<P> `` Do You Hear What I Hear ? '' is a song written in October 1962 , with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne Baker . The pair , married at the time , wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis . Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song , but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of the Christmas holiday . It has sold tens of millions of copies and has been covered by hundreds of artists . </P>
<P> `` Do You Hear What I Hear ? '' is a song written in October 1962 , with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne Baker . The pair , married at the time , wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis . Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song , but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of the Christmas holiday . It has sold tens of millions of copies and has been covered by hundreds of artists . </P>
who wrote the christmas song do you hear what i hear
who wrote the christmas song do you hear what i hear
Noël Regney Gloria Shayne Baker
Noël Regney Gloria Shayne Baker