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"Christmas on the Sea," also known as "Christmas by the Bay," is an old New England song (c. 1883) with music by George Frederick Root and lyrics by Hezekiah Butterworth. Reportedly it was President Theodore Roosevelt 's favorite Christmas song. [2]
The other songs are new performances of previously recorded songs: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; "A Holly, Jolly Christmas"; "Christmas by the Bay" (cf. Christmas at the White House, 1972); "White Christmas" (cf. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, 1966); and "The Friendly Beasts" (cf. Christmas Day in the Morning, 1952). On all of these songs he ...
In addition to those listed, there are numerous bays which remain unnamed on Ordnance Survey (OS) maps, the principal source of names appearing in this list. [1] By far the largest bay in Wales is Cardigan Bay, occupying the larger part of the west coast. Other major bays are Swansea Bay, Carmarthen Bay, St Brides Bay, Caernarfon Bay and Conwy Bay.
1968: The Temptations released a version of the song that peaked at No. 12 on Billboard ' s special, year-end, weekly Christmas Singles chart (this same version later got as high as No. 3 on the same chart in December 1971). [26] Their version of the song was also included on the group's 1970 Christmas album, The Temptations Christmas Card.
This is a list of bays of the British Isles, geographically by island. They are listed by island, in clockwise order, from the stated starting point. Britain
The song remains the UK's best-selling completely non-charity single, having sold 2.09 million copies. [13] (Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" has sold more in its two releases, but the profits of the 1991 release were donated to charity.) [2] The millionth copy of the disc sold in the UK included a special certificate.
The Wiggles covered this song on their Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas album and video in 1996. In 2002, the Nick Jr. Channel's animated TV cartoon Dora the Explorer featured a cover of the song in the Christmas-themed episode "A Present for Santa", as sung by Dora, Boots, Santa Claus (voiced by Howie Dorough from Backstreet Boys), and all the elves.
The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship. [2] The paraphrase is Watts' Christological interpretation. Consequently, he does not emphasize with equal weight the various themes of Psalm 98.