Deck the Halls is a traditional Christmas, yuletide, and New Years’ carol. The melody is Welsh dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol, “Nos Galan”, while the English lyrics, written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, date to 1862.
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Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town is a Christmas song, written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie and was first sung on Eddie Cantor’s radio show in November 1934. It became an instant hit with orders for 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours. The song has been recorded by over 200 artists, including Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters, The Crystals, Mariah Carey, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Chris Isaak, Michael Bublé and The Jackson 5 .
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Song lyrics to Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire, aka. The Christmas Song, aka. Merry Christmas to You All through the year We’ve waited Waited… Read More »Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
Feliz Navidad is a Christmas song written in 1970 by the Puerto Rican singer and songwriter José Feliciano. With its simple Spanish chorus 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, throughout the Spanish-speaking world and internationally.
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You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The lyrics were written by Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft.
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Frosty the Snowman is a popular Christmas song written by Walter “Jack” Rollins and Steve Nelson, first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. It was later recorded by Jimmy Durante. It was written after the success of Autry’s recording of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer the previous year. Like Rudolph, Frosty was subsequently adapted to other media including a popular television special by Rankin/Bass Productions, Frosty the Snowman.
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“Mele Kalikimaka” (pronounced [ˈmɛlɛ kəˌlitiˈmɐkə]) is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The song takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase Mele Kalikimaka, meaning “Merry Christmas”. One of the earliest recordings of this song was by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters in 1950 and it has been covered by many artists. The song is present in the films L.A. Confidential, Catch Me If You Can and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
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I won’t kiss your hand, Madam,
Crazy for you though I am.
When I was very young
The world was younger than I
As merry as a carousel
Sisters, sisters
There were never such devoted sisters,
Never had to have a chaperone, no sir,
I’m there to keep my eye on her