by The Cryptkeeper (John Kassir). A music video for "Crypt Jam" was filmed and is available as an extra on the Region 1 Season 3 DVD. In 1994, a Christmas album, "Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas", was released by The Right Stuff, a subsidiary of Capitol Records. Most of the songs are spoofs of holiday standards performed by the Cryptkeeper, such as "Juggle Bills" ("Jingle Bells"), "We Wish You'd Bury the Missus" ("We Wish You a Merry Christmas") and "Deck the Halls with Parts of Charlie" ("Deck the Halls"), with narration and a few original songs mixed in. The
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“Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”. I Wish You a Merry Christmas I Wish You a Merry Christmas was a long-playing vinyl album of Christmas themed songs recorded by Bing Crosby for his own company, Project Records, and issued by Warner Bros. (W-1484) in 1962. The tracks were arranged by Bob Thompson, Peter Matz and Jack Halloran and each conducted the orchestra for their own arrangements. The musical accompaniment was recorded on 23 and 25 July 1962 and Crosby over-dubbed his vocals on October 5, 1962. The album was re-released by Capitol in 1977
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Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music was Perry Como's first Christmas album, originally released as an RCA Victor 78 RPM album set in 1946. The original release included "O Little Town of Bethlehem" which was replaced in 1947 by the famous "White Christmas". This album, along with Como's later stereo Christmas albums, "Season's Greetings from Perry Como" and "The Perry Como Christmas Album", are among the all-time best-selling Christmas albums and has been reissued several times. The original release was an RCA Victor "Musical Smart Set" consisting of four 78 RPM records. Disc 1:
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Christmas, has different lyrics sung by Sinatra's children honoring their father with their gifts to him, with their father singing the last lyrics and the rest solo. The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas is a 1969 Christmas album by Frank Sinatra and featuring his children, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Nancy Sinatra and Tina Sinatra. The album was released on vinyl LP, reel to reel, and 8-track, and was out of print for decades before being re-released on CD in 1999 by Artanis Entertainment Group. Frank, Sr., Nancy and Tina recorded their
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I Wish You a Merry Christmas I Wish You a Merry Christmas was a long-playing vinyl album of Christmas themed songs recorded by Bing Crosby for his own company, Project Records, and issued by Warner Bros. (W-1484) in 1962. The tracks were arranged by Bob Thompson, Peter Matz and Jack Halloran and each conducted the orchestra for their own arrangements. The musical accompaniment was recorded on 23 and 25 July 1962 and Crosby over-dubbed his vocals on October 5, 1962. The album was re-released by Capitol in 1977 (on LP) and again in 1988 (on CD) as "Bing Crosby's Christmas
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two commercials for their 2011 holiday campaign. On August 20, 2009 Frech released her debut album "Grapefruit". The album features six original songs recorded by Grammy nominated, Bart Pursley Frech released her first Christmas album "Pull My Finger To Hear Jingle Bells" on December 6, 2011. The album contains two traditional Christmas songs "Jingle Bells" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" along with two originals. On December 18, 2011 Frech started a Kickstarter Campaign to fund her first full-length album "Reality". The original goal of $8,000 was met in less than 72 hrs. On February 5, 2012 the project
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Harry Simeone and "Let It Snow", notably performed by Vaughan Monroe. The album's opening number "Greatest Time of Year", the first of the album's two originals, was written by Aly & AJ, Armato, and James. The second original and closing track, "Not This Year" is a reflection about past Christmases, and how the current is different. According to the duo, the song is dedicated to their grandmother Carmen, who died on Christmas Eve a few years previous. On the 2007 edition of the album exclusively available at retailer Target, the traditionals "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland"
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In AmE, the prevalent Christmas greeting is "Merry Christmas", which is the traditional English Christmas greeting, famously found in the English Christmas carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," and which appears several times in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". In BrE,"Happy Christmas" is a common alternative to "Merry Christmas". Both BrE and AmE use the expression "I couldn't care less" to mean the speaker does not care at all. Some Americans use "I could care less" to mean the same thing. This variant is frequently derided as sloppy, as the literal meaning of the words is that the speaker
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to shut the theater down and fights with Miss Piggy. Pepe arrives and announces he has made the Muppet Theater into a historical landmark, foiling Bitterman's plan. Embittered and defeated, Bitterman storms out of the Muppet Theater. Outside, the Muppets and Joe Snow sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Additional Muppet Performers: Alice Dinnean, Geoff Redknap, Denise Cheshire, Drew Massey, Adam Behr, and Gord Robertson. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 NBC television film, directed by Kirk Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis and stars
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lawsuit. The complete album was released by RSO records on LP and Cassette in November 1980, to cash in on the increasingly popular "Star Wars" saga. This original printing featured cover art by the "Star Wars" film's production artist, Ralph McQuarrie. The cassette version is now quite hard to come by. Also in 1980, RSO released a 45 of "What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)" (credited to "The Star Wars Intergalactic Droid Choir and Chorale") backed with "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" with a picture sleeve. In late 1983, a
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first line is "I wish you a Merry Christmas". It was subsequently republished in the collection "Carols for Choirs" (1961), and remains widely performed. The earlier history of the carol is unclear. It is absent from the collections of West-countrymen Davies Gilbert (1822 and 1823) and William Sandys (1833), as well as from the great anthologies of Sylvester (1861) and Husk (1864). It is also missing from "The Oxford Book of Carols" (1928). In the comprehensive "New Oxford Book of Carols" (1992), editors Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott describe it as "English traditional" and "[t]he remnant of an "envoie" much
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The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas is a 1969 Christmas album by Frank Sinatra and featuring his children, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Nancy Sinatra and Tina Sinatra. The album was released on vinyl LP, reel to reel, and 8-track, and was out of print for decades before being re-released on CD in 1999 by Artanis Entertainment Group. Frank, Sr., Nancy and Tina recorded their contributions in the studio together. Frank, Jr. was away on tour, and added his singing later to the pre-recorded tracks. The closing song, The Twelve Days of
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English "myrige", originally meant merely "pleasant, agreeable" rather than joyous or jolly (as in the phrase "merry month of May"). Christmas has been celebrated since the 4th century AD, the first known usage of any Christmas greeting dates was in 1534. ""Merry Christmas and a happy new year"" (thus incorporating two greetings) was in an informal letter written by an English admiral in 1699. The same phrase is contained in the title of the English carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," and also appears in the first commercial Christmas card, produced by Henry Cole in England in 1843. Also
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British company Factory produced three TV specials based on the game, a Christmas TV special, titled "We Wish You a Merry Walrus", aired on Disney Channel in the UK on December 17, 2014. A sequel to We Wish You a Merry Walrus, a summer special titled "" was also produced and premiered on Disney Channel in the UK on August 10, 2015. A Halloween special based on the game, "", premiered on Disney Channel UK on October 25, 2015. In honor of "Club Penguin"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s third anniversary in 2008, "Club Penguin" released books that were published under the Snowball Press name.
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used by wassailers and other luck visitors"; no source or date is given. The greeting "a merry Christmas and a happy New Year" is recorded from the early eighteenth century. A closely related verse, dating from the 1830s, runs: It was sung by "mummers" -- i.e. children who would go about singing from door to door to request gifts. An example is given in the short story "The Christmas Mummers" (1858) by Charlotte Yonge: After they are allowed in and perform a Mummers play, the boys are served beer by the farmer's maid. Other sources show this greeting as current
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an important artefact, as are John Playford's "The Dancing Master" and Robert Harley's "Roxburghe Ballads" collections. Some of the best-known songs are "Greensleeves", "Pastime with Good Company", "Maggie May" and "Spanish Ladies" amongst others. Many nursery rhymes are of English origin such as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Roses are red", "Jack and Jill", "London Bridge Is Falling Down, The Grand Old Duke of York, Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Humpty Dumpty". Traditional English Christmas carols include "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "The First Noel" and "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen". Early English composers in classical music include Renaissance artists Thomas
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and Theodore with toy planes and Alvin with his hula hoop. The subsequent argument about singing the song again ends abruptly with their Christmas tree falling over, and Seville and the Chipmunks emerge from the mess to wish the viewers a merry Christmas. The song was featured in "A Chipmunk Christmas". A depressed Alvin sings along flatly at first (much like the 1958 original), but then leaves the studio to give away his harmonica to a sick boy. As Seville starts to resume recording the song without Alvin, Alvin returns in the nick of time to sing the song with
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"Jingle Bells", features Stefani performing with a "merry demeanor". The third song – "My Gift Is You" – is the first original song on "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" penned by Stefani, Tranter, and Busbee. Lyrically, it "sends a powerful Christmas message" by rejecting the idea of materialism during the holiday season. Shelton serves as a source of inspiration for the track; Stefani sings: "Don't need no money, don't need a thing, I don't even need a wedding ring / All I need is love and the truth and I got it, my gift is you". Unlike most traditional
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are "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", '"O Come All Ye Faithful", "The First Noel", "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen", "The Holly and the Ivy", "I Saw Three Ships", "Deck the Halls", "In the Bleak Midwinter", "Joy to the World", "Once in Royal David's City", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "What Child Is This?", "Good King Wenceslas", "Here We Come A-Caroling" and "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks". A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols held in King's College Chapel, Cambridge was introduced in 1918 and first broadcast on the BBC in 1928. The service is broadcast around the world. The
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real meaning of wassailing: going around the neighborhood singing Christmas Carols, and getting treats and cordials. After that, the entire cast performs "Here We Come A-Wassailing", and then "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" as the end credits roll. This special was released on the Hen's Tooth Video DVD "Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Plus Halloween & Easter Celebrations" in 2003. 1988—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program given to Will Vinton (executive producer/director), David Altschul (producer) and Ralph Liddle (writer) This special was spoofed as "Christmas with the California Prunes" in the 2003 Christmas episode of "The Simpsons" ("'Tis The
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on December 24, 1962. Earlier that year, Crosby had recorded a new album of Christmas songs entitled "I Wish You a Merry Christmas" and the opportunity was taken to promote this. Kathryn Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Johnny Mercer covered eight of the fourteen titles on the recently completed album. Crosby started with the title song, "I Wish You a Merry Christmas". Clooney sang "The Littlest Angel" and "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" and joined Mercer for "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town". Mercer sang his own individual version of "The Glow-Worm". Crosby joined Clooney and Mercer
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parties are sometimes associated with holiday events, such as Halloween and Mardi Gras. In English and American culture during the Christmas season, it is traditional to have a Christmas caroling party. People go from door to door in a neighborhood and sing Christmas carols. Some popular Christmas carols are "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Deck the Halls", "The Twelve Days of Christmas", "Frosty the Snowman", "Jingle Bells", "Silver Bells", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", and "O Holy Night". In Spain, this type of party is called "El Aguinaldo". It is the same as in England and the United
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woman appears, and buys it for him, only asking for a song in return, but disappearing by the end. Dave, Simon, and Theodore arrive, and Dave apologizes to Alvin and tells him they have a surprise for him. At the concert, Alvin learns that Tommy has fully recovered, and he joins the Chipmunks on stage. At the end, Santa Claus flies over the city (as the Chipmunks sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" in the background), before returning to the North Pole, where he is greeted by his wife - who is none other than the same old woman
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Number 1 spot by Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" which remained at the top of the charts for five weeks, from December 1973 to January 1974. Roy Wood sings lead vocals. The backing vocals for the single are by "The Suedettes", augmented by the choir of Stockland Green School First Year. The original sleeve of the single credits "Miss Snob and Class 3C" with "Additional noises". The basic track for the single was recorded in August 1973, so to create a wintry feeling engineer Steve Brown decorated the studio with Christmas decorations and turned the air conditioning down to its coldest
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he was seventeen, Jon Bon Jovi was working sweeping floors at his cousin Tony Bongiovi's recording studio. In 1980, when Meco was there recording "Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album", Tony Bongiovi recommended him for the song "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas", which became his first professional recording (credited as John Bongiovi). During 1983 Jon Bon Jovi joined Scandal as a rhythm guitarist (briefly). He also appears during a demo recording of the music video for Scandal's 1983 single "Love's Got A Line On You" which reached No. 59 in the US. In June 1982,
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involving the band members crashing a holiday celebration in a bickering couple's home. Although not properly a concept album, the album begins with a version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" done in the style of traditional pop music that's interrupted by a bit of banter by the group's members. Things then segue into the band's standard heavy metal style, though incorporating festive elements such as the tolling sounds of bells. Track "Heavy Metal Christmas (The Twelve Days of Christmas)", including a section known as "We Wish You a Twisted Christmas", closes out the album in a burst of
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version of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" featured in the 15-track edition. "Silent Night" is performed on all each of Cash's four canonical Christmas albums. "Figgy Pudding" is an arrangement of the standard "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" with comedic interjections by June Carter Cash, reminiscent of her country-comedy work of the 1950s and 1960s before joining with Johnny Cash. The album was reissued with "White Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" removed. In subsequent reissues these songs were replaced by "Ring Of Fire" and "I Walk The Line" despite neither song having anything to do with Christmas. It
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Alfred Burt's works for the Boston Pops Orchestra, one from the album "Joy To The World" (TNK 48232) and another for the album "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (Philips 41627). Both "The Christmas Mood" (VAG Records 4223) of 1954 and "This Is Christmas" (VAG Records 4222) of 1964 were remastered in 1995, and several of the tracks from those recordings were used to celebrate the 50th year of the carols on "The Alfred Burt Christmas Carols Golden Anniversary" (VAG Records 4225). In 2001 Burt's grandniece, the composer Abbie Betinis, revived the family tradition of sending Christmas cards with an
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Christmas Cavalcade) on TV Norge in 2003, and it is shown every Christmas Eve afternoon on NRK1. Most of the shorts are shown in their original English-speaking versions, with Norwegian subtitles. The following shorts are usually shown, in integral or edited format: These feature films are represented through important scenes: In Sweden, the show is called Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul ("Donald Duck and His Friends Wish You a Merry Christmas"). It is broadcast on SVT1 at 3:00 p.m. as part of the channel's traditional Christmas Eve programming. The title reflects the fact that Donald Duck is
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Comes" is a soul song with elements of R&B; the instrumental consists of horns, including the trumpet performed by Rick Baptist and Greg Adams, and the trombone by Nick Lane. Other brass instruments include Dan Higgins on the sax and flute. Lyrically, the song is about "giving the gift of love", as Carey sings "And me and you gon' have ourselves a holiday/ And we don't need nobody else to celebrate/ And we're gon' kiss our worries and our cares away/ I can't wait/ Because this Christmas time, get together / It's gonna be so nice, better than ever/ And
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was as lead vocals in "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas," which was part of the "Christmas in the Stars" album which his cousin co-produced. In 1983, Jon visited a local radio station WAPP 103.5FM "The Apple" in Lake Success, New York to write and sing the jingles for the station. He spoke with DJ Chip Hobart and to the promotion director, John Lassman, who suggested Jon let WAPP include the song "Runaway" on the station's compilation album of local homegrown talent. Jon was reluctant, but eventually gave them the song, which he had rerecorded in 1982 (following a
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a second disc of four Christmas songs: "Adeste, Fideles", "The Magic of the Night", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Christmas Secrets". These four tracks were released as an extended play named "" in the United States and "Christmas Secrets EP" in Canada. A Deluxe Collector's Edition followed on 27 November 2006 that contained the album, the second edition of the book "Water Shows the Hidden Heart" by Roma Ryan, and three exclusive photos. The album became a worldwide chart success, reaching its peak of number 8 on the UK Albums Chart during its first week on the chart
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would include convers of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Last Christmas", "White Christmas" and a medley of "Agia Nihta" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". "Christougenna me tin Ivi Adamou" (released as "Christmas with Ivi Adamou" abroad) was released on 22 November 2010. The EP peaked at the first place of the Greek iTunes while it was certified double platinum in Portugal for selling more than fifty thousands units. In early 2011, Adamou admitted that she got proposition from ERT to represent Greece in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest which she turned down stating that even if she's
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Christmas Bells (advertisement) "Christmas Bells" is an American television commercial produced by the Hershey Company promoting Hershey's Kisses. The advertisement, produced with stop-motion animation, features Hershey's Kisses, fashioned as a handbell choir, playing the Christmas carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". It debuted in 1989 and is shown in the United States each holiday season; as such, it is the longest-running television commercial for the Hershey brand. In 2012, the ad was redone with a new recording of the audio and the graphics being done entirely in CGI animation. Since then, that has been the version playing each year.
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marketing director for Hershey, told "the New York Times" in 1994 they continued to run the advertisement because they "don't wear out like normal commercials," as they are only shown seasonally. Christmas Bells (advertisement) "Christmas Bells" is an American television commercial produced by the Hershey Company promoting Hershey's Kisses. The advertisement, produced with stop-motion animation, features Hershey's Kisses, fashioned as a handbell choir, playing the Christmas carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". It debuted in 1989 and is shown in the United States each holiday season; as such, it is the longest-running television commercial for the Hershey brand. In
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was also used in the Disney cartoon "Polar Trappers" (1938) to accompany a scene where penguins march behind Donald Duck as he tries to lure them to a trap. Though far less often heard than Jessel's original instrumental piece, Ballard MacDonald wrote English song lyrics for the tune, in 1922. The song is often used as a Christmas piece. A version sung by The Crystals is on the 1963 album "A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector". Harry Connick, Jr. sings it on his 1993 album, "When My Heart Finds Christmas". It is also on Disney's "Very Merry Christmas
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and then they all join in singing a short medley of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Deck the Halls" to close out the special. During the end credits sequence, a pop-up book version of Max and Mona are seen sliding close to each other (presumably to share a kiss) before a pop-up version of Goofy covers them both from view with a picture frame containing credits specific to the "Christmas Maximus" segment. Later, the closing image of Goofy and Max holding a Christmas caroling book together from the end of "Mickey's Dog-Gone Christmas" is shown again towards the
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by the joyous people, and, at home, he is annoyed to hear the same Christmas carols on his radio. When Daisy and his nephews arrive, Donald becomes annoyed that they want to go out so soon after he returned home, but Daisy drags him out. Donald finds that the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is stuck in his head, and he inadvertently destroyed a window display. After he's kicked out of the mall by a security guard, he feels guilty for his lack of Christmas spirit and helps off-key carolers. Daisy and the boys join him, and Donald
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is intercut with scenes from the film, and a second, which solely features the sisters. The duo performed the "Greatest Time of Year" live on "CD USA". Additionally they performed it at the 2006 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, and in 2007 on tour as an opening act for Miley Cyrus on The Best of Both Worlds Tour. Also in 2007, the album was re-released as a deluxe edition by Target, and included covers of the traditional Christmas song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" as well as "Winter Wonderland" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." Variations of "Greatest
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of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". In an interview with "Billboard", Béla Fleck described the band's desire to record Christmas songs: One of the album's most ambitious tracks, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," builds up to 12 different keys and 12 different time signatures over the course of the tune. "Jingle All the Way" also features a medley which fuses several Christmas classics and as Fleck described, "five or six are being played together, simultaneously." Indeed, the song includes "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," and "My Favorite Things" and has been performed at Flecktones
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In a scene set on Christmas Eve, Judy Garland's character, Esther, sings the song to cheer up her despondent five-year-old sister, Tootie, played by Margaret O'Brien. Some of the original lyrics that were penned by Martin were rejected before filming began. When presented with the original draft lyric, Garland, her co-star Tom Drake and director Vincente Minnelli criticized the song as depressing, and asked Martin to change the lyrics. Though he initially resisted, Martin made several changes to make the song more upbeat. For example, the lines "It may be your last / Next year we may all be living
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etc., mainly because this bizarre situation was caused by my naive and atrocious lack of business acumen." Judy Garland's 1944 version of the song reached No. 27 on the "Billboard" charts. The lyrics Garland sang in "Meet Me in St. Louis" have been recorded with only slight variations by a number of artists, including Sinatra (in 1950 and 1963 single recordings), Bing Crosby (in "I Wish You a Merry Christmas"), Doris Day (in "The Doris Day Christmas Album"), Ella Fitzgerald (in "Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas"), The Pretenders (in the first "A Very Special Christmas" compilation), James Taylor (in
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Classics", with one track – "Pat-a-Pan/ While Shepherds Watched Their Sheep" – omitted. All the songs from the original album were included on a 1998 EMI CD called "Winter Wonderland" in the UK and on an updated 2006 Capitol CD of "Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics" in the US. "Billboard" reviewed the album saying, "Crosby is a perennial holiday seller, and this LP should prove an important Christmas item for all dealers. The Crosby touch is everywhere evident and the material is drawn from the great Christmas catalog. Chorus and ork assist der Bingle on such Christmas standards as “Winter Wonderland”,
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home, accompanied by bagpipes. Sprink and Sørensen arrive in the German front-line and Sprink sings for his comrades. As Sprink sings "Silent Night" he is accompanied by a piper in the Scottish front-line. Sprink responds to the piper and exits his trench with a small Christmas tree singing "Adeste Fideles". Following Sprink's lead the French, German, and Scottish officers meet in no-man's-land and agree on a cease-fire for the evening. The various soldiers meet and wish each other "Joyeux Noël", "Frohe Weihnachten", and "Merry Christmas". They exchange chocolate, champagne, and photographs of loved ones. Horstmayer gives Audebert back his wallet,
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many workers and environmentalists have requested a more environmentally-friendly packaging, which would have eliminated the aluminum wrapping and replaced it with biodegradable materials. This was supposed to be rolled out on April 1, 2009. In addition to the standard "Kisses®" paper plume and the special variety plumes (such as "cheesecake"), special messages have been available for various occasions, including: "Christmas Bells" is a commercial in which Hershey's Kisses, fashioned as a handbell choir, perform the Christmas carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". It premiered in 1989 and has run each holiday season since in the United States; it is
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a special "Naughty-inator," a device that can ruin Christmas—his dilemma is that he simply does not dislike the holiday and is unsure if he should use it, but after carolers begin harassing him with "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (especially the part where they demand figgy pudding and "won't go until [they] get some"), he activates the machine. The "Naughty-inator" causes the Naughty or Nice list at Santa's workshop in the North Pole to brand everyone in Danville as "naughty," therefore canceling the holiday for the people of the town. Phineas, Ferb, and their friends are all completely distraught
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Los Lonely Boys, Jane Krakowski, the cast of the Broadway musical "Million Dollar Quartet", the Yobs, Vincent Martella (as the character Phineas Flynn, from "Phineas and Ferb"), the Muppets' band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, and a one-off supergroup consisting of Lemmy Kilmister, Billy Gibbons, and Dave Grohl for the 2008 album "We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year". It was also covered by Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry for his 2014 EP "Joe Perry's Merry Christmas" by and Sara Evans on her 2014 album "Sara Evans: At Christmas". Cheap Trick released it on their "Christmas
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to put the nose on the snowman and says that this is because he thinks it will come to life and kill him, to which Stan replies, "Dude, when has that ever happened except for that one time?" "Jesus vs. Santa" opens with the four boys singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", when suddenly Stan stops to tell Kyle he should sing Hanukkah songs instead, since "Jewish people don't celebrate Christmas!" Cartman insults the song ("I Have a Little Dreidel") that Kyle begins singing, and they start to argue. They are interrupted, however, when Jesus appears, asking them to
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and the fastest selling single in the UK. Polydor, Slade's record label, were forced to use their French pressing plant to keep up with the demand, and the song eventually went on to sell over one million copies, becoming the Christmas number one of 1973, beating another Christmas-themed song, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by Wizzard. "Merry Xmas Everybody" remained number one until mid-January, and stayed in the Top 50 for nine weeks. That it remained in the charts after Christmas caused confusion for Holder, who wondered why people continued to buy it. The single's original B-side was
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the Crew: It is my pleasure and privilege to wish you all, individually and collectively, the best of Merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years. May the following ones be even better." Lt-Comdr. Hardisty's Christmas message was as follows: "The Christmas season is one when our thoughts are drawn to happy memories of the past and of happier things to come. It is my sincere wish for you all that this Christmas season be a very happy one and that the New Year will be filled with many blessings." The Christmas menu included: Cream of Tomato Soup, Ripe Olives,
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for her business partner to send Sarah a cable. As he turned out to be the High Priest of the coven, Sarah merely laughs and tells her aunt that she has a story to tell her about why that message never reached her. Meanwhile, K9 tries to connect with the human holiday in his own way, teaching himself to sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Bill Fraser previously appeared with Tom Baker and K9 Mark II in the "Doctor Who" story "Meglos". Many "Doctor Who" fans remember "A Girl's Best Friend" most clearly for its electronic theme music, composed
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message home: "Every day's Christmas 'cause of you/winter and fall and springtime, too/Got me all wrapped up, yes you do...Wish the whole world could feel the way I do." Rounding out the "Braxton Family Christmas" festivities are a lush ballad, "Under My Christmas Tree," written by brother Michael (who duets with Toni atop a piano-driven backdrop graced by a soothing trumpet solo) and the 'Braxton Family Version' of "This Christmas." The latter makes for a feel-good closer with a lively rhythmic structure and colorful, slightly jazzy background vocal arrangements. Straightforward, merry, and also spiritual with consistently authoritative vocals, "Braxton Family
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of the album, "Merry Christmas II You", and that it would be released on November 2 with original songs as well as covers. The "II" represents being a sequel to Carey's first Christmas album, "Merry Christmas" (1994). The opening track "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" is a twenty-two second introduction produced by Carey and Shaiman. "Oh Santa!" is an up-tempo R&B song and is one of four new original compositions. It was written and produced by Carey, Dupri and Cox, and its instrumentation consists of sleigh bells, jingle bells, hand claps and a piano melody, backed by a "school-yard
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Bells". Studwell took an academic interest in carols which he had spent over 6,000 hours in study. Before Christmas each year he would announce the new carol and he would be invited to interviews with the media where he was quizzed on his choice. Studwell died in Bloomington Hospital in 2010. The day before he died he dictated a letter to his daughter which recorded his selection of a carol for 2010. Studwell fittingly chose "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" which is "frequently the final piece in carol performances sessions". William Studwell William Emmett Studwell (18 March 1936 –
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et Chloé" and Brahms's "Alto Rhapsody" and "Nänie". They can also be heard on the RCA Victor disc "A Splash of Pops", as well as on three Christmas albums — "Joy to the World" on Sony Classical and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" on Philips, both with John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and "Holiday Pops" on RCA Victor with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra. The Tanglewood Festival Chorus can also be heard on the soundtracks of four movies, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind ~ Director's Cut", "Saving
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Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys is an unreleased studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys. Planned for issue in November/December 1978, the album would have followed their twenty-first studio album "Love You" (1977) and their only Christmas-themed album "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album" (1964). Its content was a mixture of original songs penned by the group and traditional standards. The album was produced by Brian Wilson after the dissolution of "Adult Child" (unreleased), but ultimately rejected by Warner Bros. Records who was reportedly "highly skeptical" that Wilson was anywhere on it.
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to be doing the concert and to be part of the team bringing the soldiers a little bit of Australia, and to let them know that they are in our thoughts." Jeffreys continues to promote the album and performs songs from it frequently. In 2013, a video for "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" was uploaded onto YouTube. Adapted from album liner. Musicians Christmas Wish (Gina Jeffreys album) "Christmas Wish" is the fourth studio and first Christmas album by Australian country singer Gina Jeffreys. The album contained four original tracks and nine Christmas classics. The lead single was "There's No
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family invites him to stay for dinner, and the film ends with everyone singing a chorus of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". When the movie first aired, it was the highest rated TV movie of the season with a 25.1 rating and a 39 share but ultimately finished as the second highest rated TV movie of the season. Thanks in large part to the movie's success, CBS and Sherwood Schwartz created a new television series in 1990, "The Bradys", based on the characters' adult lives; only six episodes were produced. However, since the tone of the new series dealt
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may have taken from this parody" and removed it from the site. Feliz Navidad (song) "Feliz Navidad" () is a macaronic Christmas song written in 1970 by the Puerto Rican singer and songwriter José Feliciano. With its simple Spanish chorus (the traditional Christmas/New Year greeting, "Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad" meaning "Merry Christmas, a prosperous year and happiness") and equally simple English verse "I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart", it has become a classic Christmas pop song in the United States, the United Kingdom, throughout the Spanish-speaking world and internationally. Feliciano's 1970
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Feliz Navidad (song) "Feliz Navidad" () is a macaronic Christmas song written in 1970 by the Puerto Rican singer and songwriter José Feliciano. With its simple Spanish chorus (the traditional Christmas/New Year greeting, "Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad" meaning "Merry Christmas, a prosperous year and happiness") and equally simple English verse "I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart", it has become a classic Christmas pop song in the United States, the United Kingdom, throughout the Spanish-speaking world and internationally. Feliciano's 1970 recording of "Feliz Navidad" (in which he plays both an acoustic guitar
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sang lead vocals on the song "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas." His cousin Tony Bongiovi co-produced the album and ran the recording studio at which it was recorded, where Jon was working sweeping floors at the time. After the first printing of 150,000 copies, Meco was asked to allow George Lucas' name to be credited beside his under "Concept by". Due to the success of the album, the studios were ready to do a second printing, which would give Lucas credit. But before the second record printing could be done, RSO Records shut down due to an unrelated
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The Christmas Waltz "The Christmas Waltz" is a Christmas song written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne for Frank Sinatra, who recorded it in 1954 as the B-side of a new recording of "White Christmas", in 1957 for his album "A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra", and in 1968 for "The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas". Cahn recalls, "One day during a very hot spell in Los Angeles the phone rang and it was Jule Styne to say, 'Frank wants a Christmas song.'" Cahn resisted, explaining that any notion of attempting a holiday hit so closely on the
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that began in the issue dated January 3, 2004. "The Christmas Waltz" has been covered many times over the years by a wide variety of artists, including: The Christmas Waltz "The Christmas Waltz" is a Christmas song written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne for Frank Sinatra, who recorded it in 1954 as the B-side of a new recording of "White Christmas", in 1957 for his album "A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra", and in 1968 for "The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas". Cahn recalls, "One day during a very hot spell in Los Angeles the phone rang
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a form of recipient-initiated charitable giving, to be distinguished from begging. This point is made in the song "Here We Come A-Wassailing", when the wassailers inform the lord of the house that The lord of the manor would give food and drink to the peasants in exchange for their blessing and goodwill, i.e. This would be given in the form of the song being sung. Wassailing is the background practice against which an English carol such as "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" can be made sense of. The carol lies in the English tradition where wealthy people of the
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November 18, 2011. It was written by Bridget Mendler and Jamie Houston and produced by Houston. "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Deck the Halls" were also performed during the movie. It was watched by 6.9 million viewers, the premiere also delivered 3.3 million Kids 6-11, 2.4 million Teens and 1.4 million Adults 18-49. The movie became no. 1 live-action cable movie of 2011 in total viewers and the no. 1 live-action scripted telecast across all TV in Kids 6-11. In Australia it was watched by 111,000 viewers and in the United Kingdom there were 562,000 viewers.
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filed by Imre Hercz; the Norwegian Press Complaints Commission sided with Hercz in 2009. A number of fellow comedians and his TV station have backed the controversial performer. Jespersen also presented a satirical monologue on antisemitism that ended with, "Finally, I would like to wish all Norwegian Jews a Merry Christmas – no, what am I saying! You don't celebrate Christmas, do you!? It was you who crucified Jesus", on December 4. Jespersen has received criticism for several of his satirical attacks on social and ethnic groups as well as royalty, politicians and celebrities, and in defence of the monologue
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Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) Merry Christmas is the first Christmas album, and the fourth studio album, by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. Released by Columbia Records on November 1, 1994, the album features cover versions of popular Christmas tunes and original material. Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she wrote all of the original tracks, as well as producing Carey's interpretations of the covered material. The album contains a contemporary holiday theme, and featured "authentic, gospel flavored background vocals". Three singles were released from the album, of which "All I Want for Christmas Is You" went on
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that "I would like to take the opportunity to remember all the billions of fleas and lice that lost their lives in German gas chambers, without having done anything wrong other than settling on persons of Jewish background." Jespersen also presented a satirical monologue on anti-Semitism that ended with, "Finally, I would like to wish all Norwegian Jews a Merry Christmas - no, what am I saying! You don't celebrate Christmas, do you!? It was you who crucified Jesus," on December 4. Jespersen has received criticism for several of his attacks on social and ethnic groups as well as royalty,
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that the album ought to boost Carey's career. He was complimentary of its overall feel, writing that manages to capture the "same magic" as her previous Christmas album, "Merry Christmas", and that the original songs fit "snugly" with the Christmas classics. He finished his review with "There's enough sweet spirit here to keep the holidays merry, musical and bright." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic noted that the four new original compositions gave it "a lively modern feel," and highlighted "Oh Santa!" and "When Christmas Comes" as examples. He continued to write that although some covers, such as "Auld Lang Syne"
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towards the end of a musician's waning career. Afanasieff recalled his sentiments during initial discussions for a holiday record: "Back then, you didn't have a lot of artists with Christmas albums. It wasn't a known science at all back then, and there was nobody who did new, big Christmas songs. So we were going to release it as kind of an everyday, 'Hey, you know, we're putting out a Christmas album. No big deal.'" Ultimately, with Mottola's persistence, Carey and Afanasieff began writing songs for its parent album "Merry Christmas" during the summer of 1994. "All I Want for Christmas
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on August 1, 2012. The episode itself has the same name as an original song on that album, "Extraordinary Merry Christmas", which was written for "Glee" by the show's executive music producer Adam Anders, song producer Peer Åström, and Shelly Peiken, and is sung on the second Christmas soundtrack album by Michele and Criss, who also perform it in the episode. The episode also includes covers of eight songs, seven of which are from the soundtrack album: Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" performed by Riley, Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas" sung by McGinty, Joni Mitchell's "River" performed
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1961, RCA Victor reissued the album on its budget label, RCA Camden, minus the track "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town". During the 1970s, Pickwick Records leased the rights to reissue several recordings from the RCA Victor catalog and reissued the album on the Pickwick label. RCA reclaimed the rights to most of the Camden/Pickwick recordings in the 1980s and reissued "Merry Christmas Music" on compact disc and LP again in 1987. The album has been reissued on the RCA Camden label at least three times on CD in Canada, each with different artwork. Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music
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team cheers for their success, they start delivering the presents all across the island. As Cadence plays a song, we see Herbert inside the ice dome, clamoring for peace and quiet; this does not last long. Herbert remembers his Merry Walrus present, and to his surprise, it's a pair of sound-cancelling earmuffs. We cut to Roofhowse, who thanks Enrique and gives him a pirate hat as a token of appreciation. Rockhopper pops in the scene, bringing the coin bucket as a donation for Coins for Change (as his accountant reminded him he had to pay taxes if he kept the
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Christmas" and "Melekalikimaka" (also known as "Kona Christmas"). Track sequencing adapted from Andrew Doe. Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys is an unreleased studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys. Planned for issue in November/December 1978, the album would have followed their twenty-first studio album "Love You" (1977) and their only Christmas-themed album "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album" (1964). Its content was a mixture of original songs penned by the group and traditional standards. The album was produced by Brian Wilson after the dissolution of "Adult Child" (unreleased), but ultimately rejected by
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that they were releasing a compilation of all three independent EPs titled "One Path to the Heavenly Kingdom". The project is currently working on their first full-length album, a cover of Cannibal Corpse with Symphony of Heaven, a song coming on a compilation between The Bearded Dragon Productions and Love Your Enemies Records, and will appear on a split album of Symphony of Heaven, Bismoth, and Timōrātus, providing backing vocals for the final band. The band will also be releasing a cover of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" through The Bearded Dragon Productions and Rottweiler Records. Shadow Puncher is
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by Roma Ryan, except for "Adeste, Fideles" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", which are traditional songs arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan. Musicians Production Amarantine (album) Amarantine is the sixth studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 21 November 2005 by Warner Music. Following the release of her compilation box set "Only Time – The Collection" (2002), Enya took a short break before she started work on a new album in September 2003, her first since "A Day Without Rain" (2000). "Amarantine" was recorded in Ireland with her longtime recording partners, arranger and producer
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He also wrote music and arranged and produced records for musicians such as Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam, Doctor Hook, Meco, Robert Gordon and many more. Oriolo is also credited with writing Jon Bon Jovi's first charted single, which was a Star Wars-themed track titled "R2 D2, We Wish You a Merry Christmas." Oriolo was a head publishing executive at RSO Records, Twentieth Century Fox, April Blackwood Music - East Coast, CBS/Sony Records, Elvis Presely's Gladys Music and Hill and Range Music, and he worked as the Vice President of Chappell/Intersong Music. While at these companies, Oriolo published the
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least, formal sets of rules) have been used to compose music for centuries; the procedures used to plot voice-leading in Western counterpoint, for example, can often be reduced to algorithmic determinacy. For these reasons, accidental or "unconscious" plagiarism is possible. As well, some artists abandon the stigma of plagiarism altogether. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich perhaps commented sarcastically on the issue of musical plagiarism with his use of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," an instantly recognizable tune, in his Prelude No. 15 in D Flat, Op. 87. In some instances, it was also erroneously assumed that songs are still in copyright
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was The Jimmy Joyce Singers who lent their voices to the recording for "The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas". In 1992 Mel Tormé made a recording of the song for his first-ever Christmas album, for which the liner notes indicate that "Mr. Cahn wrote a new full set of additional lyrics as a personal gift to Mel." There wasn't a version of the song that reached any of the various charts in "Billboard" magazine, however, until the 2003 holiday season when Harry Connick, Jr. reached number 26 with it on the Adult Contemporary chart during a two-week stay
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to "The Wizard of Oz"). Angry Kid then hits Speccy with a shoe, and the nightmares end. Angry Kid sings an acoustic Christmas song called "Merry Christmas Stocking Song". The video comes to Angry Kid is celebrating the side of a Christmas tree with an average of Santa Claus and he wanted to know what you got for Christmas. And he was given a leg. The video was recorded in 2010 and can be seen on YouTube. At the end of the video says: "Happy Christmas from Angry Kid". A three part special released over December 2015. In "My Exclusive
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a sow in her name to needy Africans. Rachel is unhappy, reminds Finn that she is a vegan, and recommends that he stick to her list to avoid embarrassment, while pointedly mentioning earrings. New Directions celebrates the holidays as Mercedes (Amber Riley) sings "All I Want For Christmas Is You". Rory (Damian McGinty) dedicates the song "Blue Christmas" to his family; this is his first Christmas away from them. Sam (Chord Overstreet) offers to take Rory home with him to show him a true American Christmas. Glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) announces that New Directions has been asked
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to reviews from mainstream critics, "Merry Christmas II You" received an average score of 60, based on eight reviews, which indicates "mixed or average" reviews. About.com writer Bill Lamb praised the album, writing that it has a "relaxed, comfortable" which is "engaging". He wrote that the original compositions were "solid", placing emphasis on "Oh Santa!", "One Child" and "When Christmas Comes", but felt that "Christmas Time Is In the Air Again" was overshadowed by its heavy orchestration. He concluded by writing "Mariah Carey does know her way around Christmas albums." Joey Guerra of the "Houston Chronicle" echoed Lamb's sentiments, adding
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