<P> Werther , an 1892 opera with libretto by Édouard Blau , Paul Milliet , and Georges Hartmann , had an English translation published in 1894 by Elizabeth Beall Ginty . In the story , a group of children rehearses a Christmas song in July , to which a character responds : `` When you sing Christmas in July , you rush the season . '' It is a translation of the French : `` vous chantez Noël en juillet ... c'est s'y prendre à l'avance . '' This opera is based on Goethe 's The Sorrows of Young Werther . Christmas features in the book , but July does not . </P>
<P> Werther , an 1892 opera with libretto by Édouard Blau , Paul Milliet , and Georges Hartmann , had an English translation published in 1894 by Elizabeth Beall Ginty . In the story , a group of children rehearses a Christmas song in July , to which a character responds : `` When you sing Christmas in July , you rush the season . '' It is a translation of the French : `` vous chantez Noël en juillet ... c'est s'y prendre à l'avance . '' This opera is based on Goethe 's The Sorrows of Young Werther . Christmas features in the book , but July does not . </P>
where does the phrase christmas in july come from
where does the phrase christmas in july come from
Werther , an 1892 opera
Werther , an 1892 opera