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"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" is a Christmas song that originated with a poem by Emily Huntington Miller (1833–1913), published as "Lilly's Secret" in The Little Corporal Magazine in December 1865. The song's lyrics have also been attributed to Benjamin Hanby, who wrote a similar song in the 1860s, Up on the Housetop. However, the lyrics now in ...
The cover of a series of illustrations for the "Night Before Christmas", published as part of the Public Works Administration project in 1934 by Helmuth F. Thoms "A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "' Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St ...
The Kingston Trio recorded the song as "A Round About Christmas", on their album The Last Month of the Year released in 1960. [6] [16] [17] A calypso sounding version was featured on the 1979 album John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together [18] and a loose, jazzy piano-based arrangement was featured in the musical score of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Here's the best modern and new Christmas music to refresh your holiday playlist in 2024, featuring hits from Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.
"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. [1] The song tells of the narrator hearing Christmas bells during the American Civil War , but despairing that "hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to men".
Based on a poem of three 16 line stanzas, originally for the author's daughter, which was later reworked into singable verses. "Christmas for Cowboys" Steve Weisberg: 1975 "Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") ("Merry Christmas to You") Robert Wells and Mel Tormé: 1945 "Come and I will sing you" English traditional
The Milwaukee Repertory Theater's production of "A Christmas Carol" has been a tradition for many local families since 1976. This year, the Rep's annual production will be joined by a new ...
The poem and the hymn, or portions of them, have sometimes been revised. Some examples of this are The book Jack Bauer's Having a Bad Day presented a version which alternated Yes, Jesus Loves Me with ... Loves Us and Loves You. [12] A message presented in the book Good Morning Message builds on the line refrain as follows: "Yes, Jesus loves me ...